Trump made money, bought up stock from crypto companies after his SEC dropped cases against them

Published July 5, 2026 7:00am ET



President Donald Trump bought up Robinhood stock and earned considerable income through Coinbase transactions after his administration’s Securities and Exchange Commission dropped investigations into their cryptocurrency-trading practices, according to the pro-crypto president’s 2025 financial disclosures.

Trump’s 927-page annual disclosure report, released on Tuesday by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, shows he acquired and sold sizable shares in both crypto-tied companies in the months following the SEC’s early 2025 decisions to dismiss its enforcement actions against them for allegedly failing to comply with securities registration requirements.

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