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Story: Trump’s Crypto Wealth: 63% of Americans See Threat to Democracy, Poll Finds

By Bruce Buterin

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$1.4 Billion and a Denial. The US Office of Government Ethics put a dollar figure on it back in June. Trump earned $1.

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Schumer's Bill and the Senate Push. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer moved in July. He introduced a bill aimed at creating a…

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World Liberty Financial Under the Microscope. World Liberty Financial keeps coming up. Several lawmakers have called for more comprehensive…

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A new poll put a hard number on public discomfort. Sixty-three percent of Americans think it's inappropriate for Donald Trump and his family to hold cryptocurrency investments…

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The Reuters/Ipsos survey ran August 14 through 17 and sampled 1,166 people. Republicans and Democrats basically live on different planets here: 69% of Republican respondents…

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The US Office of Government Ethics put a dollar figure on it back in June. Trump earned $1.4 billion from crypto-related ventures in 2025.

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White House spokesperson Anna Kelly has pushed back consistently. Her line: there are "no conflicts of interest" in Trump's crypto dealings.

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But critics aren't buying it. The argument from the opposition is pretty straightforward — when a sitting president is pulling in that kind of money from an asset class he's…

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer moved in July. He introduced a bill aimed at creating a federal agency focused specifically on corruption issues, and he pointed directly at…

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At the same time, Trump himself was on the other side of the legislative push. During a White House press conference, he joined industry leaders in urging the Senate to pass the…

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So you've got two competing legislative tracks running in parallel. One trying to tighten ethics oversight around presidential finances.

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More context: Trump Urges Swift Passage of Clarity Act at White House Crypto Summit

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The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act has real stakes for the broader crypto market, not just for Trump.

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World Liberty Financial keeps coming up. Several lawmakers have called for more comprehensive investigations into the family business specifically — what it does, how it…

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That's probably the core frustration for the people pushing for more transparency. It's not just that Trump earned money from crypto.

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