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Witkoff Reports $107 Million Income From Crypto Holding, Ethics Filing Shows

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What Happened

An OGE filing shows Special Envoy Steve Witkoff earned $107 million in 2025 from a holding company that includes his stake in World Liberty Financial, a cryptocurrency firm, per the disclosure. The filing does not itemize how much of the sum derived from the crypto business.

What Happened

An OGE filing shows Special Envoy Steve Witkoff earned $107 million in 2025 from a holding company that includes his stake in World Liberty Financial, a cryptocurrency firm, per the disclosure. The filing does not itemize how much of the sum derived from the crypto business.

Timeline

September 9, 2026

Scrutiny and Divestment Efforts Intensify: Witkoff and the crypto project attracted increased pressure from Democratic senators and regulators to divest, while administration spokespeople said procedures were underway to transfer and sell assets; reporting also notes the firm is run by Witkoff's son and Trump's sons and estimates Witkoff's total assets at no less than $408.7 million (with Trump reporting $526 million from WLFI token sales).

September 9, 2026

OGE Publishes Financial Report: An official report from the U.S. Office of Government Ethics was published detailing Witkoff's financial condition and noting the declaration lacks a detailed breakdown of how much of the amount comes directly from World Liberty Financial LLC.

May 2025

Witkoff Divestment Claim by WLFI: In May 2025, World Liberty posted on X that Steve Witkoff was in the process of divesting from the firm and asserted he had no operational role, no financial interest in WLFI deals, and no influence on day-to-day decisions.

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