Trump disclosures show Coinbase, Strategy exposure in family Q1 trading

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Trump family Q1 2026 ethics filings report 3,642 trades across about 2,000 issuers, including 50 transactions in eight crypto-linked companies like Coinbase, Strategy, and MARA Holdings.
Coinbase features in eight Trump family trades between January and March 2026, with purchases ranging from $1,001 to $250,000 and a mix of six buys and two sells in February and March.
Crypto-related trades totaled $1.5 million to $3.8 million, a small portion of the reported overall trading value of $220 million to $750 million for the quarter.

Ethics filings detail crypto-linked trades

As first reported by Reuters, two financial disclosure forms released on Thursday show President Donald Trump and his family reported thousands of securities transactions in the first quarter of 2026, including positions connected to several major crypto companies.

One filing, an Office of Government Ethics Form 278, covers 3,642 transactions across roughly 2,000 issuers. It lists exposure to eight crypto-linked companies, Coinbase Global, Robinhood Markets, Block, PayPal Holdings, CME Group, Strategy, MARA Holdings and CleanSpark, across about 50 transactions.

The disclosure attributes the trades to the filer, the filer’s spouse and dependent children, indicating crypto-linked equities have become a notable theme within the family’s reported trading activity. The filing also says securities transactions above $1,000 must be disclosed within 30 days of notice and no later than 45 days after the trade.

Coinbase appears repeatedly in the records, with eight trades between January and March 2026. Those transactions include purchases ranging from $1,001 to $15,000 up to $100,001 to $250,000, alongside several mid-sized positions between $15,001 and $100,000, with six purchases and two sales recorded in February and March.

Crypto remains a minor share of overall activity

Crypto-linked trades account for an estimated $1.5 million to $3.8 million in disclosed value during the quarter, with a midpoint of about $2.7 million. That remains small compared with the reported overall trading value of between $220 million and about $750 million.

Some of the largest purchases in the filings, each valued at between $1 million and $5 million, include an S&P 500 index fund, Nvidia and Apple. Large sales valued at between $5 million and $25 million each include Microsoft, Amazon and Meta Platforms.

The new disclosures add to scrutiny of the Trump family’s growing links to crypto-related investments and businesses. The filings follow reports that family members are tied to about $1.55 billion in sales of World Liberty Financial tokens, while Senator Elizabeth Warren said on May 12 that the CLARITY Act could heighten concerns about conflicts of interest tied to the family’s crypto ventures.

Our earlier coverage of the CLARITY Act’s progress in Congress explained how the Senate Banking Committee advanced the bill as part of a broader push to create a federal market-structure framework for digital assets. We also noted warnings from Senate Banking Committee minority staff that the draft could leave illicit-finance and AML vulnerabilities unaddressed, including potential loopholes related to DeFi activity, sanctions evasion and stablecoin use.

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