Author: shushu, BlockBeats
Since Biden withdrew from the election, the US presidential election has shown a new round of public opinion. The Financial Times analyzed that Harris' current digital advertising expenditure has reached ten times that of Trump, mainly focusing on the publicity offensive of technology platforms; in addition, in the conversation between Trump and Musk on the evening of August 12, local time, Trump did not talk about anything related to cryptocurrency, which once discouraged the market. Currently, Polymarket predicts that Harris's chances of being elected are 10% higher than Trump's.
If we say that the most popular topic in the cryptocurrency field in 2024 is the issue of the US election, the related meme coins are flying everywhere, and every meeting of political bigwigs is not left behind, which has once again ignited the prediction market. At the center of this vortex is former US President Trump, who has gone from being a crypto-apathetic politician to a new presidential candidate who now supports Bitcoin. Cryptocurrency has become a new breakthrough point for Trump's campaign this year.
In June, Trump met with about a dozen Bitcoin mining executives and experts at Mar-a-Lago. According to CNBC, attendees described his opinions as curious and collaborative, and ordinary people needed to buy Trump NFTs to be eligible to attend the dinner. Last month, Trump was also a heavyweight speaker at the Bitcoin Conference in Nashville, promising that if re-elected, he would make the United States "the crypto capital of the earth and the Bitcoin superpower of the world."
Forbes estimates Trump's net worth at $4.5 billion. Last week, Trump's latest financial disclosure showed that he earned $7.15 million from NFTs, and he also has at least $1 million to $5 million in crypto assets. The following is how much money Trump has made using cryptocurrencies, according to BlockBeats' statistics based on public addresses and information.
Political contributions: $5 million total
In May of this year, Bloomberg reported that the crypto industry has donated $94 million to the 2024 US election, a record high, with most donations coming from political action committees (PACs). On May 21, Trump's US presidential campaign team announced that it would begin accepting cryptocurrency donations, becoming the first major US presidential candidate to accept cryptocurrency as campaign donations.
Currently, there are two fundraising committees that are accepting cryptocurrency donations for the Trump campaign: Trump National Committee JFC, Inc. and Trump 47 Committee.
Public donation address
According to Arkham data monitoring, Trump currently holds more than $3.4 million in crypto assets at his public address, down more than 80% from its high this year.
The address’ assets peaked at $18 million, mainly due to the surge in Trump-related meme coins.
Trump National Council
According to Trump’s campaign website, 90% of the Trump National Committee’s contributions go to Donald J. Trump for President 2024 (up to $3,300), and 10% goes to the Republican National Committee (up to $413,000).
Coinbase Commerce, Gemini, and Anedot are all processing on-chain donations to the Trump National Committee. Below are the cryptocurrency addresses that belong to the Trump National Committee donations.
Coinbase Address:
0XE7E1AE3800B9D32751BBB3C2D0CE030F829AEF77
Gemini Address:
18UI9MKKLG5AZTHLOKFZLXMBXUJ8KMFWDN
0X42E10319C944C5FB7FCD76BFFB0DD3C3DEB605D8
0X18C8314C9BD4A378E4D612873A1899378EDD671D
Anedot Address:
3EFBD4KDPCEK7HOBUKOXJR2TERJCKBMELK
So far, very few cryptocurrency donations have been made to the Trump campaign through new platforms such as Gemini and Anedot.
Trump 47 Committee
Trump 47 is a joint fundraising committee authorized by Trump for President 2024, Inc., Save America PAC, the Republican National Committee (RNC), and Republican federal accounts in more than 40 states.
The maximum contribution from an individual to the Trump 47 Committee is $844,600. Individual contributions are allocated according to the following formula:
First $3,300 deposited into Trump presidential primary account
Next $3,300 to go to Trump presidential campaign account
The next $5,000 will go to Save America
The next $413,000 will go to the RNC
The rest is split among state Republicans.
For example, on June 21, Gemini co-founders Cameron Winklevoss and Tyler Winklevoss donated approximately $1 million worth of Bitcoin (15.47 BTC) to the Trump campaign, which exceeded the maximum donation limit of $844,600 per person that the 47 committees could legally accept, so $310,800 was returned.
According to OpenSecrets, as of June 30, the top 10 political action committees supporting Trump had raised about $255.9 million, but a large portion of that came from the traditional financial sector and U.S. dollar donations.
In the second quarter FEC disclosure documents submitted by the Trump campaign, individuals who donated to the Trump campaign through cryptocurrency include the Gemini brothers, Kraken co-founder Jesse Powell, Ripple Chief Legal Officer Stuart Alderoty, BitGo CEO Michael Belshe, and Messari CEO Ryan Selkis, with a total of nearly $2.9 million in donated crypto assets. According to breadcrumbs data, at least $1.8 million worth of BTC has been donated to the Trump campaign since accepting BTC donations in May 2024.
At present, it is impossible to determine Trump’s total fundraising situation except based on on-chain evidence and FEC documents, but the campaign team will submit FEC documents in the future to show how much money they raised this quarter, and then they can calculate the proportion of crypto assets in the total donations.
“Trump Card” NFT series revenue: a total of US$7.15 million
According to Trump's financial disclosure, in addition to his declared holdings of Ethereum-based crypto assets worth between $1 million and $5 million, Trump has earned more than $7.15 million from three NFT series. In addition, Trump's wife also earned more than $330,000 from the sale of digital trading cards or NFT fees. Trump said in July that he plans to release another set of NFT series.
In December 2022, Trump launched his first NFT series, "Trump Digital Trading Cards," which sold for $99 each and sold out in less than a day.
Trump Digital Trading Cards Historical Price Chart
In 2023, Trump released two new series of NFTs, "Trump Digital Trading Cards Series 2" and "Mugshot Edition", and introduced NFT benefits such as Trump dinners, signed souvenirs, etc.
Trump Digital Trading Cards Series 2 Historical Price Chart
Mugshot Edition Historical Price Chart
OpenSea data shows that in terms of total transaction volume, Trump's first two NFT series are more popular, with transaction volumes of 15,812 ETH and 22080 ETH respectively. Given that all sales are subject to a 10% royalty from creators, the first series of NFT projects has generated sales of $19 million since its launch, earning $1.425 million after deducting OpenSea's 2.5% fee.
It is unclear how much Trump personally profited from the NFTs, as neither the former president, the PAC, nor his campaign were directly involved in designing or minting the NFTs, which were instead done by a company called NFT INC LLC.
Trump earned $4.9 million from his NFT licensing agreement with NFT INT LLC, the company behind the Trump series of NFTs that has earned millions of dollars in sales and royalties. NFT INT LLC states on its digital trading card website that it is an independent entity. "NFT INT LLC is not owned, managed or controlled by the Trump Organization, Donald J. Trump. NFT INT LLC uses the name, likeness and image of Donald J. Trump under a paid license from CIC Digital LLC." According to the disclosure information released by CREW, Trump is listed as the manager, president, secretary and treasurer of CIC Digital LLC.
