Trump reveals up to $100K Strategy stock purchase in ethics filing
President Donald Trump disclosed in an Office of Government Ethics filing that he purchased between $50,001 and $100,000 of Strategy shares on July 27, following an earlier July purchase of $1,001 to $15,000. The filing also lists other crypto-linked transactions in July, including a Coinbase purchase and sales of Bitcoin miners MARA Holdings and CleanSpark.
Why It Matters
The disclosure comes as the Trump administration advances several crypto-related policies through federal regulators and Congress, and Strategy (MicroStrategy) is the largest public corporate holder of Bitcoin, making such holdings notable amid government actions affecting crypto markets.
Key Facts
- Filing source: U.S. Office of Government Ethics
- Strategy purchase (July 27): $50,001 to $100,000
- Earlier Strategy purchase (July 24): $1,001 to $15,000
- Strategy total BTC holdings (company): 846,000 BTC (per BitcoinTreasuries.net)
- Other crypto-linked transactions: Coinbase purchase; sales of MARA Holdings and CleanSpark
President Donald Trump reported buying between $50,001 and $100,000 of Strategy shares on July 27, according to a disclosure filed with the U.S. Office of Government Ethics and released Tuesday. The filing also lists a smaller Strategy purchase of $1,001 to $15,000 on July 24, along with other transactions in crypto-related companies during July.
Strategy, widely tracked as the largest publicly traded corporate holder of Bitcoin, is shown by BitcoinTreasuries.net to hold 846,000 BTC. The July 27 purchase matched a prior Strategy acquisition of $50,001 to $100,000 that Trump disclosed on Feb. 12. The ethics filing reports transactions in value ranges rather than providing a running share balance, so the current number of Strategy shares in Trump’s accounts is not disclosed.
In addition to the Strategy trades, the disclosure shows activity in other crypto-linked stocks: a Coinbase purchase and sales of Bitcoin mining firms MARA Holdings and CleanSpark during July. The filing indicates that the Strategy purchase on July 27 was the largest of the crypto-related transactions listed for that month.
The filings also put the Strategy trade in the context of broader portfolio moves: the report shows sales of Microsoft and Amazon stock valued between $5 million and $25 million on July 20 and multiple purchases and sales in the $1 million to $5 million range. The White House told CNBC that Trump’s stock and bond portfolio is managed independently by third-party financial institutions without input from Trump or his family.
The disclosure arrives as the administration pursues several crypto-related policy actions. Although comprehensive market-structure legislation stalled in the Senate, federal regulators have taken steps using existing authority, including a temporary SEC exemption allowing limited onchain trading of tokenized U.S. stocks and CFTC actions easing registration requirements for certain software providers. Separately, the CFTC sent a broader crypto market rulemaking initiative to the White House for review, and the House Financial Services Committee advanced legislation to codify a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve into law. The U.S. government is estimated to hold about 324,527 BTC, per Arkham Intelligence data.
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Original source: Cointelegraph