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CointelegraphAug 7, 2026

Proposed CLARITY ethics deal could save Trump millions in taxes: Bloomberg

The latest bipartisan ethics proposal would reportedly require Trump to divest crypto businesses while allowing him to defer capital gains taxes on those sales.

Proposed CLARITY ethics deal could save Trump millions in taxes: Bloomberg

The latest bipartisan ethics proposal would reportedly require Trump to divest crypto businesses while allowing him to defer capital gains taxes on those sales. A bipartisan ethics proposal pitched to US President Donald Trump to secure passage of the crypto market structure bill in Congress could create a significant tax benefit for the president, Bloomberg reported Thursday. The ethics addendum,which has not been made public, includes a provision requiring the president to divest from crypto-related businesses,accordingto people familiar with the matter. The proposal would reportedly allow Trump to defer capital gains taxes on any required divestitures, potentially leading to tax savings in the millions. Democratic concerns overTrump’s crypto conflictshave been a central obstacle to passing the market-structure bill. Senators have been working on an ethics addendum meant to break that impasse, though the reported tax-deferral benefit could become another point of contention for Democrats to question whether the president’s financial interests are genuinely curbed. Cointelegraph reached out to the White House for comment but did not receive an immediate response. Trump’s annual financial disclosure report for 2025, released at the end of June, revealed the US president saw $1.4 billion in income from crypto-related ventures last year. According to the 927-page disclosure, the licensing and sale ofmemecoinssuch as Official Trump (TRUMP) generated the most income for Trump, with about $635 million coming from “royalties” in a “license agreement with Celebration Coins.” Meanwhile, the Trump family’s DeFi platform, World Liberty Financial, was the second-biggest earner, generating about $588 million from “proceeds from token sales.” The disclosure also revealed that Trump earned $197 from the sale of an equity interest in astablecoin venture. Meanwhile, disclosures on World Liberty’swebsiteshow that DT Marks DEFI LLC, an entity affiliated with Trump and certain family members, owns “approximately 38% of the equity interests” in World Liberty’s parent company.

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