Stop TRUMP in Crypto Act of 2025
Key claim: The Stop TRUMP in Crypto Act of 2025 would prohibit the President, Vice President, Members of Congress, and their spouses and children from controlling, issuing, sponsoring, promoting, mining, or trading digital assets while in office, including via intermediaries, with fines and imprisonment for violations.
Abstract
(HR3573 · 119th Congress) Stop Trading, Retention, and Unfair Market Payoffs in Crypto Act of 2025 or the Stop TRUMP in Crypto Act of 2025 This bill prohibits certain government officials and their families from engaging in specified activities involving digital assets (including financial contracts, products, or instruments that derive their value from a digital asset). Specifically, the President, the Vice President, and Members of Congress (and their spouses, children, and children’s spouses) are prohibited from owning a proportion of such an asset that allows the individual to unilaterally make changes to the asset; serving as an officer, director, or owner of an asset issuer; issuing, sponsoring, promoting, or receiving any direct or indirect compensation for the sale, marketing, or mining of such an asset in the United States or to a person in the United States; or trading assets while the official is in office if the individual has material non-public information about such assets. The bill also prohibits indirect engagement in such activities through intermediaries such as trusts or corporations or through other arrangements intended to conceal the individual’s beneficial ownership or control. Individuals who violate this bill are subject to penalties including fines and imprisonment. Latest action (2025-05-21): Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Why this matters
The bill would be the first statutory ethics regime specifically addressing digital-asset activity by senior federal officials, closing a gap left by existing conflict-of-interest and congressional trading rules that were designed around traditional securities. If enacted, it would constrain a policymaking cohort that is simultaneously shaping crypto market-structure, stablecoin, and CBDC rules, and would establish criminal liability for issuance or promotion of tokens by covered officials.