JD Vance’s Bitcoin Bet Grows Five-Fold Since His First Senate Disclosure
The filing, an OGE Form 278e, listed “ bitcoin” under Part 6, Other Assets and Income. Vance holds the position through a Coinbase account. The form shows no reported income from the holding or income under $200.
OGE rules require filers to report values in broad brackets rather than exact dollar amounts. Vance’s disclosure does not state how much bitcoin he owns, when he bought it, or its current market value.
A Growing Position
Vance’s bitcoin position, however, has grown since he first disclosed it. As a Senate candidate in 2022, he reported a bitcoin cache held on Coinbase worth $100,001 to $250,000. By his 2024 vice presidential nominee filing, the range had moved up to $250,000 to $500,000, where it remains in the new filing.
Vance spoke about his bitcoin ownership at the Bitcoin 2025 Conference in Las Vegas last May. He told the crowd he was one of the only candidates running for office who actually owned bitcoin when he ran for Senate. He said he still owns a fair amount of bitcoin today.
The Rest of the Portfolio
The bitcoin holding sits inside a much larger financial picture. Propublica’s review of the same filing puts Vance’s total reported assets between $6.1 million and $22 million or more. His biggest positions are in exchange-traded funds held through Charles Schwab, including $1 million to $5 million each in the Invesco QQQ Trust and the SPDR S&P 500 ETF.
The filing also lists a promissory note from Narya Capital Management, his former venture firm, worth $1 million to $5 million. Vance resigned as a partner there after entering the Senate. Other assets include real estate in Washington, D.C., smaller properties in Ohio and Kentucky, retirement accounts, 529 college savings plans for his children, and royalties from his book “Hillbilly Elegy.”
On the liability side, Vance reports a mortgage through Navy Federal Credit Union worth $250,000 to $500,000 and a Charles Schwab line of credit.
Trump’s Much Larger Stake
Trump’s filing, released in the same batch, shows a much larger crypto footprint. He reported more than $50 million in self-custodied bitcoin held in cold storage and more than $1 billion in crypto-related revenue and proceeds.
Vance and Trump have positioned themselves as one of the more openly pro- bitcoin figures today in Washington. Both have pushed for regulatory clarity and described crypto as part of the mainstream economy. The administration has backed a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve as part of its broader policy approach.
What It Means for Investors
For traders watching Washington’s relationship with crypto, the disclosures show two different scales of exposure. Trump’s position runs into nine figures and includes self-custodied bitcoin. Vance’s holding is custodial, sits on a regulated exchange, and represents a small share of his overall net worth.
Annual OGE filings cover the prior calendar year and are typically due in May, with extensions possible. Public release and aggregation by outlets like ProPublica can follow weeks or months later, which is why the 2025 disclosures drew fresh attention on June 30, 2026.
