https://www.scmp.com/rss/523182/feed The latest news and top stories on American Bitcoin. A leading entity in the cryptocurrency and digital assets sector, American Bitcoin specialises in large-scale Bitcoin mining and building a strategic Bitcoin reserve. Co-founded by Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr, the company aims to become the world’s most efficient pure-play Bitcoin miner. Associated with Hut 8 Corp, it plans to go public via an all-stock merger with Gryphon Digital Mining in Q3 2025, with Eric Trump becoming Chief Strategy... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Reuters Reuters A bitcoin company tied to US President Donald Trump’s two oldest sons more than doubled in value in its stock market debut on Wednesday, valuing the sons’ stake at well over US$1.5 billion as the first family grows their crypto business interests. Shares in American Bitcoin, a bitcoin miner, soared as high as US$14.52 on its first day of trade on the Nasdaq, before pulling back to be up 16.5 per cent at US$8.04 by the end of the day. The company was around 20 per cent owned by Eric Trump and... https://www.scmp.com/tech/blockchain/article/3324271/trumps-oldest-sons-american-bitcoin-stake-worth-us15-billion-stock-debut?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/blockchain/article/3324271/trumps-oldest-sons-american-bitcoin-stake-worth-us15-billion-stock-debut?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 04 Sep 2025 03:13:30 +0000 Willa Wu Willa Wu A senior Hong Kong official and a lawmaker have withdrawn from a Bitcoin Asia conference where Eric Trump, son of United States President Donald Trump, will attend, with sources confirming they were advised not to interact with the American businessman. A check by the Post on the conference’s website on Wednesday found that Eric Yip Chee-hang, executive director of the city’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), had been removed from the list of keynote speakers for the forum taking place... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3323388/hong-kong-official-and-lawmaker-pull-out-bitcoin-asia-2025-featuring-eric-trump?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3323388/hong-kong-official-and-lawmaker-pull-out-bitcoin-asia-2025-featuring-eric-trump?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 27 Aug 2025 12:17:38 +0000 Xinmei Shen Xinmei Shen Eric Trump, the second-born son of US President Donald Trump, will attend next month’s Bitcoin Asia 2025 conference in Hong Kong as a headline speaker, as the city strives to position itself as a leading hub for digital assets, competing with the US. Trump would discuss bitcoin’s “long-term potential” and its impact on global finance, as well as “how Asia is shaping the future of bitcoin adoption,” said BTC Inc, the conference organiser, on Tuesday. Bitcoin Asia, the regional edition of the... https://www.scmp.com/tech/blockchain/article/3317317/eric-trump-headline-bitcoin-asia-2025-hong-kong-competes-us-be-crypto-hub?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/blockchain/article/3317317/eric-trump-headline-bitcoin-asia-2025-hong-kong-competes-us-be-crypto-hub?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 08 Jul 2025 04:30:08 +0000