Eric Trump's Crypto Wealth Has Soared with his Father's Return to Power
The Trumps' crypto ventures are growing in markets the administration is regulating.
As President Trump’s administration rolled out crypto policy in 2025, Forbes estimates that Eric Trump’s crypto-driven fortune climbed about tenfold to roughly $400 million.
Two Trump-linked cryptocurrency ventures expanded in 2025 as the administration advanced national policy aimed at increasing U.S. leadership in digital assets, including cryptocurrencies and stablecoins, according to reporting by Reuters, the Financial Times, and Forbes.
The overlap is of national significance because the president’s family has large financial stakes in industries shaped by federal action. Executive Order 14178 created a President’s Working Group on Digital Asset Markets and directed it to propose a federal framework for digital assets while promoting lawful dollar-backed stablecoins and barring agencies from pursuing a central-bank digital currency, a government-issued digital dollar, according to the Federal Register. The GENIUS Act sets national reserve and licensing rules for payment stablecoins, according to the Congressional Research Service.
Forbes has estimated that Eric Trump’s net worth rose to about $400 million, roughly ten times higher than before the 2024 election, and that the gain is primarily tied to crypto holdings and related cashflows. Eric Trump has disputed parts of Forbes’ valuation without providing alternative figures.
One venture, American Bitcoin, is a U.S. bitcoin-mining and treasury company co-founded by Eric Trump with Donald Trump Jr. as a shareholder, Reuters reported. The firm mines bitcoin and holds it on its balance sheet, and it reached public markets on Sept. 3, 2025 through a reverse merger, a common route to go public without a traditional IPO, with Gryphon Digital Mining. It now trades on Nasdaq under the ticker ABTC, its stock symbol.
American Bitcoin is a majority-owned subsidiary of Hut 8, a large mining operator, and Hut 8 retained roughly 80 percent control after the merger, according to Reuters and CoinDesk. The Trump family holds a sizable minority stake.
The company has described its strategy as building low-cost U.S. mining capacity while accumulating bitcoin as a corporate treasury asset. Promotional materials and public statements have presented the miner as a Trump-family venture, according to coverage of the firm’s debut by Reuters and the Financial Times.
ABTC’s public debut was volatile and has remained so. Shares dropped about 40 percent on Dec. 2 and Dec. 3 after a lock-up period expired, letting early investors sell newly tradable shares, Reuters and the Financial Times reported.
Hut 8 executives told Reuters that neither the firm nor the Trump family sold shares during the unlock. Eric Trump said in public posts that he is holding his stake.
American Bitcoin has highlighted growth in its corporate bitcoin reserves in recent statements and market coverage, continuing a mining-plus-treasury strategy described in filings.
Forbes has estimated that Eric Trump’s stake in American Bitcoin is his largest single crypto holding and was worth about $160 million as of early December, after being far higher at the stock’s September debut. Those amounts fluctuate with market prices and remain Forbes estimates.
The second venture, World Liberty Financial, launched a dollar-pegged stablecoin called USD1 in March 2025. Reuters and industry outlets reported that USD1 is marketed as Trump-linked and designed to be fully collateralized with short-term U.S. Treasuries, dollars and cash-like assets held with BitGo. A stablecoin is a cryptocurrency meant to trade at $1.
Forbes has estimated that Eric Trump has a direct economic interest in USD1 and that World Liberty token sales have produced payouts to the Trump family. Those valuations remain Forbes estimates and have not been publicly confirmed in full family disclosures.
USD1 has already been used in major cross-border transactions. Reuters reported that MGX, an Abu Dhabi-backed firm, used USD1 for a 2025 investment in Binance, and World Liberty has cited that deal as evidence of institutional adoption.
World Liberty said it plans to begin offering real-world-asset tokenization products in January 2026, Reuters reported. The products would put traditional assets on blockchains under the firm’s model.
These business gains have unfolded alongside coordinated federal actions favorable to crypto markets. Executive Order 14178, signed Jan. 23, 2025, established the working group and set out the administration’s pro-crypto policy direction, including support for lawful stablecoins, according to the order.
The GENIUS Act, signed in July 2025, set national reserve and licensing rules for payment stablecoins and requires full backing with high-quality liquid assets such as dollars and short-term U.S. Treasuries, according to CRS summaries.
Major outlets have reported that the family’s exposure to both bitcoin mining and a Treasury-reserve stablecoin, backed by U.S. government debt but privately issued, places their ventures in sectors directly shaped by these federal decisions. The White House has said crypto policy is being made for national economic purposes and not to benefit family businesses.
As of early December 2025, stablecoin rule implementation is beginning and both firms are continuing to expand bitcoin holdings and product lines, and Reuters and other major outlets have said the policy-profit overlap remains a focus of national ethics coverage.
Brian Daitzman is the Editor of The Intellectualist. Read the original article here.
References
Forbes | Dec. 4, 2025 | “Eric Trump Has Gotten 10 Times Richer Since Dad’s Election” | https://www.forbes.com/sites/kylemullins/2025/12/04/eric-trump-has-gotten-10-times-richer-since-dads-election/
Reuters | Dec. 3, 2025 | “American Bitcoin steadies after share lock-up expiry sparks near 40% plunge” | https://www.reuters.com/business/american-bitcoin-steadies-after-share-lock-up-expiry-sparks-near-40-plunge-2025-12-03/
Financial Times | Dec. 2, 2025 | “Trump sons’ bitcoin venture sheds almost 40% of its value in crypto turmoil” | https://www.ft.com/content/18e3bfc1-c2aa-49a0-8c6d-a37255a23017
The Guardian | Dec. 2, 2025 | “Eric Trump’s cryptocurrency firm tumbles nearly 40% amid ‘crypto winter’” | https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/02/eric-trump-american-bitcoin-stock
Reuters | Dec. 3, 2025 | “WLF to launch real-world asset products in January, co-founder says” | https://www.reuters.com/business/wlf-launch-real-world-asset-products-january-co-founder-says-2025-12-03/
CoinDesk | Mar. 25, 2025 | “Trump-Backed World Liberty Financial Confirms Dollar Stablecoin Plans With BitGo” | https://www.coindesk.com/business/2025/03/25/trump-backed-world-liberty-financial-confirms-dollar-stablecoin-plans-with-bitgo/
Federal Register | Jan. 31, 2025 | “Strengthening American Leadership in Digital Financial Technology” | https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/31/2025-02123/strengthening-american-leadership-in-digital-financial-technology
Congressional Research Service | July 18, 2025 | “Stablecoin Legislation: An Overview of S. 1582, GENIUS Act of 2025” | https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IN12553
These unattractive, unAmerican Trumplings are as bad as their father.
We don't even have to wonder "what's in it for them" there it is in black and white... but I'm truly hoping all of it goes into the red...now it's just embarrassing how do we get out of this? the 6 maga supremes need to have their eyes propped open to watch in action the destruction of what "immunity" actually means ... not what they thought it might mean... shame shame shame