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Trump-Backed American Bitcoin Expands Holdings to 4,004 BTC Worth $415M

American Bitcoin (ABTC), the Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin treasury and mining firm backed by Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., has grown its Bitcoin holdings to 4,004 BTC (valued at roughly $415 million), according to a company announcement released ￰0￱ Takeaways: American Bitcoin (ABTC), backed by Eric and Donald Trump Jr., has expanded its holdings to 4,004 BTC worth $415 ￰1￱ company’s dual strategy of Bitcoin mining and at-market purchases drove a 2% rise in its share ￰2￱ mirrors Strategy’s (formerly MicroStrategy) accumulation model but faces tighter ￰3￱ October 24 and November 5, the company added 139 Bitcoins, worth over $14 million at current ￰4￱ Bitcoin Becomes 25th Largest BTC Holder The expansion cements American Bitcoin’s position as the 25th largest Bitcoin-holding company, based on data from bitcointreasuries.

net. “We continue to expand our Bitcoin holdings rapidly and cost-effectively through a dual strategy that integrates scaled Bitcoin mining operations with disciplined at-market purchases,” said Eric Trump, co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of the ￰5￱ Bitcoin’s shares traded nearly 2% higher on Friday afternoon in New York after a volatile session that saw early ￰6￱ company went public in September following a series of mergers that consolidated its operations into one of the more high-profile corporate plays in the digital asset ￰7￱ firm emerged earlier this year from a merger between the Trump brothers’ private business entity and Hut 8, a Canada-based Bitcoin miner, followed by a stock-for-stock merger with Gryphon Digital Mining, which was already publicly ￰8￱ IN: Trump family's American Bitcoin just bought 139 Bitcoin worth $13.9 million They now hold 4,004 Bitcoin worth $401.6 million ￰9￱ — Bitcoin Archive (@BitcoinArchive) November 7, 2025 At press time, Bitcoin (BTC) was trading near $103,369, up about 3% in 24 hours amid a mild rebound across broader crypto markets.

However, Bitcoin remains roughly 18% below its all-time high of $126,000 reached in early ￰10￱ Bitcoin’s approach mirrors that of Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy), the Nasdaq-listed software firm that pivoted into Bitcoin accumulation in ￰11￱ now holds over 641,000 BTC (worth around $66 billion), making it the world’s largest corporate Bitcoin ￰12￱ other miners, American Bitcoin faces an increasingly tough ￰13￱ the 2024 Bitcoin halving, block rewards dropped from 6.25 to 3.125 BTC, tightening margins across the ￰14￱ response, some miners have turned to AI-focused computing as a secondary revenue ￰15￱ Family’s Crypto Ventures Net $1B in Pre-Tax Gains The Trump family has reportedly generated around $1 billion in pre-tax gains over the past year through a wide network of cryptocurrency ventures, according to an investigation by the Financial ￰16￱ portfolio spans memecoins, stablecoins, DeFi projects, and digital collectibles, including the TRUMP and MELANIA tokens, which together brought in roughly $427 million, and the WLFI token, which added another $550 ￰17￱ family’s USD1 stablecoin, backed one-to-one by U.

S. Treasuries, has attracted $2.71 billion in reserves and fees, further cementing their growing footprint in the digital asset ￰18￱ investigation also detailed how global investors have poured billions into what some are calling the Trump crypto ￰19￱ entrepreneur Justin Sun reportedly invested $75 million in WLFI, while Abu Dhabi’s MGX fund provided $2 billion to Binance using the USD1 stablecoin. Meanwhile, Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), once operating at a loss, has reemerged as a $3 billion cash generator, largely fueled by new token and wallet offerings, over half of which are owned by Donald Trump himself.

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