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Eric Trump Becomes Billionaire Through American Bitcoin and WLFI Surge

Key Highlights Eric Trump becomes a billionaire through American Bitcoin and WLFI ￰0￱ family’s stablecoin and WLFI tokens gain massive investor ￰1￱ Bitcoin valued at $7.3B despite only two ￰2￱ Trump Hits Billionaire Status Through Crypto Eric Trump the second son of US President Donald Trump has officially entered billionaire status thanks to the explosive growth of his holdings in American ￰3￱ to Forbes

his stake reached $950 million during the morning trading peak on September 3 2025 before closing at approximately $590 ￰4￱ Bitcoin a company specializing in mining and holding digital assets

owns over 16,000 mining rigs and holds 2,443 BTC valued at roughly $275 million at the time of ￰5￱ having only two employees the company is valued by the market at approximately $7.3 billion raising questions about overheated investor expectations

according to industry ￰6￱ Family Crypto Ventures Eric’s older brother Donald Trump Jr. is also active in the crypto ￰7￱ his stake in American Bitcoin is not officially disclosed he has signed documents as an ￰8￱ brothers are involved in World Liberty Financial (WLFI)

which has issued its own WLFI token and a $1 stablecoin backed by $2 billion in investments from UAE ￰9￱ noted that President Trump’s July 2025 law regulating stablecoins contributed to heightened interest in WLFI consolidating it among the largest players in the digital asset ￰10￱ Trump family’s digital assets have seen significant price appreciation according to media ￰11￱ Beyond Cryptocurrency In addition to crypto Eric and Donald ￰12￱ to expand the family’s licensing ￰13￱ agreements in Saudi Arabia

the UAE and Romania boosted revenue from $7 million in 2023 to $45 million a year later making licensing one of the most profitable areas for the Trump ￰14￱ brothers also partner with Dominari Holdings to manage investment deals and new business ￰15￱ summer they launched a SPAC

New America Acquisition I Corp aiming to raise $300 million for technology and logistics ￰16￱ ￰17￱ further diversified his portfolio with a board seat at retailer GrabAGun (ticker: PEW) and a stake in drone manufacturer Unusual Machines.

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