Eric Trump Says He Got Into Crypto Amid Political Attack, Calls Bitcoin 'Digital Gold'

He became interested in cryptocurrency$BNB

when politics connected the Trump family with the crypto community.

Eric Trump, son of former President Donald Trump, views bitcoin as digital gold and a store of value.

He became interested in cryptocurrency$BNB when politics connected the Trump family with the crypto community.

Trump co-founded American Bitcoin$BTC

, a mining firm planning to go public through a merger with Gryphon Digital Mining.

TORONTO —Eric Trump, the son of U.S. President Donald Trump, said he believes bitcoin is digital gold and called the largest digital currency a store of value, during a packed panel at Consensus 2025 in Toronto.

"I really believe in digital gold, which is bitcoin, right? I believe in the store of value," Trump said.