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The Economic Times
The Economic Times

Donald Trump's son bet big on Bitcoin, lost $600 million from family fortune

American Bitcoin Corp. was built around a simple idea: that owning and mining Bitcoin would be enough to mint money.

Instead, the company co-founded by Eric Trump is mired in a deep downturn. As Bitcoin sank into a bear market and demand for artificial intelligence surged, investors increasingly favored miners that could repurpose their infrastructure for AI-focused data centers.

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