{"id":2482087,"date":"2025-09-03T17:52:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T21:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-linked-bitcoin-company-has-volatile-nasdaq-debut\/"},"modified":"2025-09-03T17:56:02","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T21:56:02","slug":"trump-linked-bitcoin-company-has-volatile-nasdaq-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-linked-bitcoin-company-has-volatile-nasdaq-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump-linked Bitcoin company has volatile Nasdaq debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-linked-bitcoin-company-has-volatile-nasdaq-debut%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2482087&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-photo-show-the-monster-building-in-hong-kong-with-hundreds-of-floors\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Does This Photo Show The Monster Building In Hong Kong With Hundreds Of Floors?\">article reports<\/a> on the volatile nasdaq debut of American Bitcoin, a bitcoin treasury and mining company linked to the Trump family, specifically Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump. The stock opened at $9.22, surged as high as $14 during the day, marking a 39% increase, but ultimately closed lower at $8.04. American Bitcoin went public following its merger with Gryphon Digital Mining and had raised $220 million from investors earlier in the year. Eric Trump, the company&#8217;s CSO and co-founder, described the debut as a milestone for incorporating Bitcoin into U.S. capital markets.<\/p>\n<p>This launch is part of the Trump family&#8217;s broader expansion into the cryptocurrency sector, which has already seen notable gains, such as a $5 billion valuation increase from a previous crypto trading debut. Though, these developments have raised ethical concerns about the family potentially benefiting from President Trump&#8217;s influence over cryptocurrency regulation. During the trading day, Eric Trump&#8217;s stake in American Bitcoin was valued at up to $600 million.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally,the article mentions recent legislative efforts by Senate Democrats to curb cryptocurrency-related conflicts of interest involving high-ranking government officials and their families. Simultaneously occurring,during his presidency,Donald Trump had reduced cryptocurrency regulations and appointed crypto-friendly individuals to key regulatory positions. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump-linked Bitcoin company has volatile Nasdaq debut<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1981754\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/bitcoin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bitcoin<\/a> treasury and mining company linked to the Trump family saw a large rise in its stock price at one point on its first day on the Nasdaq stock market, but it still ended up being valued less than it opened.<\/p>\n<p>The stock opened the day at $9.22, and at one point saw its share price climb as much as 39% by early afternoon to about $14, but it ended the day at $8.04.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3792415\/nyc-mayoral-drop-out-urges-alliance-against-mamdani\/\">NYC mayoral drop out urges alliance against &lsquo;Trojan horse&rsquo; Mamdani<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3792173\/trump-freezes-hud-funding-new-orleans-indicted-mayor-latoya-cantrell\/\">Trump freezes HUD funding for indicted New Orleans mayor<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3792069\/lamonica-mciver-escapes-house-censure-five-republican-helpers\/\">LaMonica McIver escapes House censure with five GOP helpers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>American Bitcoin went live on the stock market Wednesday after its merger with crypto mining company Gryphon Digital Mining. The company is backed by President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donald Trump&rsquo;s<\/a> sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Eric Trump, American Bitcoin&rsquo;s CSO and cofounder, ahead of the stock market opening, said, &ldquo;Our Nasdaq debut marks a historic milestone in bringing Bitcoin into the core of U.S. capital markets and advancing our mission to make America the undisputed leader of the global Bitcoin economy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>American Bitcoin raised $220 million in cash and bitcoin from investors in a June private stock offering.<\/p>\n<p>American Bitcoin going live is the latest expansion of the Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illegal-immigrant-accused-of-suffocating-birthday-girl-tossing-body-in-shallow-grave\/\" title=\"Illegal Immigrant Accused of Suffocating Birth... Girl, Tossing Body in Shallow Grave\">family&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/factbox-singapores-rise-and-falter-as-asia-cryptocurrency-hub\/\" title=\"Factbox \u2013 Singapore\u2019s rise, and falter, as Asia cryptocurrency hub\">crypto business<\/a>. Another Trump family crypto venture, World Liberty Financial, surged in value <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3789633\/trump-family-gains-5-billion-crypto-trading-debut\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">before dipping and losing most gains<\/a> on its first day of market trading Tuesday. Still, the Trump family made $5 billion from the debut.<\/p>\n<p>The family&rsquo;s latest crypto venture has also renewed ethics concerns about the family benefiting from the president&rsquo;s influence on the crypto industry. Just before 1 p.m., the value of Eric Trump&rsquo;s American Bitcoin stake had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2025-09-03\/trumps-cash-in-on-crypto-anew-as-american-bitcoin-shares-surge?embedded-checkout=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">climbed to as much as $600 million<\/a>,&nbsp;according to calculations from <em>Bloomberg<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance-and-economy\/3472164\/house-passes-crypto-week-legislation-after-republican-revolt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>HOUSE PASSES &lsquo;CRYPTO WEEK&rsquo; LEGISLATION AFTER REPUBLICAN REVOLT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In his second term, Trump has additionally slashed cryptocurrency regulations and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2024\/12\/04\/trump-cryptocurrency-ally-paul-atkins-sec\/76768935007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-family-gains-5-billion-in-crypto-trading-debut\/\" title=\"... gains  billion in crypto trading ...\">appointed crypto allies<\/a><\/a> to lead watchdog agencies, including the Securities and Exchange Commission.<\/p>\n<p>Several Senate Democrats <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/merkley-and-schumer-lead-the-charge-to-end-crypto-corruption-by-trump-other-elected-officials\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">introduced<\/a> legislation earlier this year aimed at <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >curbing alleged cryptocurrency-related corruption<\/a>. The legislation would ban &ldquo;the President, Vice President, Senior Executive Branch Officials, Members of Congress, and their immediate families from financially benefiting from issuing, endorsing, or sponsoring crypto assets, such as meme coins and stablecoins.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump-linked Bitcoin firm&#8217;s Nasdaq debut sees sharp swings<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2482088,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AP25241386046037.jpg?w=650","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4254,12577,15946,3634],"class_list":["post-2482087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-bitcoin","tag-cryptocurrency","tag-nasdaq","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AP25241386046037.jpg?w=650","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2482087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2482087"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2482087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2482091,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2482087\/revisions\/2482091"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2482088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2482087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2482087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2482087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}