- Eric Trump will attend Metaplanet’s Sept. 1 shareholder meeting in Tokyo after a Bitcoin Asia appearance.
- He predicts BTC will hit $175K in 2025 and $1M long-term, calling himself a “bitcoin maxi.”
- American Bitcoin, co-founded by Eric and Don Jr., is expanding into Asia while Trump Media builds a $2B crypto treasury.
Eric Trump has been doubling down on digital assets in a way that’s caught the market’s eye. Between speaking at major conferences, sitting on boards, and launching new ventures, Trump is making himself a central figure in the Trump family’s push into crypto—this time with an Asia-first angle.
According to Bloomberg, Trump is set to attend a Sept. 1 shareholder meeting of Metaplanet in Tokyo, a Japanese firm often compared to Michael Saylor’s MicroStrategy for its aggressive bitcoin playbook. Eric was appointed strategic adviser back in March, and his Tokyo appearance will follow a stop at the Bitcoin Asia conference in Hong Kong on Aug. 28–29.
Eric Trump Goes Public on Bitcoin Price Targets
The younger Trump has been vocal about his bullish stance on crypto. At the Wyoming Blockchain Symposium, he called himself a “bitcoin maxi”, saying he now spends more than half of his time working on crypto-related projects.
He predicted bitcoin will hit $175,000 by the end of 2025 and eventually surpass $1 million, framing BTC as the ultimate hedge against slow, outdated systems in traditional finance. In his words, blockchain fixes the settlement delays and inefficiencies that bog down banks and legacy institutions.
American Bitcoin Eyes Japan and Hong Kong
The Trump crypto empire doesn’t stop at speeches. The Financial Times reported earlier this month that American Bitcoin—a miner and treasury company co-founded by Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr.—is looking to acquire firms in Japan and Hong Kong to expand its stockpiling strategy.
The company plans to go public in the U.S. through a reverse merger with Gryphon Digital Mining, a Nasdaq-listed firm. American Bitcoin itself is the result of a May reorganization of American Data Centers, which absorbed mining rigs from Canadian operator Hut 8.
The mission is clear: to become the world’s most efficient bitcoin accumulation platform, blending mining with active treasury management in a MicroStrategy-inspired model.
Trump Family’s Bigger Crypto Play
It’s not just Eric. The Trump family as a whole is getting deeply entrenched in crypto. Trump Media & Technology Group, the parent of Truth Social, raised more than $2 billion in Q2 to build a bitcoin treasury. Meanwhile, Donald Trump Sr. disclosed $57 million in income from World Liberty Financial, a crypto startup launched in 2024.
All of this comes as Asia sharpens its crypto edge. Japan’s FSA is on track to approve the first yen-denominated stablecoin this fall, while Hong Kong has rolled out its Stablecoins Ordinance, requiring fiat-referenced issuers to secure an HKMA license. With Asia competing for crypto leadership, the Trumps are clearly angling to be part of the story.
