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The Inside Story of Eric Trump’s American Bitcoin
A new crypto mining company is flexing the Trump name and connections to get ahead.
Sean Glennan, Hut 8’s chief financial officer who previously worked at Citi, calls his current industry “mimetic”— having a public facing executive from one of the world’s most meme-able families doesn’t hurt. “American Bitcoin is uniquely positioned to scale faster and operate leaner than anyone in the space,” Eric said in a written statement to WIRED, citing Hut8’s track record, infrastructure and energy expertise as “unmatched”. Vance hours earlier, during a panel with Prusak, Ho, and his brother, Donald Jr. told the conservative-leaning crowd, “My father made a lot of promises to the…bitcoin community…[Eric and I] show our true level of commitment when you look at all the things we're doing in this space.” He named American Bitcoin first.
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