At the Bitcoin 2025 conference in Las Vegas, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump made headlines with bold predictions about Bitcoin’s price trajectory. Echoing the event’s upbeat tone, the brothers forecasted that the world’s largest cryptocurrency could surge as high as $175,000 by the end of 2026.
Eric Trump, playing to the crowd, declared that Bitcoin could go “past the moon,” while Donald Jr. offered a more grounded projection, estimating a range between $150,000 and $175,000. Both cited increasing institutional investment and global adoption as major drivers behind the potential rally.
“Every single day, people are allocating billions and billions of dollars to it. You know, 0.1 Bitcoin is going to be worth an absolute fortune,” Eric said, emphasizing the power of Bitcoin’s fixed supply.
Their remarks follow Bitcoin’s recent all-time high of $111,800, with the asset currently trading near $108,500—up roughly 45% since early April. The surge has been fueled by macroeconomic uncertainty, growing demand from institutional investors, and a renewed retail push.
The Trumps Go All-In on Crypto
Donald Jr. and Eric Trump are not just crypto advocates—they’re now major players in the space. At the Las Vegas event, they detailed their involvement in several blockchain ventures, reflecting a deeper shift in the Trump business empire.
One of their most prominent initiatives is World Liberty, a decentralized finance (DeFi) project reportedly preparing to launch its own stablecoin. They’re also backing American Bitcoin, a mining operation linked to data infrastructure firm American Data Centers and industry heavyweight Hut 8. The mining venture is expected to go public via a SPAC deal later this year.
“We’re actually executing on all of these things, and we’re very long crypto,” said Donald Jr.
“I mean, it’s a huge part of everything that we do right now.”
Eric Trump credited MicroStrategy’s Michael Saylor as an early inspiration, sharing how Saylor once suggested mortgaging Mar-a-Lago to buy Bitcoin. While that idea never materialized, it sparked what Eric described as a “complete treasury rethinking” within the Trump Organization.
Today, Eric says interest in Bitcoin has expanded far beyond U.S. borders.
“A year ago, maybe a hundred companies were treasuring Bitcoin,” he said.
“Today, it’s the Middle East, Africa, Asia—everywhere. Everyone wants in. No one wants out.”
From Debanking to Defiance: Eric Trump’s Crypto Crusade
Eric Trump also spoke candidly about how personal experiences shaped his views on Bitcoin. He described a moment when his personal bank accounts were unexpectedly frozen—a move he believes was politically motivated.
“There was a moment when my accounts just stopped working,” he said.
“That’s when you realize how deeply broken—and weaponized—the financial system has become.”
For Eric, Bitcoin isn’t just a hedge or an investment—it’s a tool for financial sovereignty.
“I hate using the word ‘hate,’ but honestly, I’d love to see some of these big banks go extinct. They’ve earned it.”
While the Trumps frame their crypto embrace as part of a broader resistance to financial censorship, critics in Washington are raising alarms. Last week, Representative Maxine Waters and over a dozen House Democrats introduced the Stop Trading, Retention, and Unfair Market Payoffs in Crypto Act of 2025. The bill aims to prohibit politicians and their families from holding significant crypto positions, citing risks of corruption and conflicts of interest.
The proposed legislation comes amid heightened scrutiny over the Trump family’s involvement in digital assets—including associations with the TRUMP memecoin and the WLF token. Lawmakers are now demanding suspicious activity reports and financial disclosures to determine whether the former first family has benefited from undisclosed crypto-based payoffs.
Quick Facts
- Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump forecast Bitcoin could hit $175K by 2026
- The brothers are backing crypto ventures including a DeFi stablecoin and mining firm
- Eric Trump says financial censorship drove his deeper embrace of Bitcoin
- Lawmakers introduce new bill to restrict politicians from holding major crypto assets
- Scrutiny builds over Trump-linked tokens like TRUMP and WLF
