Key Takeaways American Bitcoin, the bitcoin mining company co-founded by Eric Trump, will go public through a merger with another mining firm, Gryphon Digital Mining.The new company will be named American Bitcoin and is expected to trade on the Nasdaq.

American Bitcoin was founded earlier in the year in collaboration with Hut 8, whose CEO also serves on American Bitcoin's board.

However, Eric Trump — who has a background in real estate — told the crowd at CoinDesk's Consensus 2025 conference in Toronto that he didn't get into bitcoin or crypto until p