Eric Trump’s American Bitcoin Posts $82 Million First-Quarter Loss as Output Hits Record, Stands by No-Sale BTC Strategy
American Bitcoin (ABTC), chaired by Eric Trump, combines Bitcoin mining with a treasury strategy that keeps mined BTC on its balance sheet. The model allows the company to accumulate crypto assets but leaves its financial results more exposed to Bitcoin price swings and the mining industry’s pivot toward AI computing.
American Bitcoin’s net loss widened to $82 million in the first quarter of 2026, while revenue also missed expectations, mainly because a drop in Bitcoin’s price triggered a $117 million book impairment. Costs fell 23% over the same period, and the company mined a record 817 BTC. Eric Trump said it would continue building its reserves and was not considering any sales for now.
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The history behind this eventAmerican Bitcoin Posts Record Q2 Output, Narrows Loss
American Bitcoin (ABTC), co-founded with the involvement of Eric Trump and other members of the Trump family, operates a bitcoin mining and accumulation business. Its ties to a prominent U.S. political family have heightened scrutiny of its operations, while production costs, cryptocurrency holdings and access to capital offer investors a gauge of how aggressively large miners can expand through bitcoin’s volatile market cycles.
ABTC mined a record 932 bitcoin in the second quarter, helping lift mining revenue by 8% to $67 million. The company reported a net loss of $57.2 million, narrowing substantially from $81.8 million in the first quarter. Its bitcoin treasury reached about 8,002 tokens as of June 30, placing the miner above the 8,000-BTC threshold after its strongest production quarter to date.
Forbes Raises Profiteering Concerns Over Trump Family Bitcoin Miner ABTC; Eric Trump Counters With Data
American Bitcoin (NASDAQ: ABTC), co-founded by Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., focuses on Bitcoin mining and asset accumulation. It went public on September 3, 2025, through a merger with Gryphon Digital Mining. The Trump family name has drawn market attention while putting the company’s operating efficiency, equity dilution and risks to retail investors under scrutiny.
On April 28, 2026, Forbes estimated that retail investors had lost about $500 million since ABTC’s listing and questioned its profit model. Eric Trump responded the same day, saying the company held more than 7,000 BTC, operated about 90,000 mining machines and had 28 EH/s of computing power, making it the 16th-largest publicly traded Bitcoin holder. He also alleged that Chinese capital had influenced the report but provided no evidence of interference in the editorial process.
Eric Trump Celebrates as American Bitcoin Tops 6,500 BTC, Becomes World's 17th-Largest Publicly Traded Holder
American Bitcoin (Nasdaq: ABTC), backed by Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., combines bitcoin mining with a digital-asset reserve strategy. After its holdings surpassed 6,500 BTC, the company overtook Mike Novogratz's Galaxy Digital to rank 17th among publicly traded companies worldwide by bitcoin holdings, reflecting the Trump family's continued expansion into cryptocurrency.
Eric Trump announced that ABTC's holdings had exceeded 6,500 BTC after the company added more than 500 BTC over the previous 21 days. Its holdings subsequently grew to about 7,000 BTC. American Bitcoin also plans to purchase more than 10,000 new mining machines to expand its US mining infrastructure, but reports did not provide the exact dates or values of the announcement and purchase.
Trump Family-Backed Bitcoin Miner American Bitcoin Posts $59.5 Million Fourth-Quarter Loss
American Bitcoin (ABTC) is a Trump family-backed Bitcoin miner whose operating performance is heavily influenced by Bitcoin prices, mining costs and asset revaluations. The company holds more than 6,000 Bitcoin. Its financial results reflect not only the state of its mining operations but also serve as a key gauge of the Trump family’s cryptocurrency interests.
American Bitcoin reported a net loss of $59.5 million for the fourth quarter of 2025. Although revenue rose 22% from the third quarter of 2025, the increase was not enough to offset the impact of revaluing its digital assets. The company consequently recorded a substantial loss for the full year of 2025, underscoring the effect of its Bitcoin-holding strategy on earnings volatility.
Trump Family-Backed American Bitcoin Posts $59 Million Fourth-Quarter Loss as Bitcoin Slides
American Bitcoin (ABTC), a Bitcoin mining company backed by the Trump family, combines in-house mining with open-market purchases to expand its Bitcoin reserves. Because its assets and earnings are closely tied to BTC prices, the fourth-quarter decline reduced the value of its holdings and amplified swings in its financial results, making the company a notable case study in the risks of corporate Bitcoin strategies.
American Bitcoin reported a fourth-quarter loss of $59 million as a sharp drop in Bitcoin prices eroded the value of its holdings. The company held more than 6,000 BTC at the end of the quarter and continued to pursue its dual growth strategy of mining and open-market purchases, accumulating more Bitcoin despite price volatility.
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