Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. championed Bitcoin and decentralized finance at the Bitcoin 2025 conference in Las Vegas, promoting their family's World Liberty Fi platform and slamming traditional banks. The brothers cited being “debanked” as their entry point into crypto and criticized the current financial system as invasive and outdated. Their appearance followed Vice President J.D. Vance’s pro-crypto remarks, highlighting the Trump administration’s active embrace of digital assets. Since returning to office, President Trump has issued executive orders supporting Bitcoin, banned CBDCs, and rolled back SEC enforcement actions. The Trump family’s deepening ties to crypto include NFT projects, a decentralized finance platform, and a forthcoming Bitcoin mining firm. Critics allege the president is leveraging public office for personal crypto gains, with reports estimating the family's digital asset ventures have boosted their net worth by nearly $3 billion.
