Eric Trump’s American Bitcoin hit by 95% slump, forced into reverse stock split

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American Bitcoin Corp, co-founded by Eric Trump, has seen its shares plunge more than 95% from their peak, erasing over $600 million from the market value of Eric Trump’s roughly 6% stake over the past 10 months, according to Bloomberg calculations. The brutal decline forced the company to execute a 1-for-15 reverse stock split this week to maintain its Nasdaq listing, with the stock hitting an all-time low on Wednesday. While peers like Riot Platforms, Cipher Mining, MARA Holdings, and TeraWulf surged an average of over 60% this year by pivoting to AI data centers, American Bitcoin stuck to its crypto strategy and dropped 77%. Eric Trump, who serves as chief strategy officer, said on a recent podcast that the company does not plan to sell its Bitcoin holdings and added another 500 tokens on Monday.

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Shares plunged 95% from peak, forcing a 1-for-15 reverse stock split to maintain Nasdaq listing, with stock hitting all-time low.

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