TLDR
- Eric Trump declared Bitcoin is in its “greatest period ever” at Bitcoin 2026 in Las Vegas
- Major banks are now offering Bitcoin-backed mortgages and custody services
- Bitcoin ETFs rank among the most successful product launches in ETF history
- Trump cited limited supply and growing institutional and sovereign demand as key factors
- “People are not selling it. People are holding it. Bitcoin is becoming sticky,” Trump said
Eric Trump took the stage at Bitcoin 2026 in Las Vegas on Wednesday and said Bitcoin’s most important moment has already arrived.
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Speaking as co-founder and chief strategy officer of American Bitcoin, Trump said the past six months have been more consequential for Bitcoin than the prior three years combined.
“What bitcoin has done in the last six months relative to the previous three years is transformational,” Trump said. “We are in the greatest period I’ve ever seen.”
Trump pointed to a wave of institutional adoption, corporate treasury strategies, and mainstream banking services as the driving forces behind this shift.
He highlighted major banks now offering Bitcoin-backed mortgages and custody services as the clearest sign of a change in how Wall Street treats the asset.
Trump said this would have been unthinkable just two years ago.
“People are not selling it. People are holding it. Bitcoin is becoming sticky,” he said.
Wall Street Changes Course
Trump argued that Bitcoin is no longer being treated as a speculative trading instrument by large financial institutions.
Instead, he said, it is now being used as collateral — a bankable asset. That is a clear departure from how most banks viewed it just a few years ago.
He also pointed to growing demand from sovereign governments as a factor tightening the available supply of Bitcoin on the market.
ETFs Open the Door for Everyday Investors
Bloomberg senior ETF analyst Eric Balchunas, who moderated the session, noted that Bitcoin ETFs have ranked among the most successful product launches in the entire history of the ETF instrument.
Balchunas said these products have opened Bitcoin access to everyday retail investors in a way that was previously only available to institutions and high-net-worth individuals.
That expansion of access through regulated, mainstream financial products represents a new demand driver that earlier Bitcoin cycles did not have.
Trump acknowledged the current price volatility, with Bitcoin having struggled to clear $79,000 after a strong April recovery.
He said he is not concerned by short-term price moves.
“I’ll ride out the volatility,” Trump said. “We’ll see who wins in a 10-year period of time.”
That comment reflects American Bitcoin’s broader strategy of long-term accumulation regardless of near-term price action.
Trump’s appearance at Bitcoin 2026 came as the conference drew a large crowd of institutional players, miners, and retail investors to Las Vegas.
American Bitcoin, the company Trump co-founded, is focused on Bitcoin mining and treasury strategy.
At the time of the event, Bitcoin was trading in a recovery phase following earlier market pressure in April 2026.
