Would You Tokenize Trump Real Estate?

Insights into the past, present and future of the crypto industry with Eric Trump.

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Eric Trump, American Bitcoin co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer, joins "CoinDesk Spotlight" to break down how being "de-banked" and the weaponization of the financial system pushed him into crypto. Plus, his journey from real estate to bitcoin mining and the vision for tokenizing Trump properties. And, he shares the story of Michael Saylor telling him to mortgage Mar-a-Lago to buy bitcoin.

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Timestamps:

1:47 - Eric Trump's First Memory of Money 3:42 - How "Debanking" Led Eric Trump to Crypto 8:28 - The Danger of Hard Assets vs. Crypto's Liquidity 12:18 - 'Michael Saylor Told Me to Mortgage Mar-A-Lago for Bitcoin' 13:29 - Building American Bitcoin 16:32 - Eric Trump's $1 Million Bitcoin Prediction 20:17 - Why Eric Says the "Dam is Breaking" for Crypto Adoption 22:17 - Market Structure and Where Crypto Regulation Goes from Here 25:21 - Are Tariffs Impacting ABTC's Mining Operations? 27:00 - World Liberty Financial's DeFi Model 30:16 - USD1 & Financial Freedom in Developing Nations 36:52 - Tokenizing Trump Real Estate 38:41 - Taylor Swift Should Be Able to Tokenize Her Albums 41:26 - Eric Trump's Take on Stablecoins 45:09 - Who Are Eric Trump's Crypto Mentors? 51:39 - Is Barron Trump a Degen?

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This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie. “CoinDesk Spotlight” is produced by Sam Ewen, Jennifer Sanasie, Taylor Fleming and Victor Chen.