Eric Trump, the son of Donald Trump, is set to visit Japan in early September to promote the development of cryptocurrency. This visit is part of a broader strategy by the Trump family to expand their influence in the cryptocurrency industry. Eric Trump is expected to attend a shareholders’ meeting hosted by Metaplanet Inc., a Japanese Bitcoin asset management company, on September 1st. This event marks the Trump family’s first major foray into the Asian cryptocurrency market, which has been growing rapidly in recent years.
Metaplanet, originally a hotel operator, shifted its focus to Bitcoin investments in early 2022 and has since accumulated over 21 billion dollars worth of Bitcoin. The company appointed Eric Trump as a strategic advisor in March of this year, adopting a strategy similar to that of Michael Saylor’s Strategy Inc. Despite a significant increase in Metaplanet’s stock price over the past 12 months, it has since…
