Scaramucci Family Invests $100M in Trump-Linked Bitcoin Miner

The Scaramucci household has invested over $100 million into American Bitcoin, the mining firm tied to US President Donald Trump’s sons.

The funding got here by Solari Capital, the funding agency based by AJ Scaramucci, which led the corporate’s $220 million spherical in July, months earlier than American Bitcoin went public by a reverse merger in September, in response to a report from Fortune. The miner didn’t beforehand disclose its backers.

AJ Scaramucci advised Fortune that Solari Capital contributed “over $100 million,” although he didn’t reveal the precise quantity. His father, Anthony Scaramucci, additionally participated with a smaller funding.

Different contributors included Tony Robbins, Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson, investor Grant Cardone and entrepreneur Peter Diamandis, per the report.

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Bitcoin is past politics

The involvement got here amid a long-running feud between Anthony Scaramucci and Donald Trump. Scaramucci briefly served as Trump’s White Home communications director in 2017 earlier than being fired days later, later rising as a vocal critic who endorsed Joe Biden and Kamala Harris within the 2020 and 2024 elections.

Nevertheless, AJ mentioned politics performed no function within the deal. “Has my Dad and Don Sr. have they’d their justifiable share of backwards and forwards? After all they’ve,” he advised Fortune. “However Bitcoin transcends politics.” Anthony additionally reportedly referred to as Bitcoin the “orange staff” that sits above partisan divides.

In accordance with the report, AJ sourced the funding by a long-standing private connection. He was roommates with Matt Prusak, now the president of American Bitcoin, whereas attending Stanford’s enterprise college.

When Prusak advised him the miner could be spun out from Hut 8, AJ pushed for Solari to steer the spherical. He mentioned he believes the corporate can compete with publicly traded Bitcoin accumulation companies, together with these positioning their inventory as a proxy for proudly owning BTC.

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American Bitcoin holds 4,000 BTC

American Bitcoin mines and holds Bitcoin, and in addition purchases further BTC on the open market. In accordance with BitcoinTreasuries.NET, the agency holds 4,004 BTC, value round $383.86 million, on its stability sheet.