• Eric Trump will speak at the Bitcoin MENA Conference 2024 in Abu Dhab.
• He is featured as a business leader, reflecting Donald Trump’s growing support for cryptocurrency in the 2024 presidential campaign.
• Donald Trump has raised over $7.5 million in crypto donation.

Eric Trump, son of presidential candidate Donald Trump, has been announced as a guest speaker at Bitcoin MENA (Middle East & North Africa) Conference 2024.

The conference in Abu Dhabi on December 9 – 10, is intended to “advance the understanding and adoption of Bitcoin and blockchain technology”, according to the conference’s website.

Trump’s inclusion in the conference as a guest speaker has arisen from his involvement in Donald Trump’s pivot to cryptocurrency. Eric Trump is the executive vice president of The Trump Organization and is due to speak as “a business leader who understands the evolving financial landscape”.

He will be speaking alongside other prominent names in the crypto world including Prince Filip of Serbia (speaking in his capacity as CSO of JAN3), and Dr. Marwan Alzarouni, the CEO of Dubai Blockchain Center (DBCC).

Trump family and cryptocurrency

Donald Trump has become the crypto-forward candidate in the run-up to the 2024 presidential elections. A September poll showed that his efforts have not been in vain and he is polling 12 points ahead with voters who own cryptocurrency, while Vice President Kamala Harris is similarly ahead with those who do not own crypto.

Harris recently failed to mention cryptocurrencies, blockchain, or digital assets of any kind in a speech on October 15, despite having teased a regulatory framework on October 14. She spoke about crypto for the first time in her presidential campaign in late September, pledging support for the industry while emphasizing consumer protections.

Trump’s continued engagement with the crypto-sphere and Harris’ more ambivalent promises have seen analysts predict that Bitcoin could benefit from a Republican presidential win in November.

Yesterday (October 17) it was revealed that Trump’s campaign has raised over $7.5 million in crypto donations, with over $5.5 million of that being from 18 Bitcoin donors.

It is unclear whether the shaky launch of World Liberty Financial’s crypto tokens on October 16 will cast a shadow over the crypto industry’s pro-Trump sentiment. Despite there being over 100,000 people on the investment whitelist, only 4,300 wallets held tokens after the launch. 532m tokens were sold – less than 3% of the 20bn offered for public sale.