Company: ABTC
Filing Date: 2025-08-29
Form Type: 425
Source: 0001213900-25-081983
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Company: American Bitcoin Corp.
Filing Date: 2025-08-29
Form: 425
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 Metaplanet, a Japanese bitcoin treasury firm, Genoot said.

American Bitcoin is hunting for crypto assets to buy in Hong Kong and
Japan to build out its global business, the Financial Times reported two weeks ago.

Genoot said American Bitcoin could take stakes in companies outside
the U.S. to give people access to publicly listed bitcoin assets, as some investors were prevented from buying Nasdaq-listed stocks.

“Right now it’s very early. So we haven’t been committed
to anything,” he said.

Launched in March 2025 by Hut 8, together with Eric Trump and Donald
Trump Jr, American Bitcoin has vowed to become “the world’s largest, most efficient pure-play bitcoin miner.”

The creation of the firm comes as the U.S. accelerates crypto-related
legislation to support the growth of the industry under President Donald Trump.

Genoot said the new firm would accumulate the cryptocurrency through
both mining and buying.

“Instead of just a treasury strategy where companies raise money
to buy bitcoin or just a mining company... we ebb and flow between which one is the best return at different times,” he said.

Miami-based Hut 8 was also a crypto miner but has shifted its focus
to energy infrastructure and data centers after launching American Bitcoin with the Trump sons.

Hut 8 will lease data centers to American Bitcoin, Genoot said.

President Trump’s critics have accused him of conflicts of
interest in promoting the crypto industry at a time when his family is involved in the sector, allegations which the White House has brushed
aside.

Genoot said American Bitcoin’s business had nothing to do with government,
and Eric Trump was mainly involved in strategy, such as in relation to bitcoin mining, new site development and treasury strategy.

Separately, at the same conference, Nakamoto Holdings, a bitcoin treasury
company led by crypto advocate David Bailey, said it was looking across Asia’s crypto startup scene and planned to support early-stage
companies to grow the crypto ecosystem.

“We’re also going to be looking at other opportunities where we
can incubate and do M&As,” said Kevin Zhang, head of Asia at Nakamoto.

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/american-bitcoin-backed-by-trump-sons-aims-start-trading-september-2025-08-28/

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