HONG KONG — Eric Trump, executive vice president of the Trump Organization, praised China during a panel at BTC Asia in Hong Kong and said there is “no question” the country had “made an unbelievable mark on bitcoin and cryptocurrencies.”

“There's no question that China is a hell of a power when it comes to this world and doing it, doing it well. By the way, I give the same credit to the Middle East. I mean, the Middle East has really embraced cryptocurrency in a massive way, and they are running and they are running fast in that endeavor,” the son of U.S. President Donald Trump said.

Trump framed the U.S.–China dynamic as central to the future of digital finance, agreeing that both countries “are definitely leading the way on cryptocurrency.”

Asked whether the topic might come up in an

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