Donald Trump has pledged to protect Bitcoin and its miners, meeting with top mining companies and emphasizing the importance of mining the remaining Bitcoin in the US for energy system stability.

⚫ Trump met with executives of Riot, Marathon, and CleanSpark, whose combined hashrate of 59.8 EH/s accounts for a quarter of the US's total hash power of 226.94 EH/s.

⚫ Bitcoin's total annual energy consumption is 146.8 TWh, less than the 164 TWh consumed by TVs and refrigerators in the US.

⚫ During his previous term, Trump auctioned over 10m acres of public land for energy exploration.