Wednesday, a day following United States presidential candidate Donald Trump’s pledge to support mining activities in the nation, Bitcoin (BTC) mining stocks surged double digits. In a June 12 post, Trump revealed his vision for the sector: he wants “all the remaining Bitcoin to be maden in the USA” and said it would help the nation become “energy dominant.” This proclamation came after a conference he organized for some of the most powerful leaders in the business.

Trump also allegedly assured the business leaders that, should he be elected as president in November, he would to help the sector. Based on their apparent liking for Trump’s industry pledges, bitcoin mining stock traders caused notable market swings.

Leading Bitcoin Mining Stocks Get Double-Digit Increases

Rising 10.5% and 10.07% respectively on June 12, TeraWulf (WULF) and Hut 8 Mining (HUT) were the two biggest movers among the top 10 largest Bitcoin miners by market capitalization Google Finance reports. Completing the top five with rises of 9.87%, 9.72%, and 8.94%, were Core Scientific (CORZ), Iris Energy (IREN), and Cipher Mining (CIFR).

Although Marathon Digital (MARA), the biggest Bitcoin miner by market capitalization, only raised 2.4% on the day, industry heavyweights CleanSpark (CLSK) and Riot Platforms (RIOT) both rebounded gaining 8.15% and 6.5%. With a declining share price on June 12, China-based Bitcoin miner Canaan (CAN) was the only one among the top 20 by market capitalization to show such decline.

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Companies Market Cap shows that the great success raised the market capitalization of the Bitcoin mining sector to $26.4 billion. These demonstrations took place on the day Bitcoin only managed to gain 1.4% to $68,365 over the past 24 hours.

Industry Leaders Share Hope Up

58.55% and 66.96% year-to- far, CleanSpark and TeraWulf have been two of the top performers in 2024 following meetings with Trump. Not all Bitcoin miners, meantime, have been able to keep share price rise going this year. Marathon Digital is down 11.43% year-to- date; Riot Platforms has collapsed about 31% in 2024.

In a conference at his Mar-a-lago property on June 11, Trump and numerous business leaders talked on how mining Bitcoin may improve the electrical system and generate more jobs. Among the participants were Amanda Fabiano, a TeraWulf board director, CleanSpark executive chairman Brian Morgenstern, and Riot Platforms CEO Jason Les.

On the evening, all those business leaders said their encounters with Trump were favorable.

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