According to the New York Times, the special dinner organized by US President Donald Trump for cryptocurrency investors hosted notable names.
The event was held at Trump’s golf club in Virginia, and guests included prominent figures from the crypto world, billionaires, media figures and a former NBA star.
The event was a private dinner to which the first 220 investors to invest in the Trump memecoin, owned by Trump, were invited. These investors were identified only by the nicknames on their wallets. The top 25 people received “VIP” status, a more intimate meeting with Trump and a tour of the White House the next day.
- Justin Sun: The Chinese crypto billionaire was previously sued by the SEC. Sun is also an investor in World Liberty Financial, a Trump-linked venture. The SEC requested that the lawsuit be suspended after Trump was elected president.
- Elliot Berke: Attorney for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and named “Lawyer of the Year” by the Republican Lawyers Association in 2021.
- Evgeny Gaevoy: Founder and CEO of digital asset firm Wintermute.
- Anil Lulla & Yan Liberman: Co-founders of crypto investment analytics firm Delphi Digital.
- Stephen Dworkin: Founder of CTS International, a recruiting service for military contractors.
- Sangrok Oh & SuKyung Na: Executives of Hyperithm, an institutional digital asset manager in Asia.
- Matthew Liu: Co-founder of crypto company Origin and former YouTube project manager.
- Jack Tan Lu: CEO of NFT platform Magic Eden.
- Kain Warwick: Founder of decentralized finance platform Synthetix.
- Vincent Liu: Investment director of Taiwan-based Kronos Research.
- Other investors such as Joel Lee, Paul Jacobi, Aleksander Kloda, Christoph Heuermann were also on the list.
- Lamar Odom: The former NBA star and new crypto entrepreneur was at the event, introducing his own memecoin called ODOM.
*This is not investment advice.
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