1. Dropping a meme coin 2 days before entering office
2. Being "forced" to divest your holdings 1 day before entering office "to avoid conflicts of interest"
3. Then, on the first day of your presidency, appointing the head of the agency that regulates these very assets
Literally the cleanest $15B you could ever make.

 #Crypto  

https://www.axios.com/2025/01/18/trump-meme-coin-25-billion

Trump launched a meme coin and it became worth $32 billion overnight

Crypto

1. Dropping a meme coin 2 days before entering office 2. Being "forced" to divest your holdings 1 day before entering office "to avoid conflicts of interest" 3. Then, on the first day of your presidency, appointing the head of the agency that regulates these very assets Literally the cleanest $15B you could ever make.   #Crypto    https://www.axios.com/2025/01/18/trump-meme-coin-25-billion

Nate

To get closer to the story, Sherwood News spoke to two VIP attendees to get their takes on the event and why they wanted to get a seat at the table.

Ogle, the pseudonymous cofounder of blockchain ecosystem Glue and a cybersecurity adviser to WLFI, is one of them. He has “no clue” how much he spent, nor if he lost or won money. “I have traded it actively from the day it launched. Spent millions, made millions, but net-net, I have zero idea,” he told us. He did share what he’s wearing to mask his identity and what he hopes they’ll serve for dinner.
We also spoke to No. 2 on the leaderboard: MemeCore. The project’s cofounder, the pseudonymous Ice, will attend the dinner. MemeCore’s participation in the contest was “rooted in our mission to represent and reignite global meme culture,” the company’s chief business development officer said, who added that “Donald Trump is more than a political figure; he is arguably one of the iconic living memes.”

As Ogle put it, both Trump and crypto are divisive, which is why the dinner has garnered so much attention. Yet Ogle also likened it to other lobbying dinners, like those of the National Association of Realtors, which haven’t received backlash, though they could also present perceptions of a conflict of interest for Trump. 

https://sherwood.news/crypto/guess-whos-coming-to-dinner-with-usdtrump/?utm_source=snacks&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=snacks_20250522&utm_content=d4dbc53136eaec7fd8229af4b56e88a2

To get closer to the story, Sherwood News spoke to two VIP attendees to get their takes on the event and why they wanted to get a seat at the table.  Ogle, the pseudonymous cofounder of blockchain ecosystem Glue and a cybersecurity adviser to WLFI, is one of them. He has “no clue” how much he spent, nor if he lost or won money. “I have traded it actively from the day it launched. Spent millions, made millions, but net-net, I have zero idea,” he told us. He did share what he’s wearing to mask his identity and what he hopes they’ll serve for dinner. We also spoke to No. 2 on the leaderboard: MemeCore. The project’s cofounder, the pseudonymous Ice, will attend the dinner. MemeCore’s participation in the contest was “rooted in our mission to represent and reignite global meme culture,” the company’s chief business development officer said, who added that “Donald Trump is more than a political figure; he is arguably one of the iconic living memes.”  As Ogle put it, both Trump and crypto are divisive, which is why the dinner has garnered so much attention. Yet Ogle also likened it to other lobbying dinners, like those of the National Association of Realtors, which haven’t received backlash, though they could also present perceptions of a conflict of interest for Trump.   https://sherwood.news/crypto/guess-whos-coming-to-dinner-with-usdtrump/?utm_source=snacks&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=snacks_20250522&utm_content=d4dbc53136eaec7fd8229af4b56e88a2

We spoke with two of the top 25 holders of the meme coin, who will attend dinner with Trump in “an ultra-exclusive private VIP reception with...

Guess who’s coming to dinner with $TRUMP

Bobby

Tonight, 220 winners of a competition to hold the most of President Trump’s meme coin will get to attend a dinner at the Trump National Golf Club in Washington, DC. We don’t know what they’ll get to eat, but we hope there’s at least a nod to today also being Bitcoin Pizza Day, especially after the crypto hit a new all-time high yesterday.

The event has brought a lot of excitement… and a nearly equal amount of criticism, a lot of it stemming from what “looks like a blatant pay-to-play model” and “questions about market manipulation and, with this dinner, about foreign nationals and their involvement with US politics.” A Bloomberg analysis found that all but six of the top 25 holders are foreign and indeed, the top of the leaderboard is a notorious foreign crypto figure who is also the single largest buyer of $WLFI, the token associated with Trump-backed World Liberty Financial.


https://sherwood.news/crypto/foreign-usdtrump-holders-top-list-eligible-for-exclusive-vip-reception-with/?utm_source=snacks&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=snacks_20250522&utm_content=d4dbc53136eaec7fd8229af4b56e88a2

Tonight, 220 winners of a competition to hold the most of President Trump’s meme coin will get to attend a dinner at the Trump National Golf Club in Washington, DC. We don’t know what they’ll get to eat, but we hope there’s at least a nod to today also being Bitcoin Pizza Day, especially after the crypto hit a new all-time high yesterday.  The event has brought a lot of excitement… and a nearly equal amount of criticism, a lot of it stemming from what “looks like a blatant pay-to-play model” and “questions about market manipulation and, with this dinner, about foreign nationals and their involvement with US politics.” A Bloomberg analysis found that all but six of the top 25 holders are foreign and indeed, the top of the leaderboard is a notorious foreign crypto figure who is also the single largest buyer of $WLFI, the token associated with Trump-backed World Liberty Financial.   https://sherwood.news/crypto/foreign-usdtrump-holders-top-list-eligible-for-exclusive-vip-reception-with/?utm_source=snacks&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=snacks_20250522&utm_content=d4dbc53136eaec7fd8229af4b56e88a2

Analysis from Bloomberg shows that the top holders of $TRUMP aren’t in the US....

Foreign $TRUMP holders top list eligible for “exclusive VIP reception” with Trump

A struggling tech company with ties to China, GD Culture Group, which recorded zero revenue last year, said it secured funding to buy up to $300 million of Trump’s memecoin $TRUMP.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/us/politics/trump-crypto-purchase.html?ref=platformer.news

A struggling tech company with ties to China, GD Culture Group, which recorded zero revenue last year, said it secured funding to buy up to $300 million of Trump’s memecoin $TRUMP.  https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/us/politics/trump-crypto-purchase.html?ref=platformer.news

The firm, which posts content on TikTok, recorded no revenue last year, but it announced this week that a mysterious stock sale would allow it to invest heavily in the $TRUMP memecoin.

Tiny Company With China Ties Announces Big Purchase of Trump Cryptocurrency

Tasia

Trump’s meme coin skyrocketed after an announcement that the biggest holders of the token would get a dinner invite from the president

https://sherwood.news/crypto/trumps-meme-coin-tops-crypto-charts-after-gala-dinner-invitation-for-largest/?utm_source=snacks&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=snacks_20250424&utm_content=b5afb79707dfda4b0f1811cc4f5b02df

The majority of Trump’s memecoin’s top holders are likely foreign, as many have used foreign exchanges that ban US users, this investigation showed. 

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-trump-memecoin-foreign-crypto-traders/?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc0NjYyNTAzMywiZXhwIjoxNzQ3MjI5ODMzLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTVlZWUDFEV1gyUFMwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiI5MDIwRUUyNTM3QzU0OUY3QkQ2NjlCQTJGN0VCRkE1MCJ9.2oAzetOqtIkePYFVl5iftixciHBDkgoO-uRNvd65-l4&leadSource=uverify+wall&utm_source=www.garbageday.email&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=meta-has-a-cool-new-slop-feed&sref=CrGXSfHu

The majority of Trump’s memecoin’s top holders are likely foreign, as many have used foreign exchanges that ban US users, this investigation showed.   https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-trump-memecoin-foreign-crypto-traders/?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc0NjYyNTAzMywiZXhwIjoxNzQ3MjI5ODMzLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTVlZWUDFEV1gyUFMwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiI5MDIwRUUyNTM3QzU0OUY3QkQ2NjlCQTJGN0VCRkE1MCJ9.2oAzetOqtIkePYFVl5iftixciHBDkgoO-uRNvd65-l4&leadSource=uverify+wall&utm_source=www.garbageday.email&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=meta-has-a-cool-new-slop-feed&sref=CrGXSfHu

The majority of top holders of Donald Trump’s memecoin have used foreign exchanges that say they ban US users, suggesting many purchasers are based abroad

Top Trump Crypto Buyers Vying for Dinner Seats Are Likely Foreign, Data Shows

Cyril

Trump’s meme coin skyrocketed after an announcement that the biggest holders of the token would get a dinner invite from the president  https://sherwood.news/crypto/trumps-meme-coin-tops-crypto-charts-after-gala-dinner-invitation-for-largest/?utm_source=snacks&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=snacks_20250424&utm_content=b5afb79707dfda4b0f1811cc4f5b02df

$TRUMP spiked after an announcement that the top 220 holders of the token would be invited to join the president for dinner....

Nate

A group of likeminded people in Crypto are talking about this.