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Trump Wants $844,600 Per Seat at Nashville Bitcoin Fundraising Conference – DL News
- Former President Donald Trump to raise money at Bitcoin conference
- Seats at Trump’s roundtable cost $844,600, the legal maximum.
- Photos with Trump will cost $60,000, or $100,000 for the couple.
Former president Donald Trump will hold a campaign fundraiser on July 27 alongside the Bitcoin2024 conference in Nashville, Tennessee, with the main ticket priced at $844,600 per person, according to an invitation seen and reproduced by multiple media organizations.
The most expensive tickets, which include a seat at a roundtable with Trump, represent the maximum legal donation individuals are allowed to make to Trump and the Republican Party’s joint fundraising committee.
The invitation also offers a photo with Trump for $60,000 per person, or $100,000 for a couple.
A large group of celebrities featured at the event include former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, Tennessee Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn, independent presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr and California Democratic Congressman Ro Khanna, among others.
Trump had agreed to headline the Bitcoin conference before he was shot in the ear in an assassination attempt by a 20-year-old gunman on July 13.
The former president is highlighted at the event website as the main attraction and will give an opening speech.
Trump has was recently portrayed as pro-crypto, despite having called Bitcoin a scam in 2021.
In May, Trump said, “If you’re in favor of cryptocurrencies, you better vote for Trump,” and added that his campaign would accept donations in cryptocurrencies, DL News reported.
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Still, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin sounded like a potential note of skepticism and sparked a discussion in the crypto community earlier this week when he asked: “If a politician is pro-crypto, the key question to ask is: are they in it for the right reasons?”
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