Trump Wants $844,600 for Spot at Nashville Bitcoin Conference Fundraiser – DL News

Former President Donald Trump will host a fundraiser at the Bitcoin2024 conference in Nashville, Tennessee on July 27. The most expensive ticket is $844,600 per person, according to an invitation seen and copied by several media organizations.

The most expensive tickets, which include a seat at a round table with Trump, represent the maximum legal donation individuals can make to Trump and the Republican Party’s joint fundraising committee.

The invitation also includes a photo with Trump for $60,000 per person, or $100,000 for a couple.

Some of the prominent figures in attendance at the event included former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Democratic Congressman Ro Khanna of California.

Trump had agreed to headline the Bitcoin conference before he was shot in the ear by a 20-year-old gunman in an assassination attempt on July 13.

The former president is listed as the main guest on the event’s website and is expected to deliver a keynote speech.

Trump has often been portrayed as a proponent of cryptocurrencies lately, despite calling Bitcoin a scam in 2021.

In May, Trump said, “If you’re for crypto, you better vote for Trump,” adding that his campaign would accept crypto donations, DL News reported.

Still, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin may have sounded skeptical, sparking a debate in the crypto community earlier this week when he asked, “If a politician is pro-crypto, the most important question to ask is: Are they doing it for the right reasons?”

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