While in town for the Bitcoin conference, former president Donald Trump will be hosting a private fundraising round table. A single seat at the roundtable will cost $844,600. And a picture with the former president is priced at $60,000, according to the WinRed website.
It was confirmed to Decrypt, just hours after Donald Trump survived an assassation attempt on Saturday, that Trump would deliver an in-person speech at the upcoming Bitcoin conference in Nashville.
An invitation shared by Republican fundraising company WinRed says the former president will be hosting a roundtable in Nashville to raise money for his campaign. Trump’s running mate J.D. Vance, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, and politician Tulsi Gabbard will also be in attendance and are listed as special guests.
The event is scheduled to take place on the last day of the Bitcoin conference, Saturday, July 27. The priciest tickets are going for $844,600, which grants holders access to a “VIP reception,” a seat at the round table, and a photo with Trump himself. If you just want the VIP reception and a photo with Trump, it’ll cost you $60,000—or $100,000, paying as a couple.
Attendees will be able to buy their tickets using crypto. The invite offers centralized exchanges Coinbase or Gemini, and fundraising processor Anedot payment options.
Coming into the 2024 U.S. Presidential election, Trump has positioned himself as the pro-crypto candidate. This has included pledging to protect Bitcoin and end the “un-American” crypto crackdown, in a draft Republican party platform.
However, some have questioned how sincere his love for crypto is. On Thursday, an executive at Block Inc. (formerly Square) claimed that Trump tried to ban Bitcoin in 2020 but was stopped by former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Steve Mnuchin.
This isn’t entirely a surprise as Trump is on the record as crypto while in office from 2017 through to the beginning of 2021. Trump tweeted that he is “not a fan” of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, doubling down that they’re “not money.”
Once he left office, the former president also claimed that “Bitcoin just seems like a scam,” while also bolstering previous claims that the dollar should be the only currency used in the U.S..
Edited by Stacy Elliott.