President Donald Trump held what was promoted as the “most exclusive crypto and business conference in the world” on Saturday, though attendance figures suggested the venue fell short of maximum capacity, despite appearances by high-profile celebrities.<\/p>\n
The conference centered on Trump’s $TRUMP memecoin, a digital currency directly linked to his personal brand. According to reports, entry was limited to the top 297 shareholders, with the leading 97 receiving VIP access for the evening at the Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida<\/a>.<\/p>\n Among Trump’s<\/a> notable guests were financial industry figures including Cathie Wood, Tim Draper, and Tony Robbins. Boxing icon Mike Tyson generated the most attention on a guest roster that also featured Arianna Simpson, Paolo Ardoino, Anthony Pompliano and Grant Cardone. Tyson<\/a> continues training for his scheduled match against Floyd Mayweather Jr, a fight initially planned for Saturday in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It comes after Joe Rogan slams Trump on Iran war days after White House lovefest<\/a><\/p>\n Trump served as the event’s keynote speaker while the former heavyweight champion was featured as a guest speaker. Tyson has maintained his support for the President over the years, having previously voted for him and offered public endorsements.<\/p>\n Tyson’s attendance further elevated his political profile as he has become a prominent voice advocating for cannabis policy reform across the country. He currently runs his own multimillion-dollar cannabis company, Tyson 2.0.<\/p>\n The former two-time world heavyweight champion has been actively advocating for recreational legalization and pushing for federal action to reclassify marijuana from a Schedule I to a Schedule III substance.<\/p>\n Last year’s event required VIP tier qualification through an average holding of $3.28 million in the $TRUMP token. This year, that benchmark has dropped substantially to roughly $539,000, representing more than an 80 percent reduction in the entry requirement.<\/p>\n The $TRUMP token has plummeted by over 95% from its 2025 high, declining from $44 to around $2.57, according to reports.<\/p>\n The digital asset, once widely popular, has become emblematic of market instability as Trump’s critics continue advocating for what they view as appropriate consequences for his current approach to international relations.<\/p>\n Democratic lawmakers, including Elizabeth Warren, Adam Schiff and Richard Blumenthal, have demanded investigations into what they characterize as “egregious conflicts of interest.” They’re questioning the relationship between Trump’s political influence and the cryptocurrency’s financial operations.<\/p>\n “It is essential that Congress fully understand the extent to which President Trump and his family are profiting off of his cryptocurrency ventures,” the senators said in a joint statement. The majority of the cryptocurrency is held by two entities: one with direct ties to the Trump Organization, and another operated by Bill Zanker, a long-standing business associate. Both groups generate revenue through trading fees, meaning they remain positioned to profit regardless of price swings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"President Donald Trump held what was promoted as the “most exclusive crypto and business conference in the world”…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":629605,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,1376,706,82],"class_list":["post-629604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-donald-trump","tag-mike-tyson","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=629604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629604\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/629605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=629604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=629604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=629604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}