{"id":8510,"date":"2025-01-19T16:47:56","date_gmt":"2025-01-19T16:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=8510"},"modified":"2025-01-19T16:47:56","modified_gmt":"2025-01-19T16:47:56","slug":"trumps-crypto-ball-snoop-doggs-participation-leaves-fans-furious-top-crypto-execs-delighted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=8510","title":{"rendered":"Trump&#8217;s Crypto Ball: Snoop Dogg&#8217;s Participation Leaves Fans Furious, Top Crypto Execs Delighted"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/topic\/snoop-dogg\"><strong>Snoop Dogg<\/strong><\/a> rattled the core of his fan base <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/cryptocurrency\/25\/01\/43074504\/crypto-firms-donate-millions-to-trump-inaugural-fund-host-unofficial-ball-featuring-snoop-dogg\">after performing at the first-ever inaugural Crypto Ball<\/a> Friday, part of the weekend celebrations leading up to President-elect <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong>&#8216;s Monday inauguration.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington, D.C. event, hosted by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/topic\/david-sacks\">David Sacks<\/a><\/strong>, former COO of PayPal (NASDAQ:<a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/stock\/PYPL#NASDAQ\">PYPL<\/a>) who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/24\/12\/42356067\/venture-capitalist-david-sacks-appointed-as-white-house-ai-crypto-czar-by-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trump appointed<\/a> to serve as the White House\u00a0AI &amp; crypto czar, was attended by about 1,500 people, including executives from crypto companies such as <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/topic\/crypto-com\">Crypto.com<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/topic\/kraken\">Kraken<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/24\/12\/42569133\/crypto-wallet-provider-exodus-makes-wall-street-debut-shares-pop-37\">Exodus<\/a><\/strong> (AMEX:<a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/stock\/EXOD#AMEX\">EXOD<\/a>), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/with-cocktails-snoop-dogg-crypto-industry-celebrates-trump-inauguration-2025-01-18\/\">reported<\/a> Reuters. <\/p>\n<p>Trump, who did not attend the gala,\u00a0is expected to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/25\/01\/43073027\/trump-plans-crypto-friendly-executive-orders-in-early-days-of-presidency-report\">issue executive orders<\/a> next week aimed at fostering a more favorable environment for cryptocurrency companies. <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u2018Make Bitcoin Great Again\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Swag included \u201cMake Bitcoin Great Again\u201d baseball caps and flag pins with the symbol for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/topic\/gemini\">Gemini<\/a>, an event sponsor and crypto exchange founded by <strong>Cameron<\/strong> and <strong>Tyler Winklevoss<\/strong>. Reuters reported that other sponsors included the digital asset division of Robinhood (NASDAQ:<a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/stock\/HOOD#NASDAQ\">HOOD<\/a>)<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/markets\/companies\/HOOD.O\" ...><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/cannabis\/25\/01\/43076440\/trumps-crypto-ball-snoop-doggs-participation-leaves-fans-furious-top-crypto-execs-delighted\" alt=\"Trump's\" crypto ball: snoop dogg participation leaves fans furious top execs delighted>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Snoop Dogg rattled the core of his fan base after performing at the first-ever inaugural Crypto Ball Friday, part of the weekend celebrations leading up to President-elect Donald Trump&#8216;s Monday inauguration. The Washington, D.C. event, hosted by David Sacks, former COO of PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) who Trump appointed to serve as the White House\u00a0AI &amp; crypto [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-8510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8510\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}