{"id":86139,"date":"2026-04-25T16:31:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T16:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=86139"},"modified":"2026-04-25T16:31:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T16:31:46","slug":"memecoin-millionaires-line-up-for-trumps-exclusive-luncheon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=86139","title":{"rendered":"Memecoin Millionaires Line Up For Trump\u2019s Exclusive Luncheon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>A crypto investor who paid just $500 got a seat at the table. That detail alone tells you something about the crowd gathering at Mar-a-Lago on Saturday.<\/p>\n<h2>A Token That Lost 93% Of Its Value<\/h2>\n<p>Morten Christensen, who attended a similar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/apr\/23\/trump-crypto-memecoin-event-mar-a-lago\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">event<\/a> in 2025 after a $1,200 bet on US President Donald Trump\u2019s memecoin, scored his way back in for a fraction of that cost.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s candid about the mood shift. \u201cTrump is much less liked right now than he was after inauguration,\u201d Christensen told Bloomberg.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the whole year of tariffs, crypto is bleeding, his reputation within the crypto community is not as good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coingecko.com\/en\/coins\/official-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">TRUMP<\/a> token, officially called Official Trump, has dropped more than 93% from its all-time high of roughly $45 to under $3.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-677805\" src=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/a_bd954b.png?resize=980%2C906\" alt=\"\" width=\"980\" height=\"906\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/a_bd954b.png?w=980 980w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/a_bd954b.png?w=454 454w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/a_bd954b.png?w=768 768w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/a_bd954b.png?w=714 714w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/a_bd954b.png?w=750 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\"><\/p>\n<p>Despite that collapse, up to 297 top holders of the coin are expected to join Trump at his Florida estate for what organizers are calling the \u201cMemecoin Millionaires Line Up for Trump\u2019s Exclusive Luncheon\u201d \u2014 a <a href=\"https:\/\/startupfortune.com\/trump-lunched-today-with-his-297-biggest-memecoin-holders-while-the-coin-they-bought-trades-96-below-its-peak\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">private gathering<\/a> that critics say is really about buying face time with a sitting president.<\/p>\n<p>The guest list reads like a who\u2019s who of crypto finance: Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino, Upbit founder ChiHyung Song, Bitcoin advocate Anthony Pompliano, and Anchorage Digital CEO Nathan McCauley are all reported to be attending.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/x\/AA7SkTFL\/\" width=\"1634\" height=\"951\"><\/p>\n<h2>The Absent Name At The Top Of The Leaderboard<\/h2>\n<p>One name is conspicuously missing from the confirmed list. Tron founder <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/justin-sun-moves-to-break-token-lockup-with-lawsuit-against-world-liberty-financial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener \">Justin Sun<\/a> sits atop the TRUMP memecoin leaderboard with 2.4 billion points \u2014 more than anyone else \u2014 yet no public confirmation of his attendance has been made.<\/p>\n<p>That silence comes after Sun filed a <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/justin-sun-moves-to-break-token-lockup-with-lawsuit-against-world-liberty-financial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener \">lawsuit<\/a> this week against World Liberty Financial, the crypto platform co-founded by Trump\u2019s sons.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-677819\" src=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/a_8bd4ba.png?resize=632%2C435\" alt=\"\" width=\"632\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/a_8bd4ba.png?w=632 632w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/a_8bd4ba.png?w=610 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\"><\/p>\n<p>Sun alleges the platform froze his tokens and threatened to destroy them without valid reason. He described himself as an \u201cardent supporter\u201d of Trump while blaming unnamed project team members for acting against the president\u2019s values.<\/p>\n<p>Ethics Watchdogs Raise Conflict Of Interest Concerns<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers and nonpartisan watchdog groups have criticized the Saturday gathering, arguing that Trump is using a financial product he personally profits from to offer access to the presidency.<\/p>\n<p>The nonprofit Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington went further, pointing out in a Friday post that crypto wallets linked to the TRUMP token have moved money in ways that make it hard to trace how much the president is earning.<\/p>\n<p><em>Featured image from Getty Images, chart from TradingView<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A crypto investor who paid just $500 got a seat at the table. That detail alone tells you something about the crowd gathering at Mar-a-Lago on Saturday. A Token That Lost 93% Of Its Value Morten Christensen, who attended a similar event in 2025 after a $1,200 bet on US President Donald Trump\u2019s memecoin, scored [&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-86139","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\/86139","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=86139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86139\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=86139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=86139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=86139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}