A group of cryptocurrency executives, investors and public figures will speak Saturday at a private event hosted by US President Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida.
The event, billed as “the world’s most exclusive conference,” kicked off with TRUMP memecoin co-founder Bill Zanker and was followed by legendary boxer Mike Tyson.
Other high-profile speakers include the CEO of stablecoin issuer Tether, Paolo Ardoino, who is expected to address the link between financial inclusion and the global role of the US dollar. Ark Invest founder Cathie Wood and crypto infrastructure provider Alchemy CEO Nikil Viswanathan will also speak at the conference, each focusing on the overlap between artificial intelligence and cryptocurrencies, a topic that has attracted increasing attention as both sectors expand.
Anchorage Digital CEO Nathan McCauley is scheduled to join a panel on the state of the cryptocurrency and equity markets, while investor Anthony Pompliano of ProCap Financial will also appear on stage.
The lineup also includes traditional financial investors such as Tim Draper and Grant Cardone, as well as author Tony Robbins.
The event is billed as a major cryptocurrency and finance gathering tied to Trump’s broader push to support the digital asset industry since his return to the White House in January 2025. The conference website lists Trump as the keynote speaker and says attendance is limited to the top 297 holders of the $TRUMP token, a meme coin launched in his name.
This will be the second time that the President has organized an event of this type. That earlier dinner led Democratic lawmakers to lodge protests and express concern about Trump profiting from his own crypto token while also advocating for legislation to support the industry and appointing regulators to oversee cryptocurrencies.
Since taking the Oval Office, Trump has backed several cryptocurrency-related projects, including the meme coins $TRUMP and $MELANIA, which are closely tied to the president and first lady’s public profiles rather than any underlying utility. Transaction fees generated by coin trading have generated millions of dollars in revenue for entities linked to Trump and his family.
However, since its launch around Trump’s second inauguration, the $TRUMP token has fallen approximately 97% from its peak. The $MELANIA coin has fallen further, by approximately 99% after a rapid rise and fall.
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