Top $TRUMP holders head to crypto dinner with president that Democrats call 'orgy of corruption'

Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images Nick Pinto is a marketing director at his family's law firm in New Jersey. He's also a crypto trader who spent enough money on Donald Trump's meme coin to win a spot at a private black-tie dinner with the president scheduled for Thursday night. "I was kind of early in bitcoin and ethereum , so I've always been trading crypto," the 25-year-old Pinto said, adding that he finished number 72 on the leaderboard for the token contest. "Once I saw the announcement that Trump was releasing a coin, I immediately started to purchase it." Pinto said in an interview that he spent half a million dollars on the $TRUMP meme token in order to attend the dinner, which is being held at Trump's private golf club in Potomac Falls, Virginia, near Washington, D.C. Pinto shared screenshots with CNBC that appear to back up his claim. The $TRUMP coin, which has no attached asset or underlying value, was launched just ahead of the president's inauguration in January and h ... Read full article.