Topline
The company behind President Donald Trump’s $TRUMP meme coin will reward its top 185 holders with a gala dinner with the president and three unnamed “legends,” giving its investors another chance to compete with a promotional tool that’s spurred backlash in the past.
This photo illustration shows a representation of cryptocracy coins with the $Trump meme coin (collection coin) in Brussels, Belgium, on March 3, 2025. (Photo by Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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Key Facts
The dinner will take place on Nov. 22 at Trump National Golf Club near Washington, D.C., where Trump will join as the featured speaker, along with three “legends” that haven’t been announced, according to a new page on the GetTrumpMemes.com website.
While the top 185 holders will be invited to the gala dinner, only the top 29 holders will have access to a VIP reception with Trump and one of the “legends”, and only the top four will receive a Trump-branded 18-karat gold watch.
The scoring window opened on Wednesday and will close Nov. 12, with the company ranking holders based on their time-weighted $TRUMP holdings and using a live scoreboard.
VIP winners must maintain at least their Nov. 12 snapshot holdings through the Nov. 22 dinner to keep their bonuses, and falling below that level could result in their bonuses being forfeited, though they can still attend the dinner, according to the website.
The number of “legends” promised to be in attendance dropped from four to three on Wednesday, The Washington Sun reported.
The meme coin is trading at $2.06, 97% down from its high of $75.35 on Jan. 19, 2025.
KEY BACKGROUND
$TRUMP holdings have been tied to invites for events featuring Trump in the past. In April, the top 297 token holders who registered for a contest attended a gala at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, and the top 29 attended a VIP reception with Trump. The company has also offered Super Bowl tickets and Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix tickets to top holders. After hosting a black-tie dinner for top holders in May 2025, Trump faced backlash from protesters outside the event, while Democrats, includingRep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., demanded information on the guest list and the funds used to host the event.
BIG NUMBER
$3.81 billion. This is how much nearly a million Trump meme coin investors reportedly lost through the end of June.
FURTHER READING
‘I’m Now Broke’: Meet The Investors Who Lost Billions Buying Trump Stocks And Crypto (Forbes)
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