A group of cryptocurrency executives, investors and public figures are speaking Saturday at a private event hosted by US President Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida.
Dubbed “the most exclusive conference in the world,” the event kicked off with Bill Zanker, co-founder of TRUMP memecoin and was attended by legendary boxer Mike Tyson.
Other high-profile speakers include stablecoin issuer Tether’s CEO 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, and each will focus on the overlap between artificial intelligence and crypto, a topic that has attracted increasing attention as both sectors expand.
Anchorage Digital CEO Nathan McCauley is scheduled to participate in a panel on the state of the crypto and equity markets, while investor Anthony Pompliano of ProCap Financial is also set to appear on stage.
The series also includes traditional financial investors such as Tim Draper and Grant Cardone as well as author Tony Robbins.
The event is being billed as a major cryptocurrency and finance fundraiser tied to Trump’s broader push to support the digital asset industry since he returns to the White House in January 2025. The conference’s 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 mark the second time such an event has been hosted by the President. The earlier dinner prompted Democratic lawmakers to file protests and raise concerns that Trump was profiting from his own crypto token while championing legislation to support the industry and appointing regulators to oversee crypto.
Since assuming the Oval Office, Trump has backed several crypto-related projects, including the $TRUMP and $MELANIA meme coins, which are closely tied to the public profiles of the president and first lady rather than any underlying utility. Transaction fees generated from trading the coins have provided millions of dollars in revenue for entities linked to Trump and his family.
Nevertheless, since launching around Trump’s second inauguration, the $TRUMP token has fallen about 97% from its peak. The $MELANIA coin has fallen even more, down about 99% after a rapid rise and fall.
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