{"id":20351,"date":"2025-05-12T22:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T22:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gold.creditcard\/top-trump-whales-hold-174m-in-tokens-ahead-of-dinner-with-us-president\/"},"modified":"2025-05-12T22:30:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T22:30:00","slug":"top-trump-whales-hold-174m-in-tokens-ahead-of-dinner-with-us-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gold.creditcard\/es\/top-trump-whales-hold-174m-in-tokens-ahead-of-dinner-with-us-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Top TRUMP whales hold $174M in tokens ahead of dinner with US president"},"content":{"rendered":"

The list of the top holders of US President Donald Trump\u2019s memecoin has been finalized ahead of background checks to apply for a dinner and \u201cVIP tour\u201d with the president on May 22.<\/p>\n

In a May 12 X post, the TRUMP memecoin project said<\/a> it would stop considering additional purchases for a dinner with the president, adding that the top tokenholders had been notified to apply for background checks if they wanted to attend. <\/p>\n

According to data provided on the project\u2019s leaderboard, the top 220 wallets held more than 13.7 million tokens as of May 12, worth roughly $174 million at the time of publication.<\/p>\n

Top 10 TRUMP memecoin holders as of May 12. Source: TRUMP memecoin project<\/em><\/p>\n

It\u2019s unclear who, if any, of the wallet holders will choose to apply for and attend the dinner with Trump, or the \u201cexclusive reception\u201d expected to be in the White House for the top 25 holders, on May 22. A May 7 Bloomberg report suggested that the majority of tokenholders were based outside of the United States<\/a>, leading to potential security concerns and conflicts of interest.<\/p>\n

Many US lawmakers and figures in the crypto industry criticized the president for launching the memecoin just days before taking office on Jan. 20. In the wake of his dinner announcement on April 23<\/a>, the calls for congressional oversight and allegations of corruption have intensified, with one senator calling for Trump\u2019s impeachment<\/a> and other representatives refusing to consider crypto-related legislation<\/a> until their concerns were addressed.<\/p>\n

Related: <\/strong><\/em>FT report suggests advance knowledge of Melania Trump memecoin launch<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Companies also apparently seeking influence over Trump\u2019s policies have invested in the memecoin. In April, Freight Technologies said it would invest $20 million in the token, suggesting that it could affect the president\u2019s trade war between the US and Mexico, where the firm conducts some of its business. As of May 12, the company had not announced whether it qualified to send a representative to the dinner.<\/p>\n

Not Trump\u2019s first appeal to crypto users<\/h2>\n

During his 2024 campaign, Trump hosted a dinner with supporters who purchased his \u201cmugshot\u201d non-fungible tokens, which featured a picture of the then-presidential candidate at his surrender to authorities on charges he attempted to overturn the 2020 election. <\/p>\n

Many of the \u201cmugshot\u201d attendees publicly shared their identities on social media ahead of and during the event, but at the time of publication, no one appeared to be claiming they would apply for the memecoin dinner. Wallets with the usernames \u201cSun\u201d and \u201celon\u201d have led to speculation that Tron founder Justin Sun and Tesla CEO Elon Musk \u2014 both Trump supporters who have financial interests tied to Trump\u2019s presidency \u2014 could be among the attendees. <\/p>\n

Magazine: <\/strong><\/em>Trump\u2019s crypto ventures raise conflict of interest, insider trading questions<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The list of the top holders of US President Donald Trump\u2019s memecoin has been finalized ahead of background checks to apply for a dinner and \u201cVIP tour\u201d with the president on May 22. In a May 12 X post, the TRUMP memecoin project said it would stop considering additional purchases for a dinner with the […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":20352,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-digital-finance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gold.creditcard\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gold.creditcard\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gold.creditcard\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gold.creditcard\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gold.creditcard\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20351\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gold.creditcard\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gold.creditcard\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gold.creditcard\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gold.creditcard\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}