Here’s Who Won A Seat At President Trump’s Crypto Dinner

By Anthony • May 29, 2025 7:20 am • Comments

The top 220 holders of President Trump’s memecoin, $Trump, were invited to the White House on Thursday.

Some notable names that attended the dinner were the founder of TRON, Justin Sun, and former NBA star Lamar Odom.

The guests were unknown to each other before the dinner, and many attendees are still unknown.

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Here are some images and videos of the dinner:

Here’s the list of known invitees, Per The New York Times:

Justin Sun, a Chinese crypto billionaire who was sued by the Securities and Exchange Commission under President Joseph R. Biden Jr. for allegedly inflating the value of a cryptocurrency. Mr. Sun is a major investor in a separate crypto venture largely owned by a company tied to Mr. Trump, World Liberty Financial. After Mr. Trump took office, the S.E.C. asked a judge to put Mr. Sun’s case on hold. He declined to comment on Thursday night.

Anthony Bravo, a crypto investor from Florida, made international headlines earlier this year when he accused his girlfriend of stealing $850,000 worth of his $TRUMP tokens, which led to her arrest.

Evgeny Gaevoy, the founder and chief executive of the digital-asset firm Wintermute. The Times identified him because the list of invitees included his Wintermute email. He did not respond to a request for comment sent via email.

Anil Lulla and Yan Liberman, two co-founders of Delphi Digital, a Miami Beach firm that offers market intelligence for crypto investors. Their corporate emails were included in the list of invitees. They did not respond to requests for comment.

Cheng Lu, 32, a crypto investor from Shanghai, was observed by a Times reporter entering the White House on Friday.

Stephen Dworkin, founder of CTS International, was observed by a reporter for The Times entering the White House on Friday. The company has helped military contractors, including Israel Aircraft Industries, recruit employees, according to his LinkedIn page. He declined to comment.

Sangrok Oh, chief executive of Hyperithm, a Seoul- and Tokyo-based firm that manages digital assets for institutional investors in Asia.

Matthew Liu, co-founder of cryptocurrency company Origin, and former project manager at YouTube, was seen at the White House on his way to the V.I.P. tour.

Caitlin Sinclair, a conservative media personality who has worked as a reporter for pro-Trump One America News and the young-conservatives group, Turning Point Action.

Bill Zanker is a friend and longtime business partner of President Trump who leads the company that created the $TRUMP memecoin.

Lamar Odom, the former National Basketball Association star now promoting his own memecoin, $ODOM.

Austin H. Waldo identifies himself online as a digital marketing consultant based in Southeast Michigan.

Brian Ng is a Boston-based crypto trader who described himself as “one of the little guys” who decided it would be interesting to attend the dinner.

Bruno Faviero is founder and chief executive of Magna, a service provider to crypto companies.

Clayton Wang, a 2025 graduate of Northeastern University in Boston, now works for a Dubai-based cryptocurrency trading platform called Biconomy.

Cyrus Younessi is a well-known crypto industry executive who once served as the head of risk management at Maker DAO, and also has described himself as a dealer of non-fungible tokens and a trader of a form of crypto called DeFi, for decentralized finance.

Devon Bernard is a former staffer at FTX, the crypto exchange that imploded in 2022. His profile on LinkedIn says he now works for Wallet, a platform for managing crypto assets.

Erbil Karaman is co-founder of Huma Finance, which allows companies to settle payments using digital stablecoin currencies. “Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to have a conversation with President Trump.

Nicholas Pinto is a 25-year-old entrepreneur from Cranford, N.J., who launched a successful business selling scooter wheels when he was 13 and has since branched out to build a sprawling moneymaking social media presence and to invest in crypto. He confirmed his attendance to The Times and posted on social media about the dinner.

Sheldon Xia is the founder of BitMart, a crypto exchange registered in the Cayman Islands. He posted his invitation to the dinner and photos from his White House tour on X.

Winfield Henry, a crypto investor who lists himself as a consultant and the owner of a photography and videography business, was seen outside the White House on the day of the V.I.P. tour. He is also included on the invite list with company emails that The Times confirmed are associated with him.

Ciara Sun, named on the invite list as Xiyan Sun, is the founder and managing partner of C Squared Ventures, a firm investing in cryptocurrency and blockchain technologies.

Sandy Carter, a former executive at Amazon Web Services and IBM who now runs a company called Silicon-Blitz, confirmed on social media her presence at the dinner.

Michael Raumann, a crypto investor with connections to Germany and Hong Kong, posted on social media several images from the dinner, including Mr. Raumann on the podium where Mr. Trump had spoken, after the president had left the room. Mr. Raumann also has written about the $TRUMP memecoin and why he believes it was a worthwhile investment.

Dylan Stansfield is a financial trader and amateur league soccer player from New Zealand. He was identified by The Times through his email in the attendees list. He told NBC News, which identified him through photographs at the Thursday event, that he was “infuriated to have been identified” and that “‘doxxing’ crypto people put their lives at risk.”

SuKyung Na, an executive at Hyperithm.“Looking forward to interesting conversations and the chance to share a bit about what we do at Hyperithm,” Ms. Na wrote before the event. Her corporate email was on the invitee list.

Charles Ayres, a Britain-based crypto marketer and YouTube promoter, confirmed in a phone interview that he attended the Thursday night event.

Wesley Pryor is the founder of Acheron Trading, a firm focused on digital assets.

Jack Tan Lu and Chris Akhavan are executives for the popular marketplace for non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, called Magic Eden.

 

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