Trump to deliver remarks to crypto conference on Saturday, White House says


An illustration featuring U.S. President-elect Donald Trump holding Bitcoin is displayed outside a cryptocurrency exchange store after Bitcoin soars above $100,000, in Hong Kong, China, December 5, 2024. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

WASHINGTON, ⁠April 23 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump will deliver ⁠remarks to a cryptocurrency conference on Saturday ‌in Palm Beach, Florida, the White House said late on Thursday.

• An upcoming major cryptocurrency gathering at the private Mar-a-Lago Club ​has faced criticism and scrutiny from ⁠some Democrats.

• Trump has ⁠launched a slate of crypto-friendly policies since returning to ⁠the ‌White House in January 2025.

• The conference's website says Trump will be its keynote ⁠speaker.

• The website says the attendance at the ​conference is "strictly ‌limited" to the top 297 holders of the ⁠meme coin $TRUMP, ​named in the Republican leader's honor.

• When news of the conference emerged earlier this month, some Democratic senators ⁠said the U.S. Congress must "take steps ​to prohibit and prevent these egregious conflicts of interest."

• "It is essential that Congress fully understand the extent to ⁠which President Trump and his family are profiting off of his cryptocurrency ventures," Democratic U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren, Adam Schiff and Richard Blumenthal said.

• Trump is ​involved in numerous crypto ventures, including ⁠an eponymous meme coin and a venture called World ​Liberty Financial that is led ‌by his family.

• Trump has ​denied any wrongdoing.

(Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington; Editing by Jacqueline Wong and Himani Sarkar)

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