尽管白宫一再声称唐纳德·特朗普总统周四晚会与会者告诉美国广播公司新闻，由于他的加密货币meme coin的主要持有人与他的官方职责无关，其中几名投资者周五下午参观了白宫，他们称之为一场特殊的VIP活动。
韩国加密投资者和企业家Sangrok Oh周五告诉美国广播公司新闻，他和其他顶级投资者已被邀请在周五下午参观白宫，但他不清楚特朗普本人是否会会见他们。
“所以，我们将参观和游览白宫，同时谈论加密产业和加密的未来，”Oh说。
周四晚上的正式活动在特朗普的华盛顿地区高尔夫俱乐部举行，约有200名加密货币交易者参加，其中包括许多来自海外的交易者，他们通过一场比赛获得了入场券，该比赛向特朗普的meme硬币的顶级投资者发出了邀请，其中至少有一部分资金直接流入了特朗普家族的金库。
批评家们炮轰晚会作为一项“付费游戏”活动，向特朗普的加密硬币投入数百万美元的投资者获得了接触总统的特殊机会。
特朗普币顶级投资者访问白宫的消息似乎与白宫新闻秘书卡罗琳·莱维特(Karoline Leavitt)周四的说法相矛盾，他说总统是以个人身份参加加密晚宴的，因为晚宴不是在白宫举行的，所以与他的公务无关。
莱维特周四说:“总统是在私人时间出席[晚宴]。”“这不是白宫晚宴。它不会在白宫这里发生。”
白宫周五没有立即回应美国广播公司新闻的置评请求。
总部位于新加坡的区块链创业公司MemeCore的高管Cherry Hsu说，该公司的创始人，也就是众所周知的“Ice”，也在周五下午被邀请到白宫。MemeCore，根据竞赛排行榜，以超过100万美元的$TRUMP coin holdings在比赛中获得第二名。
上周五晚些时候，中国crupto巨头、特朗普迷因币的最大投资者贾斯汀·孙(Justin Sun)表示，发布了一个制作精良的视频他的白宫之旅，在X上写道，“很荣幸被邀请参观@白宫。如此荣幸能亲眼目睹。”
除了投资数百万美元的特朗普币，孙还投资了7500万美元世界自由金融，另一家特朗普支持的加密企业。投资一个月后，特朗普政府的SEC律师采取行动，终止了对孙的欺诈指控。
特朗普迷因硬币的网站本月早些时候曾宣传，作为比赛的一部分，前25名迷因硬币持有者将进行“特别贵宾白宫之旅”——但截至上周，该网站仅表示将安排“特别贵宾之旅”，而没有提到白宫。
该网站还包括一份免责声明，称此次旅行由Fight Fight LLC公司安排，总统本人将以“客人”身份出现。
Trump's top meme coin investors visit White House
Despite repeated claims from the White House that President Donald Trump'sThursday night galafor the top holders of his cryptocurrency meme coin had nothing to do with his official duties, several of those investors visited the White House Friday afternoon for what they described as a special VIP event, the attendees told ABC News.
Sangrok Oh, a Korean crypto investor and entrepreneur, told ABC News on Friday that he and other top investors had been invited to tour the White House Friday afternoon, though it was not clear to him whether Trump himself would meet them.
"So, we're going to visit and tour the White House [and] at the same time talk about crypto industries and the future of crypto," Oh said.
Thursday night's black tie event, held at Trump's Washington-area golf club, was attended by around 200 cryptocurrency traders, including many from overseas, who gained admission through a contest that awarded invitations to the top investors in Trump's meme coin -- with at least some of the funds flowing directly into the Trump family's coffers.
Critics haveblasted the galaas a "pay for play" event in which investors who poured millions into Trump's crypto coin got special access to the president.
News that top $TRUMP coin investors visited the White House appeared to contradict White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt's assertion Thursday that the president was attending the crypto gala in a personal capacity, and that since the dinner did not take place at the White House, it was separate from his official duties.
"The president is attending [the dinner] in his personal time," Leavitt said Thursday. "It is not a White House dinner. It's not taking place here at the White House."
The White House did not immediately respond on Friday to a request for comment from ABC News.
Cherry Hsu, an executive at MemeCore, a Singapore-based blockchain startup, said the firm's founder, known publicly as "Ice," had also been invited to the White House on Friday afternoon. MemeCore, according to thecontest leaderboard, finished second in the competition with $TRUMP coin holdings in excess of $1 million.
And late Friday, Justin Sun, a Chinese crupto mogul and the top investor in Trump's meme coin,posted a highly produced videoof his White House tour, writing on X, "Was an honor to be invited to tour the @WhiteHouse. Such a privilege to see it in person."
In addition to his multimillion-dollar investment in the $TRUMP coin, Sun has also invested $75 million inWorld Liberty Financial, another Trump-backed crypto venture. One month after that investment, SEC lawyers under the Trump administration moved to halt an alleged fraud case against Sun.
The Trump meme coin's website at one point earlier this month advertised a "Special VIP White House tour" for the top 25 meme coin holders as part of the contest -- but as of last week, the site said only that a "Special VIP tour" would be arranged, without mentioning the White House.
The site also included a disclaimer saying the tour was being arranged by the Fight Fight Fight LLC, and that the president himself would be appearing as a "guest."
