Three U.S. senators questioned whether former President Trump is promoting the purchase of TRUMP Coin through a luncheon event, and asked the organizers to provide relevant documents. The event is limited to the first 297 token holders, and whether Trump can attend is also in doubt. The senators accuse the effort of encouraging people to buy the coin in order to profit.

TrumpMeme official announcement: Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino will attend and speak at the Trump TRUMP token luncheon. Trump will have lunch with 18 "superstars" and the top 297 holders on April 25 at Mar-a-Lago. The top 29 holders can also attend a special VIP reception.

Trump TRUMP token holders lunch leaderboard shows that Chinese ID "小x" ranks first with 153.3 million points, holding approximately 2.2 million tokens worth about $9 million. The top 297 holders can attend the Mar-a-Lago lunch, with the top 29 sharing the stage with Trump. Points are earned through token holdings and spending activities.

BlockBeats News, February 26 — According to crypto journalist Eleanor Terrett, a16z founders Marc Andreessen and Chris Dixon had a lunch meeting today with Republican Senator. The focus was on advancing legislation for cryptocurrency market structure to strengthen the United States' global leadership in crypto and AI.

CNBC publicly named XRP as the "Hottest Cryptocurrency of the Year" on the popular financial program "Power Lunch," which quickly drew market attention. The program host Brian Sullivan straightforwardly stated that the most outstanding mainstream crypto asset this year is not Bitcoin or Ethereum, but XRP, with its growth and market cap ranking showing clear advantages. Sullivan pointed out that XRP has gained over 20% since the beginning of the year, significantly outperforming Bitcoin and Ethereum. Currently, XRP's market cap has risen to the third largest cryptocurrency in the world, behind Bitcoin and Ethereum. This ranking change has become an important basis for CNBC's "Hottest of the Year" evaluation.