President Donald Trump rewarded top investors in one of his cryptocurrency projects with a swanky dinner on Thursday night, an event that showed the ascendance of an emerging financial industry and also the president's willingness to mix public office with personal profit.
Despite the White House insisting that Trump would be attending the event in his personal time, he stood behind a lectern with the presidential seal as he touted an industry that's generating profits for his family business.
Some 220 of the biggest investors in the $TRUMP meme coin were invited to Trump's luxury golf club in Northern Virginia, where they dined on filet mignon and halibut.
The story "Donald Trump's crypto dinner raises questions about personal profit" has 1403 words across 65 sentences, which will take approximately 6 - 12 minutes for the average person to read.
Which news outlet covered this story?
The story "Donald Trump's crypto dinner raises questions about personal profit" was covered 14 hours ago by Business Standard, a news publisher based in India.
How trustworthy is 'Business Standard' news outlet?
Business Standard is a fully independent (privately-owned) news outlet established in 1975 that covers mostly business and finance news.
The outlet is headquartered in India and publishes an average of 279 news stories per day.
It's most recent story was published 3 hours ago.
What do people currently think of this news story?
The sentiment for this story is currently Negative, indicating that people regard this as "bad news".
How do I report this news for inaccuracy?
You can report an inaccurate news publication to us via our contact page. Please also include the news #ID number and the URL to this story.
