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The price of shares of President Trump's "meme coin" rose more than 50% on Wednesday after the cryptocurrency's website announced that its 220 top investors would be invited to attend a private gala dinner that the U.S. president will host at the Trump National Golf Club in Washington D.C. The promotion also offers a highly exclusive "VIP reception with the president" and a tour for the top 25 investors of Trump's cryptocurrency. The anti-corruption organization Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics, based in Washington D.C., described the promotion as "one of the most flagrant and terrifying cases of selling access to the presidency that has ever been seen [in the country.