Trump Media to Buy $2.5 Billion in Crypto to Create ‘Bitcoin Treasury’
Trump Media & Technology Group, the company that owns President Donald Trump’s Truth Social platform, announced plans Tuesday to buy about $2.5 billion in cryptocurrencies to create what it calls a “bitcoin treasury.” The company plans to raise the money by selling $1.5 billion in common stock and $1 billion in convertible debt to 50 investors, according to a press release.
The news, first reported by the Financial Times as $3 billion before Trump Media issued a press release, comes after President Donald Trump held a dinner for some of the largest investors in his own cryptocurrency, $TRUMP, dubbed a “memecoin,” because it has no practical uses beyond speculation. Trump spent just…
