Three days later (this Thursday), Justin Sun, the founder of TRON, is about to have an appointment for his sky-high lunch with Buffett.
WeiboWeiboAnnounced that he successfully bid for Buffett's 20th anniversary charity luncheon with a record-breaking US$4,567,888. On June 27, Sun Yuchen tweeted that he and Buffett would have lunch at the three-star Michelin restaurant Quince in San Francisco's Jackson Square on July 25.
As usual, Justin Sun has the right to invite seven guests to join him.
In the past two months, Sun Yuchen, the king of marketing in the currency circle, relied on this invitation letter to create a lot of topics and successfully got out of the circle.
At the beginning of the news announcement, Justin Sun said in an interview about the content of the luncheon: "I may make a small request during the luncheon, that is, I hope to install the first digital currency wallet for Buffett on his mobile phone." I hope to be able to give him a little TRON currency. It is possible that this TRON currency will become the first virtual currency in Buffett’s life. I want to teach Buffett how we send and receive virtual currency, and how we can use these virtual currency In a decentralized world, what kind of application can be completed.”
And between coming and going (Sina Weibo CEO Wang Gaofei) questioned "Isn't Buffett using a Samsung flip phone that is not smart, and can't install apps." At the time, Justin Sun responded with "I will bring a Huawei mobile phone." Seamlessly integrate Huawei and patriotic hotspots.
Even when "Top Traffic" Wang Sicong reposted this news and blasted "Isn't this a stupid X", Justin Sun also responded unceremoniously, "If you rely on your father, you dare to scold yourself." Bo hot search second.
In July, when U.S. President Trump bombarded BTC and Facebook’s stable currency Libra, Justin Sun replied to Trump that Bitcoin and blockchain are the best opportunities for the United States, and he is willing to invite the president to Buffett’s lunch. On Sina Hot Search.
Apart from Trump, Wu Jihan from Bitmain, Li Lin from Huobi, and V God were also on Justin Sun’s list of invitations.
Litecoin founder Li Qiwei
Litecoin founder Li Qiwei
On June 17, Sun Yuchen announced on Twitter that his friend Litecoin founder Li Qiwei became the first guest to attend Buffett's lunch with him. In addition, Sun Yuchen also said that he will announce the friends he will invite one after another.
According to public information, Li Qiwei is a Chinese-American, graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and worked at Google after graduation. In 2011, Li Qiwei came into contact with Bitcoin and created Litecoin (LTC). The market value of this currency once occupied the second place in the global digital currency market value. However, Li Qiwei once worked for the exchange Coinbse after the bear market plummeted. Currently, the market value of LTC ranks fourth .
On January 16, 2018, Li Qiwei posted on reddit that he had sold all the Lebits in his hands and donated the proceeds. Its behavior of actively changing its identity at the time of the bull-bear transition, and its behavior of escaping from the top at a high level also made its external evaluation mixed.
Circle Co-founder and CEO Jeremy Allaire
On July 19, Justin Sun announced on Twitter that Jeremy Allaire, the co-founder and CEO of Goldman Sachs-invested Circle, became the second VIP to attend Justin Sun's Buffett lunch. Allaire responded: "It will be an honor to discuss cryptocurrencies with you and Buffett next week, including me. Encryption is now a major global policy issue. For Buffett, there is a lot to know. We also need to ask him. study."
According to public information, Circle is a startup company headquartered in Dublin that focuses on mobile payments and cryptocurrencies. Its investors include Breyer Capital, Goldman Sachs, and IDG Capital of Jim Breyer, an early investor in Facebook; With the financial support of Chinese investors such as CICC Jiazi, Everbright Holdings, and CreditEase, it has now become a unicorn company with a valuation of more than US$1 billion.
The founder Allaire once expressed his optimism about the Chinese market. He said that the Chinese government has always liked and attached great importance to blockchain technology, and China will eventually become the main market for encrypted assets. In addition, I have also seen a large number of technological innovation entrepreneurs in the blockchain field in mainland China.
Helen Hai, Head of Binance Charity Foundation
On July 20, Justin Sun announced on Twitter that Helen Hai, head of the Binance Charity Foundation, was invited to attend Buffett's lunch. Helen Hai replied that next week I will be honored to discuss cryptocurrencies and philanthropy with Justin Sun and Buffett.
Prior to this, Binance founder Zhao Changpeng once said that he had received an invitation from Justin Sun, but "it's too far away, I can't go there", and said that he would promote the travel of Binance Charity.
In July 2018, the Binance Blockchain Charity Foundation (BCF) was officially established in Malta. According to its announcement, the Binance Blockchain Charity Foundation will use blockchain technology to promote social welfare undertakings, and signed a memorandum of cooperation with the Malta Presidential Foundation, announcing the start of strategic cooperation between the two parties; the President of Malta serves as the chairman of the strategic committee of BCF .
Hai Yu, the person in charge of the charity foundation, is the only woman among the known distinguished guests. According to public information, Hai Yu was once a Chinese advisor to the Ethiopian government, invested and built factories in Africa, and was named a goodwill ambassador of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization. .
In addition, Li Lin, the founder and CEO of Huobi, also received the invitation from the exchange. However, Li Lin also said that he could not attend the appointment and would appoint a representative of Huobi executives to attend Buffett’s 20th anniversary charity luncheon. Not made public.
eToro CEO Yoni Assia
On July 21, Justin Sun tweeted to invite eToro CEO Yoni Assia to attend Buffett's lunch together. Yoni Assia responded to his invitation and said that it is a great honor to have lunch with Buffett, which is a big step in connecting the traditional financial world and the new financial world.
Established in 2007, eToro is an established financial online trading platform in Israel with more than 10 million user accounts worldwide. Launched Bitcoin trading in 2014, launched Ethereum trading in January 2017, and continued to increase digital currency trading pairs; in April this year, eToro's blockchain subsidiary launched eToroX, a cryptocurrency exchange, and launched BTC, BCH, ETH at the same time , XRP, LTC and DASH and other 6 kinds of cryptocurrency trading pairs and eight fiat currency-linked tokens.
When TRON acquired BitTorrent last year, CEO Yoni Assia once said that Sun Yuchen’s use of BitTorrent to issue tokens was a wise move by TRON.
