Despite repeated claims from the White House that President Donald Trump's Thursday night gala for the top holders of his cryptocurrency meme coin had nothing to do with his official duties, several of those investors visited the White House Friday afternoon for what they described as a special VIP event,

Meme coins are cryptocurrencies inspired by internet memes or viral trends — or in this case, a U.S. president. They are typically created for entertainment or speculative purposes and are driven mos...

While their ability to sell is restricted in the short term, the project’s creators get a fee for every trade. Those fees have added up to more than $324 million since January, according to the resea...

The dinner, at which Mr. Trump gave remarks, was an extraordinary moment in which the president leveraged his position to make money — for his crypto business and for his Virginia golf club, which ho...