US presidential candidate Donald Trump treated Bitcoin supporters to burgers at the themed New York bar PubKey, paying with digital gold.
JUST IN: ?? Donald Trump uses #Bitcoin to pay at a bar in New York. pic.twitter.com/ZAkeW5AH5g
— Watcher.Guru (@WatcherGuru) September 18, 2024
According to co-founder Drew Armstrong, Trump paid $998.7 for several dozen burgers. He used the Strike payment app, based on the Lightning Network. The bar utilized the Zaprite service for payment processing.
“A former president, a potential future president, this is a real coming of age for the Bitcoin community,” commented another PubKey co-founder, Thomas Pacchia.
He added that this was Trump’s first use of Bitcoin for purchasing goods or services. Afterward, he distributed the burgers to bar patrons.
NEW: Donald Trump buys burgers as his first Bitcoin purchase at a crypto-currency-themed bar in New York City before handing them out.
Trump paid for food at the crypto-themed Pubkey bar for the entire restaurant.
The campaign stop comes before Trump is set to hold a… pic.twitter.com/0oAFSHgZCB
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) September 18, 2024
PubKey is a Bitcoin-themed bar in Greenwich Village, New York. It hosts meetups and other events for crypto enthusiasts.
The former US president is seeking to garner support from crypto users in the upcoming elections. In July, he spoke at the annual Bitcoin 2024 conference in Nashville, promising to fire SEC head Gary Gensler and establish a strategic Bitcoin reserve.
Earlier in September, the Trump family officially launched their cryptocurrency project World Liberty Financial and announced an upcoming WLFI token sale.