A #crypto company called #AvaLabs donated $1 million on April 2. The donation earned Ava’s president, #JohnWu, a spot at a #fundraising reception with #Trump 2 days later at Mar-a-Lago…. An invitation billed it as an intimate “candlelight dinner” with “very limited” space.
Also attending the dinner…was the cosmetics heir Ronald S. Lauder [#EsteeLauder], a longtime major #political #donor & supporter of #Israel who donated $5 million to #MAGA Inc. in late March.
With U.S. cities such as Miami and Austin trying to court digital asset companies, John Wu was unsure whether to make New York City the permanent home of his cryptocurrency and blockchain start-up Ava Labs - until Eric Adams was elected mayor in November.
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