Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has become the first former U.S. president to conduct a transaction using Bitcoin after purchasing a burger at a bar and restaurant in New York City that accepts the cryptocurrency, Cointelegraph reported.
According to Pubkey’s September 18 X post, BTC supporter and Professional Capital Management CEO Anthony Pompliano also attended the event, which was also reported by Trump’s Truth Social account.
The event came less than two days after Trump announced the launch of a token through the World Liberty Financial crypto platform. Despite once calling Bitcoin a “scam,” Trump has supported BTC miners in his 2024 campaign and spoke at the Bitcoin 2024 conference in Nashville.
