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But one former financial regulator likened the meme coin to gambling."It's like selling membership cards for his personal fan club which are then traded," said Timothy Massad, Director of the Digital Asset Policy Project at Harvard.

"They have no value. But people speculate on the price and those purchases and that trading enriches him."At a Senate committee hearing this week, Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT)Secretary of State Marco Rubio about the lack of transparency regarding who will attend Thursday night's dinner.

Mr Murphy cited reports that many of the attendees at the invite-only event were expected to be foreigners."There's clearly a way around the State Department for foreign individuals of significant influence and wealth to be able to directly lobby the president of the United States," Mr Murphy said.

"I don't have any concern that the president having dinner with someone is going to contravene the security of the United States," responded Mr Rubio, who said he was unaware of the dinner.

to follow the world's top tech stories and trends.AfriForum said that while the government was to blame for the departure of the group granted refugee status, they would stay and continue their "efforts to help create a future for Afrikaners here at the southern tip of Africa".

This is a view with which Mr Janse van Vuuren agreed."While some may choose to leave as refugees, the majority of us are here to stay, working together to build a better future for all in South Africa."

A statement from the Malawi National Council of Sports (MNCS) said that the 48-year-old had been "brutally murdered" at his residence in Blantyre.Local police in the Southern African nation are yet to issue a statement following Menon's death.