Justin Sun met Warren Buffett and gave him the first bitcoin

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Justin Sun announced that a meeting with billionaire Warren Buffett, which was planned last year, successfully happened.

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The dinner, for which Sun paid a record $4.5 million, was held on January 23 at a club in the US state of Nebraska. It was also attended by Charlie Lee (Litecoin creator), Yoni Assia (head of eToro investment platform), Chris Lee (Huobi chief financial officer) and Helen Hai (head of the Binance Charity Foundation).

According to Sun, a joint dinner cost $515, but the $4.5 million previously paid for it was not wasted. Because in a conversation with one of the most successful investors he managed to get priceless insights.

Sun said in a statement that this is a real honor, and he is grateful to Mr. Buffett for lunch, his wisdom, and his views. He will always remember his kindness and support, and he will use given pieces of advice and instructions to improve his company's ecosystem and business relations with all partners in the blockchain sphere.

Justin Sun added that the billionaire received his first bitcoin. It is securely stored in the application on the Samsung Galaxy Fold. Sun also indicated the address to which Bitcoin donated to Buffett was transferred.

CEO of the Tron Foundation added that since the moment he gave him bitcoin, the rate has grown by 16%. He hopes that the course will continue its flight to the moon.

But that was not all: Justin Sun also gave Buffett 1,930,830 Tron coins a number that corresponds to Buffett's birthday.

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Recall, TRON blockchain platform's founder Justin Sun was going to have dinner with billionaire and legendary investor on July 25 in San Francisco, as the Decrypt reported.

The legendary investor himself was also positively disposed towards the upcoming dinner, despite the fact that he's repeatedly expressed skepticism about cryptocurrency. Warren Buffet himself said he was very glad that Justin won the dinner, and he looked forward to the day when he would meet Sun and his friends.