Trump Buys Fans Burgers and Pays With Bitcoin at New York Bar

Donald Trump made another overture to the digital-asset community on Wednesday, treating supporters to burgers at a bar in New York and paying with Bitcoin.

After being greeted by boos and yells of “loser” as he arrived at PubKey, a Bitcoin-themed watering hole near New York University in Greenwich Village, the former president was met with heavy applause from a mixture of self-identified Bitcoin enthusiasts and Trump supporters when he entered the dimly lit bar.

Donald Trump at Pubkey in the West Village in New York on Sept. 18.

Photographer: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

“Who wants a burger?” asked the Republican candidate for president, who has been courting crypto aficionados not only for votes and campaign donations but ...