TL;DR: “Yes,” Petra Tuomi, Senior Director of Communications for GLIDE, told CoinSpice, “we received the full donation from Mr. Sun and his company, in addition to an additional $100,000 when Mr. Sun’s team from TRON volunteered at GLIDE.” Back in June, Justin Sun pledged $4.5 million to the charity in order to secure a lunch with famed investor Warren Buffett.

Warren Buffett’s Lunch Charity Confirms Justin Sun, TRON Donation

Roughly three months ago, Justin Sun posted, “I officially announce I’ve won the record-setting 20th-anniversary charity lunch hosted by @WarrenBuffett. I’ll also invite #blockchain industry leaders to meet with a titan of investment. I hope this benefits everyone.” Headlines flew around the world, introducing Sun and cryptocurrency to a broader audience for sure.

The fateful lunch was supposed to held at Smith & Wollensky in New York City. It has since been postponed due to Sun’s health issues. Buffett is considered a cryptocurrency skeptic along with being one of the richest people in the world. His investment acumen is studied earnestly, and he’s widely respected. GLIDE describes itself as on a “mission is to create a radically inclusive, just and loving community mobilized to alleviate suffering and break the cycles of poverty and marginalization. Our Core Values emerge from GLIDE as a spiritual movement.”

Sun is known for gaining attention through such shock marketing, be it with Tesla giveaways or, more recently, by attempting to outdo US presidential candidate Andrew Yang. By late July, however, Sun was apologizing for some of his antics, including the campaign for lunch with Buffett.

“My intention of having the lunch with Buffett,” he explained, “was because of my admiration for him and my enthusiasm for charity. It was simple, but also with self-interest to promote the blockchain industry and my project. But my immature, naive, and impulsive conducts with my big mouth have turned it into an out-of-control and failed over-marketing hype and led to a significant series of unexpected consequences. During the whole process, I went from being excited, to worried, agonized and then terrified and regretful. … It led to a negative influence on the public and also drew concerns from regulators who care about me. Again I want to say: I am sorry.” No word as to when or if the formal lunch will eventually happen.

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