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$TRUMP was launched shortly before his inauguration in January, initially rocketing in value before falling sharply afterwards."It's fundamentally corrupt - a way to buy access to the President," Democrat senator Chris Murphy wrote on X.

Protesters gathered outside the event on Thursday night, which was held at a golf course near Washington DC, some carrying signs reading "stop crypto corruption" and "no kings."The White House has rejected the accusations, and in a video of the dinner posted on social media, Trump is seen saying "I always put the country way ahead of the business.""The Biden administration persecuted crypto innovators and we're bringing them back into the USA where they belong," Trump is also recorded as saying.

The event took place as Bitcoin - the leading cryptocurrency - was hitting a fresh record high price of almost $112,000 (£83,000) per coin before falling back slightly.$TRUMP is what is known as a meme coin - a type of cryptocurrency inspired by internet memes or viral online trends.

Its price peaked at $75 in January before plummeting to less than $8 in April - it was trading at around $12.50 at the time of writing.

"This is something that doesn't have obvious utility. It's not being used for payments. It's not being used as a store of value," said Rob Hadick, General Partner of Dragonfly, a crypto venture fund.We have included the latest data on new house building completions by local authority for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, but the 1.5 million homes target applies only in England.

The fate of the Scunthorpe steel works has shone a fresh spotlight on Chinese investment in the UK economy with critics raising questions over potential security risks.The British Steel plant had been owned by China's Jingye Steel.

But the UK government has now taken control of the Scunthorpe site, amid claims the Chinese owners were planning to permanently decommission its two blast furnaces and use its rolling mills to process imported Chinese-made metal instead.BBC Verify looks at what we know about the extent of Chinese investment in the UK economy - and how much of a concern it should be.