The billionaire who paid $4.6 million to have dinner with Buffett says he would spend $30 million for an hour with Elon Musk

He once paid $6.2 million for a banana stuck to a wall and $4.6 million to have dinner with Warren Buffett.

He also spent more than $40 million on $TRUMP coins and was the richest guest at a private gala dinner hosted by President Donald Trump.

Now, crypto billionaire Justin Sun says he’d spend $30 million for just one hour of Elon Musk’s time.

Sun, the founder of the TRON blockchain, said he would be willing to pay Elon Musk $30 million for a private conversation.

“If I could spend an hour alone chatting with Elon Musk, I would be willing to pay him $30 million,” Sun wrote.

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Justin Sun is the founder of TRON, a high-performance blockchain network that has become a major settlement layer for stablecoins, decentralized finance, and on-chain payments.

It later acquired BitTorrent, integrating it into the TRON ecosystem and expanding its global footprint.

TRON consistently ranks among the most active blockchains by transaction volume. Sun himself has become one of the most visible and controversial figures in cryptocurrencies.

According to Forbes estimates, his net worth is $8.5 billion, 409^th richest person of all time.

Sun is also known for spending money lavishly for symbolic purposes.

In 2024, he paid $6.2 million for Maurizio Cattelan’s. Comic, the viral banana taped to a wall, and later described it as a symbol of courage, absurdity, and attention in modern markets.

Sun’s most famous purchase came in 2019, when he paid $4,567,888 to win a charity auction for a lunch with Warren Buffett, one of Bitcoin’s most outspoken critics. After months of delays and speculation, the dinner finally took place in January 2020 in Omaha, Nebraska.

In a detailed post on Medium reflecting on the meeting, Sun called it “one of the best moments of my life.”

During dinner, Sun presented Buffett with several gifts, including a smartphone preloaded with cryptocurrency.

“And of course, a Samsung Galaxy Fold 2 with integrated TRON blockchain, loaded with 1 Bitcoin, 1,930,830 TRX, 100 BTT, 100 WIN and 100 TRC20-USDT.“Sun wrote, noting that the TRX number coincided with Buffett’s birthday.

Sun also demonstrated a live blockchain transaction on the table.

“45.67888 TRX transferred instantly,” he wrote. “Witnessing the completion of the transfer, Mr. Buffett was delighted and said that blockchain has its value.”

While Buffett remained skeptical about Bitcoin as an investment, Sun said the billionaire clearly separated crypto assets from the underlying technology.

“Mr. Buffett said blockchain has its value,” Sun wrote. “There are a lot of amazing companies in the payments market and it has huge demands.”

According to Sun, Buffett believed that blockchain technology would have “a disruptive effect on the future of payments,” even as he continued to favor traditional productive assets over cryptocurrencies.

Sun’s interest in Elon Musk follows the same logic.

Musk occupies a unique position in crypto technology and culture, shaping debates around artificial intelligence, payments, energy, and decentralization, while intermittently influencing crypto markets through his public comments.

Sun has previously recalled that Buffett himself described Musk as “a great entrepreneur,” even as he questioned Tesla as an investment.

Now, Sun seems eager to talk directly with Musk, suggesting that a private conversation could be worth more than any financial asset.

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This story was originally published by TheStreet on January 18, 2026, where it first appeared in the MARKETS section. Add TheStreet as a preferred source by clicking here.