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President-elect Trump launched his own cryptocurrency overnight and swiftly appeared to make more than $25 billion on paper for himself and his companies. 

Why it matters: The stunning launch of $TRUMP caught the entire industry off-guard, and speaks to both his personal influence and the ascendancy of cryptocurrency in his administration.

  • It also speaks to the nature of the crypto industry that someone could have $25 billion worth of something that literally did not exist 24 hours previously.
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[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 178 points 6 days ago (7 children)

Trump holds 80% of the supply. This is going to be the biggest rug pull of all time. Americans are literally getting shitcoin scammed by their own presidents holy shit what a timeline.

[–] cley_faye@lemmy.world 49 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Honestly, it's kinda impressive that this scheme still works in 2025. How low can people go, I wonder.

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 17 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Just means more rugs need to be pulled until idiots have no more money to waste.

[–] imaqtpie@lemmy.myserv.one 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Fresh idiots are being born every day, unfortunately

[–] TomAwsm@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago

Calls on rugs!

[–] NutWrench@lemmy.ml 23 points 6 days ago (1 children)

And these "coins" are actually tokens. Not only are they not backed by any real assets (venture capital, real estate, etc), the damn things don't even exist in reality!

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[–] TotalCourage007@lemm.ee 21 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Honestly, I won't forgive Biden for just smiling in response to Trump winning after not leaving 4 years sooner. Before anyone asks, I voted for Harris, so don't shove that narrative down my throat.

[–] Default_Defect@midwest.social 15 points 6 days ago (2 children)

The tankies are getting REAL close to just outright admitting they wanted Trump, so there's that.

[–] PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk 6 points 5 days ago

The defo do. Trump wants to hand Ukraine to Putin on a silver platter, the tankies have been salivating for that for years now

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[–] AllHailTheSheep@sh.itjust.works 18 points 6 days ago (2 children)
[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)
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[–] clutchtwopointzero@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago

America will have a law about this probably by 2070, after many more generations of Americans lose money to those scams and the legislative finally has people who understand technology to write laws about this

[–] redditron_2000_4@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago (5 children)

This is money from foreign governments and corporations buying influence. It has nothing to do with “Americans”.

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 8 points 6 days ago

There are plenty of Americans that will buy this coin and lose money.

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[–] Eezyville@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 days ago

Trump bout to Hawk Tuah! on the American people and maybe the world.

[–] Milddirection@sh.itjust.works 50 points 6 days ago (3 children)
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[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 27 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Isn’t that a conflict of interest?

His whole political career has been a conflict of interest.

[–] glitch1985@lemmy.world 15 points 6 days ago

Who's going to stop him?

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 6 points 5 days ago

It's not a crime if it's the president, the scrotus said so

[–] NutWrench@lemmy.ml 26 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Meanwhile, back in reality:

The venture was co-ordinated by CIC Digital LLC - an affiliate of the Trump Organization - which has previously sold Trump-branded shoes and fragrances.

Meme coins are used to build popularity for a viral internet trend or movement, but they lack intrinsic value and are extremely volatile investments.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9vmym2jvy9o.amp

Just because you SAY something is "worth hundreds of billions" does not mean it is actually WORTH hundreds of billions.

[–] westyvw@lemm.ee 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Yes. Just seeing the words "market cap" should tell you something. It is a completely meaningless term when you are talking about crypto currency.

The price means somethings, the amount held means something. The entity that sold them can mean something. But market cap isn't it.

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[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 28 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I hope everyone is acutely aware that you, me, WE are not in a class war.

WE HAVE LOST A CLASS WAR.

What happens now?

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[–] aggelalex@lemmy.world 22 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Holy shit, inb4 he pumps and dumps and avoids jail cause of presidential immunity

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago (4 children)
[–] ubergeek@lemmy.today 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Nothing is illegal for a POTUS. He cannot be charged with any crime while in office, running for office, considering to run for office, and/or dreaming of being in office.

[–] fnrir@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

I'd love to be POTUS. Time to download some Nintendo games! /j

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[–] frigidaphelion@lemmy.world 22 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Dear god, please let donald trump choke on a piece of potato and die. Amen 🙏

[–] tamal3@lemmy.world 14 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Really sucks that I, an atheist, acknowledge that I can do nothing more impactful than pray Trump dies soon.

[–] BeardedBlaze@lemmy.world 19 points 6 days ago (1 children)
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[–] umbraroze@lemmy.world 21 points 6 days ago (4 children)

It's easy to think that crypto is over. The NFT bubble is so deflated. We've seen big companies like FTX bomb the hell out. I mean, the signs are obvious now, aren't they? Crypto was, conclusively, proven to be the scam everyone said it would be and we don't need any more proof, right?

And then we hear Trump administration is really into this crypto nonsense.

Somehow.

Guess they didn't get the memo.

Brace yourself for 4 years of spectacular, glorious fail.

And if someone says stuff like "oh, Trump just got filthy rich off of the meme coin he launched yesterday", let's wait and see how the coin does at the end of his administration.

[–] MothmanDelorian@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago

Or in 6 months

[–] westyvw@lemm.ee 5 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Bitcoin is sitting at 105,000 each. Businesses have bought in, banks have bought in. A whole country buys them like clockwork for their citizens future.

Its a damn ponzi scheme where the last to hold the bag is the loser. Yet it is so big now, so entrenched, I dare say it may be too big (to be allowed) to fail.

Insane. And the worst part is, nobody actually uses them. Not in any significant way. It's just let's get rich!

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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 13 points 6 days ago (1 children)

They are only worth what ~~people~~ idiots pay for it.

[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 14 points 6 days ago

It’s money laundering

[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 18 points 6 days ago (2 children)

All the wrong people got money.

QE was a method of upward distribution of wealth.

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[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 15 points 6 days ago

Fools always find their kind

[–] AAA@feddit.org 11 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

$25 billion, in paper. The value will be down to zero way before he manages to sell off even $1 billion from it. And thats a generous guess. Meme coins don't retain value.

Making ANY money this way is outrageous, but we sooner solve world peace and world hunger than Trump being able to sell this off for the current paper value.

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