Opinion
Trump's meme coin a cash grab
Right before his inauguration, President Donald Trump launched a meme coin, a type of cryptocurrency whose value is buoyed by social media and Internet culture, rather than any sort of functionality ...
Roughly 80% of the coin supply will be distributed to its founders over the course of three years – and that could leave ...
Throughout the weekend, the project soared in value as Trump and his aides prepared to reenter the White House. As soon as ...
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies recoiled after Trump's first set of policies following inauguration did not refer to this ...
First Lady Melania Trump launched her own meme-coin on the eve of the inauguration, which now has a value of $700m since ...
President Donald Trump’s goodwill in the cryptocurrency industry has taken a hit after he and his wife launched meme coins — a move ... new crypto task force to set the SEC on a “sensible ...
The world’s largest cryptocurrency surged in value again after surpassing $100,000 for the first time last month - shortly ...
Second, crypto markets are frequently believed to be subject to manipulation by “whales,” i.e., large investors. Having a Trump asset so susceptible to manipulation is highly concerning. Consider ...
potentially increasing his net worth by tens of billions of dollars on paper just days before he is set to be sworn in as president. A Trump-owned company called CIC Digital LLC owns 80 percent of the ...
Trump- and Melania-themed digital tokens minted billions on paper for the first family while raising conflict-of-interest and ...