But as that party was ongoing, Trump announced on social media he was offering his very own cryptocurrency in the form of a meme coin. The move dampened the mood for many in the crypto community.

Days before taking the oath of office, Donald Trump and his family launched a new cryptocurrency token — known informally as a meme coin — called $TRUMP, as the ...

Launching a crypto meme coin might seem like the ultimate opportunity to blend fun, finance and fame in a world where Dogecoin and Shiba Inu have transformed jokes into multi-billion-dollar empires.

Alongside the TRUMP token, terms like “meme coin,” “buy crypto,” and “Solana” also saw marked increases in searches. Interest was not limited to search terms; the launch of the tokens ...

But days before his inauguration, Trump shocked many of his crypto supporters by peddling a digital token known as a meme coin, a functionally worthless asset that trades on hype and are a go-to ...

President Trump is facing backlash after he and first lady Melania Trump launched two cryptocurrency tokens just days before his inauguration. While the move sparked predictable criticism from ...

The president’s about-face on crypto gave him the ideal opportunity ... for the pattern of rampant market speculation that makes meme coins in any way viable. By one metric, a far larger group ...

During the campaign, he made several crypto-friendly pledges and recently made a splash when he launched his own “meme coin” shortly before the inauguration. The Trump token reached a nearly a ...