The $TRUMP coin was worth more than $46 at its height, but it steadily declined to its current price of $1.47. The token saw brief spikes in value when the company behind it announced it would host dinners — including at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago, with the president as the keynote speaker — but that price action was temporary both times.

In what’s likely to pack more political needling than actual regulatory results, the letter comes as negotiators hoping to finish the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act are awaiting the White House’s response to the latest revamping of the contentious section that would ban senior government officials from direct involvement in crypto projects.

For its part, the SEC has already ruled memecoins as generally…