Crypto coin nets $31 billion overnight
Just days before his second inauguration, President-elect Donald Trump issued a cryptocurrency meme coin memorializing his response to the July 2024 assassination attempt.
The new $TRUMP meme coin – a type of cryptocurrency – launched Friday night with posts on Trump’s Truth Social social media platform and on X, the social network previously known as Twitter. According to the coin’s website, gettrumpmemes.com, there are 200 million $TRUMP coins available now, with plans to have 1 billion over the next three years.
The site deems Trump as “the crypto president,” and the coin portrays the President-elect with “his fist in the air and the iconic battle cry FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT,” Trump called out after the July 13, 2024 assassination…
