The Day After Trump's Team Unexpectedly Launched Their Token, Its Market Value Briefly Surpassed $80 Billion

Bybit CEO BEN stated that yesterday all CEXs experienced a massive outflow of SOL and USDC, which surged to purchase TRUMP on-chain.

The day after Trump's team unexpectedly launched their token, its market value briefly surpassed $80 billion, prompting the industry to begin discussions on its significant subsequent impacts.

Bybit CEO BEN stated that yesterday all CEXs experienced a massive outflow of SOL and USDC, which surged to purchase TRUMP on-chain. Moonshoot + Meteora/Jupiter created over $30 billion in memecoins in less than 10 hours, without the need for any CEX. Reflecting on this, 2025 will focus on building Onchain Bybit, heavily investing in the Bybit web3 wallet; those who do not join this revolution will be eliminated.

Regarding rumors of the team selling tokens, Arkham analysis shows that Trump's team did not sell $500 million worth of TRUMP. The team holds approximately $500 million in TRUMP liquidity pool on-chain, having withdrawn a total of $20 million (USDC) and sent $92 million worth of TRUMP to exchanges. Currently, there is about $370 million USDC in the liquidity pool, mainly held by Team Wallet 1.

According to DeFiLlama data, during the explosive trading of the TRUMP token on January 18, Solana's largest DEX Raydium captured $25.07 million in fees in a single day, generating $2.85 million in revenue, both significantly setting historical highs, and it was the on-chain protocol with the highest fee capture that day. According to Bitget researcher @0x9seed's data panel, on January 18, the day TRUMP token launched, Moonshot captured $1.597 million in fees, with 93,600 trading users. According to @adam_tehc's data panel, on the explosive day of TRUMP, the on-chain MEME trading tool GMGN had a trading volume of approximately $153 million on the Solana chain on January 18, capturing $1.52 million in fees, both significantly setting historical highs. Currently, GMGN has accumulated over $34.6 million in fees.

Jason, founder of Folios Capital, stated that Trump's token launch has significant historical meaning: it essentially signals that launching tokens is not a problem, and there may be 1-2 more top-tier rapid launches in the next month. Just imagine if Americans can directly claim airdrops as long as they register/KYC + have an on-chain address, along with various cash flow + asset exchanges related to TRUMP. The chances of the Trump faction being elected in 2028 have greatly increased. The Trump faction's actual support for the crypto circle is on the rise. Ethereum needs to act quickly. If the wealth effect continues to be generated entirely by SOL, the disruption of the industry status could occur within 12-24 months. SOL itself will become the wealth effect in the next three months. There is currently no conclusion on whether the Asia-Pacific region will follow suit; if they do, it would be a significant industry benefit. The next step is actually very simple: issue tokens and communicate with the Trump team to allow TRUMP/WLDFI to purchase tokens. Mass purchases by KOLs to build a buying community. Obtain cash through additional issuance or sales, acquire cash flow businesses to solidify the enterprise, and ensure perpetual operation.

Nick Tomaino, founder of 1confirmation, criticized that Trump holds 80% of the TRUMP token share and launched it just hours before the inauguration, which is predatory and could harm many people. Trump should airdrop to the public instead of using this to enrich himself or his team.

Anthony Scaramucci, founder of SkyBridge Capital, likened this to the level of corruption of former Ugandan President Idi Amin. Ben Meiselas, co-founder of Meidas Touch, believes Trump should focus on more urgent matters. Dave Portnoy, founder of Barstool Sports, compared this incident to the alleged pump-and-dump scheme of meme coin HAWK by influencer Haliey Welch.

According to the Solscan browser, the Trump team address: 7qtDv7…nkRnpE set up a unilateral liquidity of 2 million TRUMP in Meteora and has already withdrawn $18.806 million USDC from it, of which $16.65 million USDC has been transferred to another team address: GRvmQx…U34bPg. Step data shows that the current position of the Trump team address: 7qtDv7…nkRnpE in Metaora is valued at approximately $30.16 million, but 500,000 TRUMP is out of range (valued at approximately $12.31 million).

On the 19th, Binance, Coinbase, and OKX also announced the launch of TRUMP