The Impact of Trump Coin Issuance

In the realm of cryptocurrency, a captivating narrative has unfolded recently, intertwining the worlds of politics, technology, and finance. At the heart of this story lies former US President Donald Trump, who has ventured into the crypto domain with his own coin, aptly named TRUMP. This move has sparked a chain reaction, influencing the broader cryptocurrency market and highlighting the interplay between different digital assets.

Trump's Currency Foray: Unveiling TRUMP on Solana

On the morning of January 8, Trump took to Twitter and his social media platform Truth Social to announce the launch of a meme coin named TRUMP on the Solana blockchain. This move quickly garnered attention, with TRUMP's market value skyrocketing to $16 billion within just four hours. This surge propelled TRUMP to become the second-largest meme coin, trailing only Dogecoin.

The following day, TRUMP's price continued to soar, reaching a market value of $80 billion. This not only surpassed Dogecoin to claim the title of the largest meme coin but also brought TRUMP within striking distance of Solana's (SOL) market value, which stood at $125 billion at the time. Notably, Dogecoin had taken 11 years to achieve a similar level of growth.

Solana's native token, SOL, also experienced a surge in response to this positive news. As reported by the New York Post on January 16, Trump was reportedly "open" to the idea of using digital currencies issued in the United States, such as SOL, USDC, and XRP, as strategic reserves. This announcement raised the prospect of spot ETFs for SOL and XRP (Ripple) later this year.

Over the past week, SOL's price has surged by more than 40%, and within the community, there have been increasing calls for SOL to "flip" Ethereum.

Ethereum's Plight: Internal Discord and External Competition

In contrast to Ethereum's stellar performance during the "Trump market" of December last year, this time around, ETH (Ethereum) and its DeFi tokens (LINK, AAVE, ENA, etc.) have fared poorly, especially Ethereum itself.

As the second-largest cryptocurrency by market value and one of only two cryptocurrencies with spot ETFs, Ethereum's growth rate has not only fallen short of BTC, SOL, and XRP but its fundamentals have also come under fire recently, with the founders of several well-known projects criticizing the chain's high costs and slow transaction speeds.

Impact of Trump's Currency Issuance: A Multifaceted Analysis

Firstly, it's important to note that TRUMP is not a meme coin issued on a whim via Pump.fun, the largest meme coin issuance platform on Solana, but rather a long-planned collaborative effort involving Solana and several protocols, related projects, and DeFi applications on its chain. This venture, which can be likened to a VC coin in the guise of a meme coin, had several key partners.

Jupiter, the largest DEX aggregator on Solana, handled TRUMP's on-chain liquidity. The meme coin trading platform Moonshot provided the frontend trading interface, while the liquidity protocol Meteora was responsible for TRUMP's price feed and market depth. Wintermute, a leading market maker, played a crucial role behind the scenes, handling TRUMP's secondary market liquidity.

It's also worth mentioning that Wintermute is the primary market maker for many high-market-cap meme coins and previously handled the market operations for the well-known meme coin PEPE.

Secondly, TRUMP's issuance had a significant "blood-sucking effect" in the short term, draining the market's liquidity and causing the prices of cryptocurrencies outside the Solana ecosystem to plummet. However, TRUMP's deployment on the Solana chain further solidified the market's recognition of the Solana ecosystem.

Moreover, meme coins and AI coins on the Solana ecosystem also benefited from increased liquidity, boosting the revenue of DeFi protocols on Solana. This wave of enthusiasm also ushered in a surge of new users to the crypto market. Moonshot reported attracting over 400,000 new users in 24 hours.

Finally, on-chain tools like GMGN emerged as beneficiaries, with their revenue briefly surpassing that of Uniswap, the largest DeFi protocol, in the short term.

Trump's crypto policy promises are also coming to fruition. When combined with Trump's statement at the World Economic Forum in Davos regarding his plans to establish the United States as the "world capital" of AI and cryptocurrency, Trump's own coin issuance signals a relaxed stance on regulating the crypto industry.

The Trump family's World Liberty Financial is not only deeply involved in DeFi but also actively deploying RWA (real world assets), which could pave the way for more traditional financial institutions to join the DeFi realm. Additionally, local cryptocurrencies in the United States, such as Solana, Ripple, and Sui, will likely benefit from policy