Trump, the First 'Crypto President,' Elected in the United States, Is Setting an Example to Show the World How MemeCoin Can Rewrite the Rules of the World's Capital Markets

On January 18, two days before his inauguration, Trump shocked the world by unveiling his own “official” Memecoin, TRUMP, on his Truth Social and X accounts.

Author: Liam

After being sworn in as the 47th President of the United States on January 20, Donald Trump made history again by becoming the first U.S. president to issue his own cryptocurrency.

On January 18, two days before his inauguration, Trump unveiled his own “official” Memecoin, TRUMP, via his Truth Social and X accounts.

"My new official Trump emoji pack is here!" Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social. "It's time to celebrate everything we stand for: victory! Join my special Trump community. Come get your Trump emoji pack now."

Initially, the crypto community questioned the token's legitimacy, with some suggesting it could be a hack or a social engineering scheme. Even Elon Musk was unsure whether Trump's X account had been hacked. However, as Trump's posts remained online and data from Polymarket showed a 10% chance that the account had been compromised, the doubts began to fade and the token's price continued to rise.

TRUMP opened at $0.1824 but gained more than 15,000% in 12 hours and was trading around $30 as of 10 a.m. ET, 12 hours after the token was issued.

In the 12 hours since its launch, the market value of the MemeCoin project has soared to $30 billion, about three times the market value of Trump Media Technology Group DJT (about $8.7 billion). This is an exponential growth process, with its market value rising by $1 billion every few minutes.

According to estimates by blockchain analysis platform Arkham Intelligence, "Crypto President" Trump's net worth skyrocketed to $28 billion overnight, thanks to the virtual currency "TRUMP" issued by Trump, which increased his estimated net worth by 400%. Trump's affiliated companies CIC Digital LLC and Fight Fight Fight LLC control 80% of the supply, and the value of his cryptocurrency holdings alone has soared to $22.4 billion. Forbes valued Trump's net worth at $5.6 billion last November.

An industry investor said that because of cryptocurrencies, Trump and his family made more money in the past 12 hours than they did in the past 50 years. This may explain why he is so supportive of cryptocurrencies? The price of cryptocurrencies has not been taken into account. Under Trump's leadership, the price of cryptocurrencies will continue to rise.

"80% of the token supply is locked in a multi-signature wallet, worth $3 billion, controlled by the creator, who has also added $40 million in liquidity," Conor Grogan, head of product business operations at Coinbase, said in an article published on X. He added that the project received millions of dollars in seed funding from Binance and Gate, two exchanges that do not serve U.S. customers. Other analysts have pointed out that 80% of the token's circulating supply is allocated to Fight Fight Fight LLC and CIC Digital LLC, which are associated with the Trump Organization, and only 20% of the supply is evenly distributed between public investors and liquidity.

While Trump controls the vast majority of tokens, they remain locked, meaning the U.S. president is unlikely to “rip off” his millions of most loyal fans… at least for now.

Additionally, while the memecoin associated with Solana pushed Solana’s market cap to a record $118 billion, the price of Ethereum, a major source of liquidity, saw an offsetting decline, with its market cap falling 5% overnight, losing about $240 billion in value.

Trump's comments come as the president-elect continues to support cryptocurrency initiatives. He was outspoken about his skepticism of cryptocurrencies, but did a 180-degree turn during the campaign, promising to reshape the U.S. cryptocurrency landscape and make the U.S. the "crypto capital of the world." Trump nominated Paul Atkins to serve as chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), who is expected to lead these efforts. Atkins, a well-known cryptocurrency advocate and former SEC commissioner, will replace Gary Gensler, who has been criticized for cracking down on the industry.

Finally, while many are excited to join the biggest momentum trade of all time, which has even overshadowed social media phenomena like Gamestop and AMC, some like Bloomberg ETF’s senior analyst are skeptical, arguing that this particular attempt by Trump “seems exploitative” and is “an unforced mistake that's happening.”

Whether he is right or wrong depends on how long it takes for this bubble to burst.

Putting aside the bubble theory, we will think about the significance of the first "presidential currency issuance" moment in world history?

Global macro investor Raoul Pal said that the signal here is the speed and simplicity of capital