3 outlets·3 reports·over 30h
Nearly a million investors lost $3.8 billion on the Trump memecoin. Trump made $636 million.
ThinkingNews Desk · how this was written
Nearly one million retail investors in the Trump-branded memecoin collectively lost about $3.8 billion, while roughly half a million early-stage wallets captured roughly $4 billion in gains. The analysis notes that the cryptocurrency’s creator, former President Donald Trump, reportedly earned approximately $636 million from the token’s launch.
Written from all 3 reports below, not from any single one.
How it was reported
- The Next Web·Nearly a million investors lost $3.8 billion on the Trump memecoin. Trump made $636 million.
- TechMeme·Analysis: ~1M $TRUMP retail buyers lost a combined $3.81B, while ~500K mostly-early wallets captured $4B in gains, a textbook memecoin wealth transfer (New York Times)
- TechCrunch·Trump memecoin investors lost $3.8 billion, analysis finds
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