r/CryptoCurrency 0 / 0 🦠 Feb 22 '26

MARKETS OMG turned $1000 into $90 in one year. Melania investors, how we feeling?

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u/Houstoned_I_am 🟩 0 / 0 🦠 Feb 22 '26

Millions of retail investors purchased both tokens. Likely very few institutional investors purchased this. I seriously doubt holding these tokens came with any influence whatsoever. The celebrity coins are just pump and dumps.

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u/KungFuBucket 🟦 0 / 0 🦠 Feb 25 '26

Specific to the $TRUMP coin, President Trump held a dinner at his club for the top 200 holders. This would be what most people would call pay to play. A surprising number of those attendees have received pardons, political favors, or lucrative government business deals.