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This new currency, a so-called meme coin, has no inherent value, but rather fluctuates in price as people buy and sell the coin. Trump’s fans and opportunistic day traders have generated ...

In the days leading up to the election, the value of token — a so-called meme coin — soared, hitting a high of $73 on Sunday. Despite plunging in a post-inauguration sell-off, the meme coin ...

Then, at 9 p.m., Trump pulled one over on the partygoers. The crypto-world drama Trump’s team spurred with this meme coin gambit is indicative of an ever-present tension between the once-crypto ...

Just days ahead of his return to the White House, President Trump and his wife, Melania, launched a pair of meme coins that have skyrocketed in value and earned them billions of dollars ...

Social media is inundated with Family Guy memes, and a particular one involving The Godfather resurfaces occasionally. Seth MacFarlane, creator and star of the long-running animated series ...

Days before his inauguration, Donald Trump announced the release of an official $TRUMP cryptocurrency as a way to celebrate his return to the White House. Though the ...

President Trump’s meme coin went on a bumpy ride over the long weekend — before steadying Tuesday after the Securities and Exchange Commission announced it would launch a “crypto task force.” ...

President Trump shrugged off the news that he made billions of dollars through the launch of his new meme crypto coin. During a press conference Tuesday, his first full day back in the White House ...

But days before his inauguration, Trump shocked many of his crypto supporters by peddling a digital token known as a meme coin, a functionally worthless asset that trades on hype and are a go-to ...

On Friday night, President Donald Trump launched a Solana meme coin named $TRUMP, which exploded in price in a matter of 48 hours. Trump's official X account posted ...