Trump unveiled the so-called meme coin, which is designed to capitalize on the popularity of a certain personality, movement or viral internet trend, on social media.

The new $TRUMP meme coin – a type of cryptocurrency – launched Friday night with posts on Trump's Truth Social social media platform and on X, the social network previously known as Twitter. According to the coin's website, gettrumpmemes.com, there are 200 million $TRUMP coins available now, with plans to have 1 billion over the next three years.

That’s the trading volume of $TRUMP since the token’s launch as of Saturday morning. Key Background. Trump, whose campaign was backed by several bil

President-elect Donald Trump launched his own meme coin early Saturday morning, creating excitement in the cryptocurrency world as the price and market capitalization of the coin immediately soared.

"The Trump meme coin stuff is bad for the industry. Don't delude yourself," Anthony Scaramucci wrote on Saturday.

US President-elect Donald Trump launched his official Trump meme coin on Saturday, January 18. The meme coin gained nearly 300% on the first day. Take a look at the gains compared to the other meme coins and cryptocurrencies.

Donald Trump launched the $TRUMP meme coin just ahead of his presidential inauguration. The valuation has soared, and he controls 80%.

Trump meme coin reaches $8B market cap in 2 hours amid trading frenzy and authenticity concerns over official social posts.

US President-elect Donald Trump has launched his own cryptocurrency, appropriately called $TRUMP, sparking feverish buying that sent its market capitalization soaring on Saturday to several billion dollars.

President-elect Donald Trump launched a memecoin on Friday that quickly topped a $10 billion market cap after nearly just an hour. A tweet from his Truth Social account and his verified X account announced $TRUMP just before 10 PM EST.