President-elect Trump launched his own cryptocurrency overnight and swiftly appeared to make more than $25 billion on paper for himself and his companies.

Why it matters: The stunning launch of $TRUMP caught the entire industry off-guard, and speaks to both his personal influence and the ascendancy of cryptocurrency in his administration.

  • It also speaks to the nature of the crypto industry that someone could have $25 billion worth of something that literally did not exist 24 hours previously.
  • @Klear
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    23 hours ago

    I’m sure there’s still a plenty of idiots buying these.

    • @AstridWipenaugh
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      42 hours ago

      Yes, to the tune of 10s or maybe a couple 100s of millions of dollars. But now Saudi Arabia can come in and buy a billion worth of the coin as a direct donation to trump with zero oversight. This is open corruption on a scale we simply haven’t seen before.

      • @Klear
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        11 hour ago

        No doubt. Just saying it’s gonna be a rag pull towards the idiots in addition to all the corruption.