Donald and Melania Trump launched new cryptocurrencies over the weekend. Some experts are advising investors to be cautious.
Bitcoin passed the $100,000 mark for the first time just last December. Could this be the year crypto goes mainstream?
Eric Trump proposed a 0% tax rate for US-based cryptocurrency projects to boost blockchain innovation, while foreign crypto companies face higher taxes. Critics warn of potential market imbalances and government revenue loss.
Space X and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who Trump has appointed as co-lead in the newly created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), stands as the richest person in the world with a fortune of $433.9 billion, per Forbes.
The new business venture by the Trump family is generating intensifying criticism and ethics questions, even as it has turned into an overnight phenomenon, generating a windfall on paper.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order for advancing crypto innovation in US and also exploring a national digital asset stockpile.
Shares in TMTG, trading under the DJT ticker symbol on the Nasdaq, are down more than 21 percent over the past five trading sessions.
The soon-to-be First Lady introduced $MELANIA on Sunday, after which her husband's meme coin saw a significant price drop.
The House Financial Services Committee has already scheduled two hearings on crypto next month. The first, on Feb. 6, 2025, will focus on the aforementioned debanking. The second, set for Feb. 11, is titled "A Golden Age of Digital Assets: Charting a Path Forward."
Donald Trump launched $TRUMP cryptocurrency, a meme coin, days before his inauguration. It quickly reached over $32 billion in value. Melania has now launched her own.
Melania Trump launched a meme coin on the eve of her husband’s inauguration — causing his own new cryptocurrency to briefly tank amid a buying frenzy. The incoming first lady dropped news of the cryptocurrency — “$MELANIA” — on Sunday night — just days after her husband, President-elect Donald Trump, revealed his own newly created $TRUMP coin.
Incoming first lady Melania Trump has launched her own cryptocurrency on the eve of her husband, President-elect Donald Trump, being inaugurated and days after he announced his own memecoin.