{"id":15039,"date":"2025-05-07T14:50:48","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T14:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=15039"},"modified":"2025-05-07T14:50:48","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T14:50:48","slug":"a-group-of-anonymous-traders-scored-a-100-million-payday-by-buying-melania-trumps-memecoin-just-before-it-launched-publicly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=15039","title":{"rendered":"A group of anonymous traders scored a $100 million payday by buying Melania Trump\u2019s memecoin just before it launched publicly"},"content":{"rendered":" \r\n<br><br>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>A group of traders<\/strong> bought millions of dollars worth of First Lady Melania Trump\u2019s memecoin before it was publicly announced, netting a $99.6 million pay day by selling as the coin hit its peak price. Most of the $MELANIA coins were exchanged for a stablecoin, USDC, whose price is tied to the U.S. dollar.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>A handful of traders bought First Lady Melania Trump\u2019s memecoin before it went public, and in the process, secured a $99.6 million windfall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By studying the blockchain, which publicly displays wallets and transactions but not identities, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/f5797d16-6299-444c-b990-5cbc6a7ccfca\"><em>Financial Times<\/em><\/a> found that 24 separate wallets bought $2.6 million worth of $MELANIA two-and-a-half minutes before it was publicly announced by the First Lady in a Jan. 19 Truth Social post.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A majority of the $99.6 million cashed out by the wallets was exchanged for USDC, a so-called stablecoin tied to the price of the U.S. dollar, the <em>FT <\/em>reported. It\u2019s unclear how many people were behind the two dozen wallets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The White House did not immediately respond to <em>Fortune<\/em>\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Memecoins, like $MELANIA and President Donald Trump\u2019s $TRUMP coin, are vehicles for speculation that are not backed by another asset. This type of cryptocurrency is not classified as a security under U.S. financial regulations. The Trump administration has adopted a lighter touch on regulation of the crypto industry compared to the Biden administration, and many of the biggest U.S. crypto firms donated to President Trump\u2019s inaugural committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once Melania Trump announced her own coin, hours before President Trump was inaugurated, the wallets sprung into action, taking advantage of a price spike to offload their holdings. In all, the wallets sold 81% of their coins in the first 12 hours of the public sale.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the first two days of the sale, the price of the coin surged, reaching a high of $13.73 on Jan. 20, the day following its public announcement. The coin was trading Wednesday morning at around 32 cents, down 98% from its peak, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/coinmarketcap.com\/currencies\/melania-meme\/\">CoinMarketCap<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One wallet, which alone bought $681,000 worth of $MELANIA precisely 64 seconds before the coin was made public, took advantage of the early euphoria and sold much of its holdings in 24 hours, netting a $39 million payday. It made another $4 million in the next three days offloading the rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another account made $2.5 million by selling most of the $40,000 worth of coins it bought 141 seconds before launch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>About 40% of Trump\u2019s net worth, or about $2.9 billion, is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-family-net-worth-crypto-investments\/\">made up of crypto<\/a> according to the nonprofit State Democracy Defenders Action. The issuers of the $Trump stablecoin have also reportedly profited <a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/trump-meme-coin-business-racks-195442227.html\">$320 million from trading fees<\/a> associated with the coin, according to a study by blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Democrats have condemned the use of cryptocurrency by Trump and his family since he retook office in January. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) introduced a bill called the MEME Act earlier this week to try to prevent a U.S. president or member of Congress from issuing a memecoin. Murphy argued in a video posted on <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/company\/twitter\/\" target=\"_blank\">X<\/a>, the social-media platform, that elected officials can use memecoins to receive backdoor money in exchange for favors.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTrump\u2019s memecoin is the most unethical, the most corrupt thing a president of the United States has ever done,\u201d Murphy said.<\/p>\n<p>This story was originally featured on <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2025\/05\/07\/melania-trump-memecoin-anonymous-traders-100-million-payday\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fortune.com<\/a><\/p>\r\n<br>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A handful of traders bought First Lady Melania Trump\u2019s memecoin before it went public, and in the process, secured a $99.6 million windfall. 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