Le président élu Donald Trump a lancé sa propre crypto-monnaie vendredi, provoquant un achat fébrile qui sent sa capitalisation boursière grimpant à plusieurs milliards de dollars.
Dans un message publié sur sa plateforme Truth Social et X, Trump a dévoilé la pièce dite mème, qui est conçue pour capitaliser sur la popularité d’une certaine personnalité, d’un mouvement ou d’une tendance virale.
« Mon nouveau mème officiel de Trump est là ! Il est temps de faire tout ce que nous défendons : gagner ! », a-t-il écrit.
Meme coins have no economic or transactional value and are often seen as a means of speculative trading.
« Ce triomphe célèbre également un leader qui ne revient pas, quelles que soient les probabilités », explique le coin du site.
In the hours following the overnight launch, the crypto community posed questions about the legitimacy of the $TRUMP coin, and its actual link to the president-elect, with some fearing a scam.
But the fact that the announcements came on Trump’s official social media channels seemed to reassure the market, as did the fact that Trump has used one of the companies behind the project, CIC Digital LLC, in the past to sell non-fungible tokens (NFTs).
Au milieu du jour, le capital boursier de Trump s’élevait à environ 6 000 millions de dollars, selon CoinmarketPlacap. com.
Ni Trump ni la société qui gère le lancement, Fight Fight Fight LLC, n’expliquaient à quel point il avait gagné avec le lot initial de pièces de monnaie lancées.
The coin’s official site said 200 million meme coins were issued, with Fight Fight Fight saying an additional 800 million would be added over the next three years.
Trainly est sceptique à l’égard des crypto-monnaies, le président élu est maintenant un converti et a été un partisan du concept.
Before this new announcement, Trump and his sons Donald Jr. and Eric started their own crypto venture – World Liberty Financial – and other members of the incoming administration have previously disclosed investments in and backing for cryptocurrencies.
Last summer, Trump spoke at a Bitcoin conference in Nashville, where he pledged to make America « the crypto capital of the planet » once back in the White House.
The meme coin is Trump’s latest merchandise push, which recently included a line of perfumes, colognes, watches and « President Donald J. Trump First Edition » silver coins selling for $100 each celebrating his election win. He famously used a photo of him sitting next to first lady Dr. Jill Biden at the re-opening of Notre Dame Cathedral to promote the cologne line.