Showing posts with label memecoin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label memecoin. Show all posts

Friday, April 24, 2026

‘F--k this coin’: Trump set to attend memecoin conference after 96 percent wipeout - POLITICO

Nobody likes it,” said Morten Christensen, a crypto investor who still plans to attend the Mar-a-Lago event and was at the 2025 dinner. “People are losing on the coin, and they are vocal. They are the people on Twitter like, ‘Fuck this coin’ or ‘It’s a scam.’ And they’re right, basically.”…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/23/crypto-traders-disenchanted-trump-memecoin-00888035


Saturday, March 14, 2026

Wednesday, June 18, 2025

‘I have never seen such open corruption’: Trump’s crypto deals and loosening of rules shock observers | Trump administration | The Guardian

"Self-enrichment is exactly what the founders feared most in a leader – that's why they put two separate prohibitions on self-benefit into the constitution," said former federal prosecutor Paul Rosenzweig. "Trump's profiting from his presidential memecoin is a textbook example of what the framers wanted to avoid."

 Scholars, too, offer a harsh analysis of Trump's crypto dealings. 

"I have never seen such open corruption in any modern government anywhere," said Steven Levitsky, a professor of government at Harvard University and an expert on authoritarian regimes who co-authored the book How Democracies Die…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/17/trump-crypto-memecoin-corruption 


Thursday, May 8, 2025

Trump-backed World Liberty Financial is at heart of crypto 'corruption': lawmakers

World Liberty Financial, run by President Donald Trump's sons Don Jr. and Eric, is at the center of the storm. According to the crypto company's website, 60% of it is owned by a Trump business entity, and the venture's close ties to the president are clear. And a recent deal the Trump-associated business made has Capitol Hill up in arms...

https://qz.com/trump-world-liberty-financial-corruption-meme-coin-1851779511 


 

Tuesday, January 21, 2025

‘Horrible look’: Crypto lobby reels from Trump’s ‘memecoin’ - POLITICO

"It's absolutely preposterous that he would do this," said Nic Carter, founding partner at the crypto investment firm Castle Island Ventures who describes himself as an "avowed and explicit" Trump supporter. "They're plumbing new depths of idiocy with the memecoin launch."

Sunday, December 8, 2024

A Kid Made $50,000 Dumping Crypto He’d Created. Then Came the Backlash | WIRED

"We are in a legal vacuum where there are no clear laws," says Andrew Gordon, partner at law firm Gordon Law. "Once we know what is 'in bounds,' we will also know what is 'out of bounds.' This will hopefully create a climate where rug pulls don't happen, or when they do they are seen as a criminal violation."







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