Within moments of Donald Trump announcing his new coin, traders made high-value bets that quickly paid off. Did they have an edge?

Separately, shares of Trump’s other publicly traded eponymous entity, Trump Media & Technology Group, dropped more than 10% in the first day of trading following Trump’s inauguration.

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.

The incoming first couple have launched a pair of meme coins in the leadup to president-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration that are already worth billions of dollars on paper. But the timing of the Trump cryptocurrency launch,

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.

Days before his inauguration, President Donald Trump unveiled his own cryptocurrency called $TRUMP. The move raised eyebrows among experts in the field as it may entail a conflict of interest or undermine the adoption of the emerging technology.

President Donald Trump launched his own cryptocurrency on Jan. 17, just a few days before the fascist leader took office for a second time. And while the memecoin, known as $TRUMP, is clearly a way for the president to profit from the presidency,