May 22, 2024

Donald trump themed meme coins are creating a new class of millionaires.

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The chart of the day is presented by crypto.com, the leading crypto platform trusted by over 80 million users worldwide. Let's take a look at the chart of the day. Donald Trump themed meme coins are creating a new class of millionaires. Recently, the Trump campaign announced that it would begin accepting crypto donations including Bitcoin, either Doge and sh I and while the Trump mega token Trump had nothing to do with that news. It is up nearly 75% in the past two weeks. Surging 14% on the news that the campaign would accept crypto. Some holders of Trump. The first experiment in a new category of tokens called polly have seen returns of over 1600%. 1 such address is sitting on over $5.5 million worth of the token. According to data from Nanson, the Trump mega token Trump was at $8.60 as of 10:30 a.m. eastern time, up 12% on the day. That's it for today's chart of the day. I'm Jen Sasi. We'll see you next time to unpack more of the data behind top news stories.

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