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Trumps meme coin ...

Across the first 19 days of trading, a total of 813,294 wallets registered losses, either by cashing out at a loss or holding onto coins that had plummeted in value.

The losers — those who paid more for the token than it is now worth — cumulatively have lost $US2 billion, in actual or paper losses. Still, many of these traders are holding on to their money-losing tokens, perhaps hopeful that the price will rise again, the data shows.

The profits mostly secured by the early buyers were enormous: a total of $US6.6 billion in cashed-out profits, according to Chainalysis.

From a local Sydney paper originally from ...
This article originally appeared in The New York Times.
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ninalanyon · 61-69, T
Sounds like a pyramid scheme. Why would anyone think it had any intrinsic value?
Convivial · 26-30, F
@ninalanyon they believe... It was nothing but a pump and dump scheme
Ynotisay · M
@ninalanyon It actually does have a value. It's a meme coin but you can use it to buy Trump merchandise.I think that's all you can do with it. Because of course that's how it works.
ninalanyon · 61-69, T
@Ynotisay So it's essentially the same as buying a store gift voucher, with added volatility.
Ynotisay · M
@ninalanyon Given what the coin can be used for that's not the worst analogy.
Convivial · 26-30, F
@ninalanyon worse... It's only monetary value is what someone else is willing to pay you for it... That's it
Ynotisay · M
@Convivial But it can be used to purchase product. So it's no different than fiat currency which is also volatile.
ninalanyon · 61-69, T
@Ynotisay From what I have heard it is more like company scrip.
Ynotisay · M
@ninalanyon I guess that's kind of true if only Trump merch. is available, huh? Buying from the company store. Good one. You're pretty much an analogy machine. Well done. :)