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Financial Times: Trump profits at least $350 million by launching TRUMP meme coin

ChainCatcher news, according to the Financial Times, Trump's cryptocurrency project has made at least $350 million by launching the $TRUMP meme coin. The media's analysis of blockchain data shows that within three weeks of the $TRUMP launch in January this year, the project operating entity generated this revenue by selling tokens, including $314 million from token sales and $36 million in fees. In addition to the $350 million earned from directly selling $TRUMP on Solana, Trump may have also gained more revenue by selling small amounts of tokens on cryptocurrency exchanges like Binance.The project website Gettrumpmemes.com states that "CIC Digital LLC, a subsidiary of the Trump Organization, and Delaware company Fight Fight Fight LLC jointly own 80% of the tokens." Although the product has received official endorsement from the president, the project is operated by Fight Fight Fight, "and is not distributed or sold by Trump himself, the Trump Organization, or any of their respective affiliates or executives."Investors and ethics experts say that selling cryptocurrency tokens effectively provides a way to funnel anonymous donations to the president while also exploiting retail investors. Tim Massad, a part-time law professor at Georgetown University Law School and former chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, stated, "The President of the United States should not be doing this kind of profit-making from his position while in office; it's a very bad example."
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