Joel Khalili

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The Untold Winners of the Trump Memecoin Frenzy

It was the early hours of January 18, two days before Donald Trump was set to return to the White House. Tom had just slumped into bed when his phone lit up...

Early Investors in Donald Trump’s Memecoin May Have Been Tipped Off, Experts Claim

At 02:01:33 am UTC on January 18, a crypto trader identified only by their wallet address—an alphanumeric string ending in J9tXv—purchased $1.1 million worth of TRUMP, a new cryptocurrency launched by US...

The Trump Cryptonaissance Is Here

The wheels are already beginning to turn on Donald Trump’s plan to make the US into the “crypto capital of the planet” following his return to the White House.In an executive order...

The Trump Memecoin’s ‘Money-Grab’ Economics

Late Friday evening, three days before his return to the Oval Office, Donald Trump performed an act of crypto alchemy. Pretty much all it took was a few strokes of the keyboard....

They Went After the Hawk Tuah Crypto Promoters. Now They’re Suing Pump.Fun

A crypto investor has brought a class action lawsuit against Pump.Fun, a platform for launching and investing in meme-inspired cryptocurrencies, after suffering trading losses.Representing the plaintiffs are Wolf Popper and Burwick Law,...

The First Bitcoin President? Tracing Trump’s Crypto Connections

President Trump has surrounded himself with crypto enthusiasts. That’s no coincidence. In 2024 the cryptocurrency industry spent millions backing friendly congressional candidates, many of whom were Republicans, and many crypto execs endorsed...

The Madcap Rise of Memecoin Factory Pump.Fun

In one of the internet's stranger fringes, a unicorn with human breasts, a cheetah smoking a cigarette, and an animated Elon Musk in a traditional cloak sit cheek-by-jowl—the cast of a bad...

The Memecoin Shenanigans Are Just Getting Started

In spring 2024, rapper Iggy Azalea was casting about for a concept that she could try to transmute into a hit crypto coin. It had to be memeable—that is, easily remixed and...

Joel Khalili

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