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Nearly 1M investors lost $3.8B on $TRUMP memecoin

financeJul 4, 2026254,501

Crypto analytics firm Nansen estimates 988,905 buyers of the TRUMP memecoin lost about $3.8 billion through June. The New York Times reported that of at least $2.2 billion Donald Trump made in office last year, more than $600 million came from the TRUMP memecoin and related crypto receipts, and other outlets put his crypto take in the hundreds of millions. Reuters interviewed individual investors who lost their stakes, including one who put in $2,000 that is now worth under $120 and another who invested $40,000 and lost roughly $33,000. The Wall Street Journal reported roughly two thirds of TRUMP investors are currently in the red. Coverage notes the token collapsed dramatically from its launch, and that Trump collected transaction fees whether the price rose or fell. Analysts and reporters highlighted questions about whether presidential influence helped drive purchases and the role of large buyers and institutional transactions in enriching token insiders while retail buyers suffered losses.

Eric Lipton NYT
@ericlipton.nytimes.com

JUST POSTED: An updated tally is in, and the count of Trump followers turned financial losers is even bigger than first thought. Much bigger. 988,905 buyers of $TRUMP memecoin have lost a total of $3.81 billion. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/04/u...

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Blue Georgia
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Reuters found several Trump supporters who invested in his memecoin and lost money. One put $2,000. It's now worth less than $120, in what she called a "pump and dump scheme." Another dropped $40,000. He lost almost $33k and now blames Democrats.

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