A new meme coin launched by President-elect Donald Trump on Friday has hit a market capitalization of $13 billion, marking Trump’s latest venture into cryptocurrency and merchandise sales in the lead-up to his inauguration.

President-elect Donald Trump launched his own meme coin early Saturday morning, creating excitement in the cryptocurrency world as the price and market capitalization of the coin immediately soared.

Melania Trump announced Sunday that her new crypto meme was available to be purchased, just days after President-elect Trump announced the release of his own cryptocurrency.

Melania Trump launched her own cryptocurrency, $MELANIA, following the success of her husband’s $TRUMP meme coin. Analysts see profit potential in $TRUMP, but ethics experts criticize it as exploiting the presidency. Meme coins like $TRUMP and $MELANIA are highly speculative, with limited utility and significant risks for traders.

TRUMP meme coin may give opponents arguments against Bitcoin as a US strategic reserve. Check out the impact of meme coin launch short, mid, and long term.

Donald Trump launched $TRUMP cryptocurrency, a meme coin, days before his inauguration. It quickly reached over $32 billion in value. Melania has now launched her own.

Donald Trump launched his cryptocurrency token $Trump on January 17, 2025, which saw immense growth, trading nearly $13 billion in value within two da

"The Trump meme coin stuff is bad for the industry. Don't delude yourself," Anthony Scaramucci wrote on Saturday.

President-elect Donald Trump launched a memecoin on Friday that quickly topped a $10 billion market cap after nearly just an hour. A tweet from his Truth Social account and his verified X account announced $TRUMP just before 10 PM EST.