“A member of the House of Representatives of the US Congress, Gerald Connolly, called for an investigation into a possible conflict of interest in connection with Donald Trump’s cryptocurrency projects. In a letter to the chairman of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, the congressman noted that the current president may be profiting from the platform World Liberty Financial (WLFI) and the TRUMP meme token. According to the politician, this potentially violates ethical norms and creates risks for national security. Regarding WLFI, Connolly emphasized that the largest […]”, — write: businessua.com.ua
A member of the House of Representatives of the US Congress, Gerald Connolly, called for an investigation into a possible conflict of interest in connection with Donald Trump’s cryptocurrency projects.
IN In a letter to the chairman of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, the congressman noted that the current president may be profiting from the platform World Liberty Financial (WLFI) and the TRUMP meme token. According to the politician, this potentially violates ethical norms and creates risks for national security.
Regarding WLFI, Connolly emphasized that the fund’s largest investor is Tron founder Justin Sun. The Chinese businessman is under investigation SEC on charges of securities fraud. The issue in this case is also possible foreign influence, the congressman added.
According to him, San’s purchase of 30 million WLFI tokens allowed the company to exceed the threshold of its own income, opening up the possibility of transferring money directly to Trump and his family.
“Worryingly, this is not the only cryptocurrency venture the president is involved in,” Connolly wrote.
Three days before his inauguration, Trump launched the TRUMP meme coin. At the same time, the structure of the Trump Organization, which sells many products under the politician’s brand, owns 80% of the tokens, the congressman said.
“Ethics experts have already expressed serious concern that Trump is ‘literally cashing in on the presidency by creating financial instruments so that people can transfer money to his family in connection with his position,'” Connolly emphasized.
On January 19, the price of TRUMP reached a maximum of $73.43, but after taking office the policy collapsed. At the time of writing, the asset is trading at $36 — -51% from ATH.
Source: CoinGecko.
The whales made good money on the tokenThe founder and CEO of ARK Invest, Cathy Wood, admitted in an interview with Bloomberg that she does not see “particular utility” in the token, other than that it is “the meme coin of President Trump himself.”
.@ARKInvest CEO and CIO Cathie Wood says we don’t know if President Trump’s memecoin holds much utility, but Trump is “ushering in the next phase of the crypto revolution.” She speaks with @scarletfu, @kgreifeld and @EricBalchunas on “ETF IQ” https://t.co/YbD2ANk8TA pic.twitter.com/pxlEjL3ZUA
— Bloomberg TV (@BloombergTV) January 22, 2025
“I think in these early days [на посаді президента] it ushers in the next phase of the crypto revolution,” she added.
Her company is not interested in such assets and only owns Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana, Wood stressed.
PANews experts analyzed the activity of the 1,000 largest investors. According to their estimate, the average profit of whales from investments in TRUMP was $591,000.
The Wealth Truth Behind the TRUMP Token
Author | Frank, PANews
This article examines the top 1,000 holders. Whales had an average purchase of $591,000, with nearly 40% buying below $15. The most powerful address invested $1.09 million within a minute. Success with TRUMP… pic.twitter.com/FAzTbIWkXv
— Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain) January 22, 2025
Most of the largest holders of the token bought it at a price below $15. The peak of sales fell on January 19 and the range of $65-70.
Researchers drew attention to one of the addresses, which invested $1.09 million in the asset at a rate of $0.18 a minute after TRUMP was launched. According to incomplete statistics, the volume of sales of the wallet exceeded $20 million, although at its peak the value of tokens in it reached $477.
Previously, this address was involved in transactions with GRIFT, CHILLGUY and MOODENG, which gave reason to assume that it belonged to an insider from Solana-based Jupiter DEX-liquidity aggregator.
“The reason TRUMP caused FOMO in the market is that, on the one hand, the token’s astronomical $82 billion market cap triggered an exaggerated engagement effect. On the other hand, some whales, having made early purchases, publicly disclosed their orders, which fueled the excitement,” the experts concluded.
We will remind, according to the dashboard on Dune, most of the owners of TRUMP ended up breaking even or losing up to $1000.
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