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Why Donald Trump’s Reported $33 Million Crypto Portfolio Quickly Dropped to $21 Million Overnight
Why Donald Trump’s Reported $33 Million Crypto Portfolio Quickly Dropped to $21 Million Overnight
Former President Donald Trump changed his stance on cryptography in recent years, moving from calling it “disaster waiting to happen“in 2021 to support him and own tens of millions of dollars worth of crypto. This new pro-crypto stance has made his crypto portfolio even bigger, reaching highs of over $33 million in early June. Let’s see where Trump is getting this crypto and how the value of its holdings has fluctuated recently.
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Trump began receiving crypto in 2021. Another company used his name to market and sell 45,000 Trump Digital Trading Cards NFTs for $99 each, earning royalties from Trump in the form of ETH. The company also released a “Mugshot Edition” of the NFTs, resulting in even more royalties for Trump. The former president earned over 1,900 ETH from these projects, 1,075 of which he sold in December 2023.
However, the ETH in Trump’s wallet represents only a fraction of his holdings. Almost the entire portfolio comprises two memecoins: MAGA Coin (TRUMP) and Trog (TROG). These tokens sent a portion of the token supply to Trump as part of a marketing scheme, and their value skyrocketed in 2024.
MAGA Coin was the first major project to offer Trump tokens. The project began in August 2023 and sent Trump a few thousand dollars worth of tokens when it began trading. For several months, the value of these tokens remained relatively low until 2024, when the price of TRUMP began to increase dramatically. Events such as Trump’s successes in the primary and recent elections criminal convictions caused the token’s price to go from less than $0.01 at launch to more than $17.50. At the same time, Trump’s position went from a few thousand dollars to a maximum of more than 10 million dollars.
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Surprisingly, TRUMP is just one of the meme coins Trump received. The project’s founders and supporters have given it more than 50 other meme coins. Trog (TROG), short for Trump Frog, became Trump’s largest holding in June 2024. The project gave Trump half of the supply, equivalent to 210 billion tokens. Although the project has remained quite small since launch, falling outside the top 2,500 tokens by market cap, because Trump holds much of the supply, its position has become very large relative to the rest of its portfolio. The price of TROG has increased by almost 1,000% in the past week, allowing Trump tokens to reach a high of over $24.6 million.
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When TROG reached highs on June 5, Trump’s portfolio was worth more than $33 million. Since then, his holdings have fallen to around $20 million as TROG’s price has fallen. However, the fact that Trump owns more than $30 million in meme coins is more than surprising.
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What to watch for in the markets
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After witnessing one of the largest global IT outages on record, affecting the travel, finance and healthcare sectors worldwideThis week is set to see more political drama, events, and earnings reports from tech giants.
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Let’s take a look at what awaits us:
Major companies will release their earnings reports
Major tech companies and others will release their earnings reports this week, paving the way for what the second half of 2024 will look like.
Monday
- Verizon will report earnings before the start of operations.
Tuesday
- Coca-Cola, Comcast and UPS are all set to report earnings before the market opens.
- Tesla will report earnings in the morning, while General Motors will report earnings in the evening.
- Alphabet and Visa will report results after the market closes.
Wednesday
- AT&T will release its report before the market opens.
- Ford and Chipotle will report earnings after the market closes.
Thursday
- Earnings reports from AstraZeneca, American Airlines and Southwest Airlines will be released before the market opens.
Trump to speak at Bitcoin conference
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump will speak at the next Bitcoin Conference in Nashville, Tennesseewhich is scheduled for July 25-27. While this is the first time a presidential candidate will attend the conference, it has sparked a debate over whether the crypto-friendly Trump will receive support from the crypto community in the upcoming election.
In addition to Trump, independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will also discuss crypto during the conference. Crypto advocates such as ARK Investment’s Cathie Wood, MicroStrategy’s Michael Saylor, and whistleblower Edward Snowden are among some prominent names who will be participating in the conference.
Ether ETFs are on the way
New Ether Spot ETFs are set to begin trading on Tuesday, July 23. Much like the spot Bitcoin ETFs, these ETFs will allow investors to buy the second most popular cryptocurrency like stocks. BlackRock, Ark Invest/21Shares, VanEck, Grayscale, Fidelity, Bitwise, Franklin Templeton, and Invesco/Galaxy Digital are all set to offer Ether ETFs. Crypto asset manager Bitwise predict that trading in the Ether ETF will drive the price of Ether higher, potentially surpassing $5,000.
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Cryptocurrency’s Biggest Winners and Losers in a Second Trump Presidency
Bitcoin miners and cryptocurrency companies that have been blocked from going public in the U.S. could ultimately be the biggest winners in the digital asset world under a second Donald Trump presidency. Foreign companies at risk of losing market share could end up being the biggest losers.
That’s the view that’s taking hold among market participants and observers in the wake of the former president’s growing embrace of cryptocurrency as his chances of election grow. survey released Thursday by CBS News showed Trump with the majority — 52 percent — of likely voters in his likely November rematch with President Joe Biden.
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Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana and Cryptocurrency Markets Look Ready to ‘Send’ as Stars Align, According to Investor Chris Burniske
Cryptocurrency investor Chris Burniske says Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Solana (SUN) and the cryptocurrency market in general seem poised for a run.
Former Head of Cryptocurrency at ARK Invest account his 292,200 followers on social media platform X that several catalysts are aligning, suggesting that digital asset markets are on the verge of a bull run.
According to Burniske, a partner at venture capital firm Placeholder, the highly anticipated launch of Ethereum-based exchange-traded funds (ETFs), Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaking at an upcoming Bitcoin event, and the current state of the BTC, ETH, and SOL charts all suggest significant optimism for the cryptocurrency markets.
“With ETH ETFs set to go live, Trump speaking at The Bitcoin Conference, and BTC, ETH, and SOL charts looking [they do] (while stocks are weak), it’s hard to imagine a world where we don’t ship next week.”
Reuters recently reported that preliminary approval for ETH ETFs has been granted as the Bitcoin Conference is scheduled to take place from July 25-27.
BTC, ETH, and SOL are trading at $67,333, $3,528, and $174 at the time of writing, respectively.
The venture capitalist too provides an update on his prediction that the total crypto market cap will eventually hit $10 trillion. According to his chart, the path to $10 trillion is currently “23%” complete, as it sits around $2.2 trillion.
Source: Chris BurniskeX
Earlier this month, Burniske he said in an interview with Real Vision CEO Raoul Paul that he has his eye on the Move ecosystem, which was originally built by social media giant Meta and then used to develop layer 1 blockchains Sui (IUE) and Apts (APT).
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Here’s the next target for BTC before bulls can hold out for $70K
Bitcoin’s recovery is going well, and the market is seemingly poised to create a new all-time high in the near term.
Technical analysis
Per NegotiationRage
The daily chart
As the daily chart shows, the price of Bitcoin has been rising since it broke above the 200-day moving average.
The market has also reclaimed the $60K and $65K levels and is moving towards the $68K resistance zone, which could be the last hurdle before creating a new all-time high. With the RSI also indicating that the price has clear bullish momentum, it could be just a matter of time.
The 4-hour chart
Looking at the 4-hour chart, it is evident that the price has been rising rapidly since breaking the downtrend line to the upside. The market also broke the $65K resistance level with momentum, turning it into a support.
While almost everything points to a new record high in the coming weeks, there is one worrying sign. The RSI is showing a clear bearish divergence between recent price highs, which could indicate a correction or even a reversal in the near term.
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