Trump returns to the White House, ushering in a new era of crypto chaos
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Trump returns to the White House, ushering in a new era of crypto chaos
Opportunity always belongs to those who can discern early signs amidst chaos and have the courage to embrace change.
Navigating Web3 tides with focused insightsBy: Minn
Chaos is a ladder, and Trump is the climber.
On January 20, as the inauguration ceremony proceeded solemnly, Donald Trump, the 47th President of the United States, officially returned to the White House for his second term.
No one watched this ceremony more intently than crypto investors in front of their screens. They eagerly awaited Trump’s remarks on cryptocurrency, hoping to extract angles on Memecoins from every word—searching for the next wealth code.
Just before entering the White House, the Trump family demonstrated astonishing influence in the cryptocurrency market. The Memecoin $TRUMP, launched by Trump himself, briefly surpassed a market cap of $70 billion, while $MELANIA, issued by his wife, peaked near $14 billion.
This power couple's "crypto harvest" has clearly become a grand prelude to their political comeback.
Yet to everyone's disappointment, Trump made no mention of cryptocurrencies in his inaugural address, causing a dip across the crypto markets.
One thing is certain: over the next four years, with Trump’s return, the crypto world will inevitably enter an unprecedented era of chaos and opportunity—an entirely new age of disorder.
The Trump Family’s Coin Launch: From Real Estate to Digital
Tt, founder of y2z Ventures, expressed a view during a livestream in 2021: "Elon Musk wasn’t always this eccentric—he must have been influenced by someone even more so: Donald Trump. Trump showed the world through action that you should just do what you want, regardless of others’ opinions."
Only Trump could pull off a U.S. president launching a Memecoin.
Besides the hundreds of billions in value captured by Trump and his wife via the Memecoins $TRUMP and $MELANIA, his son’s earlier crypto project, World Liberty Financial (WLFI), also completed its official token sale amid this surge, raising $300 million.
After selling out, WLFI announced on social media that it had successfully sold 20% of its token supply. Due to overwhelming demand and high attention, they decided to release an additional 5%, increasing the price from the original 0.015 to 0.05.
If you want a Trump-family-backed coin, plenty more are coming your way.
This brazen intent to "harvest" might leave even Wall Street veterans stunned. While Democrats still emphasize political correctness, this new president skips the packaging and rips away capitalism’s veneer of civility, declaring openly to the world: "This is a wealth game—I’m on stage, you’re in the audience."
Such nearly shameless honesty is both shocking and absurd.
Even Hu Xijin, former editor-in-chief of Global Times, commented: "Capitalism! So a presidential position can be monetized like this! Trump truly broadens my horizons as someone living in a socialist country."
However, one clarification is needed—it’s not technically Trump issuing coins, but rather the Trump family. According to insiders, all token launches are led by Trump’s children, supported by advisory teams.
From Trump’s grandfather arriving from Germany to America, the Trump family spent over a century and three generations building wealth—from restaurants to real estate—amassing a fortune of $6.5 billion. Now, leveraging influence alone to cash in via cryptocurrency, the Trumps have elevated their wealth to a whole new level.
This marks the transformation of the fourth-generation Trumps—a shift from real estate into digitalization.
Looking back at American history, starting from the original 13 colonies, the nation expanded continuously through war and land purchases—from France, Mexico, Russia—establishing its foundation by acquiring physical territory.
Michael Saylor, founder of MicroStrategy—the public company holding 400,000 bitcoins—believes that the era of physical land is over; we have entered the age of cyberspace.
In this internet-driven monetary cyberspace, controlling digital space equals controlling the new world, and Bitcoin is the most important currency within it.
The Trump family is rebuilding a new Trump Tower (TRUMP TOWER) in cyberspace.
Trump Is a Double-Edged Sword
Trump’s entry into crypto has sparked divisions within the cryptocurrency industry.
Andrei Grachev, partner at DWF Labs, tweeted: “Trump is doing the best marketing for the crypto market.”
In the short and medium term, the Trump family’s involvement has indeed injected fresh vitality into the crypto market.
Under his influence, large numbers of newcomers have poured in with capital, becoming a new force that injects massive liquidity into the market.
His publicly friendly policy stance has thrilled entrepreneurs and institutional investors alike, making the U.S. fertile ground for crypto innovation.
Yet beneath this surface prosperity lies a ticking time bomb.
Trump’s coin launches act like a dagger piercing straight through the carefully woven utopian facade of the crypto world.
When a former U.S. president can easily turn cryptocurrency into a family fundraising tool, when influence can be so blatantly converted into means of wealth extraction, the fragile consensus the industry has painstakingly built over recent years around “decentralization” and “financial democratization” is crumbling.
Trump makes one thing brutally clear: Cryptocurrency is a tool for celebrities to rapidly monetize personal influence.
History repeatedly teaches us one lesson: ICO (fundraising) is the primary purpose of cryptocurrency.
The irony is palpable: Bitcoin was born after the 2008 financial crisis, designed to resist financial monopolies held by Wall Street elites and political powers. Today, this anti-establishment tool has become a favorite asset among Wall Street institutions—and the ideal weapon for a political strongman like Trump to play with money and expand influence.
Bitcoin Magazine, organizer of the Bitcoin Conference which once endorsed Trump, bluntly called $TRUMP a shitcoin on social media.
Trump’s staunch supporter, Ryan Selkis, founder of Messari, tweeted calling on Trump to fire those responsible for launching Melania’s project, arguing it failed to consider Trump’s interests and could cause significant financial loss and reputational damage.
Rewriting the Rules of the Game
Trump is a ruthless rule-breaker. In his world, nothing is impossible.
Whether threatening to buy Greenland, talking about annexing Canada, or reclaiming the Panama Canal, this “table-flipping president” certainly won’t follow conventions in the crypto space either.
Under the banners of “America First” and “Make America Great Again,” Trump’s crypto policy may effectively translate into “American Coins First.” Projects with American roots—XRP, Solana, Sui, HBAR—are now enjoying unprecedented development opportunities.
This preferential treatment is likely to persist throughout Trump’s presidency. Dollar-backed stablecoins will become digital extensions of the U.S. dollar, and more crypto entrepreneurs will choose to launch tokens in America—seeking legitimacy and purity.
Going forward, every word and action from Trump will impact the crypto market. Everyone will live under the shadow of “Trump gravity.”
This transformation could render obsolete the accumulated experience of many professionals over the past few years. Both practitioners and investors will need an entirely new logic to navigate this changed world.
So, can we say that Trump and the U.S. now control Bitcoin?
My answer is no.
Trump may influence Bitcoin’s price trajectory like the sun’s gravity affects planetary orbits—but Bitcoin is like Voyager, the interstellar probe capable of escaping the solar system’s gravitational pull. It will ultimately break free from any single force, continuing its decentralized, de-politicized evolution: it belongs neither to Trump nor to any politician.
As Littlefinger said in Game of Thrones: “Chaos is a ladder.” When old rules collapse and interests are redistributed, an uncertain great era also breeds new possibilities.
At this crossroads, some will lose their privileges, while others seize historic opportunities and overtake on the curve.
In this coming great era, adaptability will be the most valuable skill, uncertainty the new normal. One thing remains certain: Opportunity always belongs to those who can see ahead amid chaos and courageously embrace change.
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