{"id":54182,"date":"2025-10-22T12:03:44","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T12:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=54182"},"modified":"2025-10-22T12:03:44","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T12:03:44","slug":"whos-melania-trumps-scapegoat-meme-coin-dev-faces-chopping-block-for-melania-crypto-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=54182","title":{"rendered":"Who\u2019s Melania Trump\u2019s Scapegoat? Meme Coin Dev Faces Chopping Block for MELANIA Crypto Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In the crypto casino world, \u201cinvesting\u201d in some coins can either be a dangerous game or handsomely rewarding. Meme coins have been known to explode out of nowhere, promoting insiders to millionaire status. Mostly, it is the chopping board for latecomers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The slaughterhouse is where +99% of all meme coin traders hoping to strike gold often head to. Those who FOMOed and bought TRUMP and MELANIA crypto meme coins at peak are now crying. And they ought to. When TRUMP crypto hit the secondary markets, trading on Binance, it flashed to as high as $75. Melania crypto, on the other hand, soared above $13.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/x\/DdSqPBGh\/\" alt=\"Melania crypto bleeding as the meme coin crashes 99.3%. After the October 10 flash crash, victims plan to sue Meteora executives\" width=\"1310\" height=\"664\"><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">(Source: <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/x\/DdSqPBGh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">MELANIA USDT, Gecko Terminal<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Fast-forward nine months, and just when Trump and Xi Jinping are battling, the TRUMP and MELANIA meme coins are a shadow of their former self. They are a spent cartridge, a shell, and not only are they down in the meme coin market cap ranking, but there is bad news for creators.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">DISCOVER: <\/span><a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/cryptocurrency\/high-risk-high-reward-crypto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">9+ Best High-Risk, High-Reward Crypto to Buy in 2025<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Melania Crypto Creators Accused of Fraud<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Latest reports show that the creators of the official Melania Trump meme coin are in trouble, and victims, mostly the crowd who aped in, buying a ton of MELANIA meme coin using their life savings, want compensation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Court filings <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/melania-trump-used-as-window-dressing-in-elaborate-memecoin-fraud-legal-filing-claims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">submitted<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> in New York on Tuesday accused executives of Meteora, the DEX on Solana, of deploying a token that they very well knew would plummet. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Plaintiffs claim that Meteora\u2019s top brass, from where MELANIA crypto first began trading, deliberately set up a scheme for their partners to purchase a large stash of MELANIA crypto on launch. Later, these tokens were sold for hefty profits.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">For traders who were left holding the bag, not only did they pray and hope that prices would rebound, but nine months later, they now know that the meme coin is unlikely to recover.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">As of October 22, MELANIA is trailing some of the <\/span><a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/cryptocurrency\/best-meme-coin-icos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">best crypto presales<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, sliding -99.3% from all-time highs. The meme coin slid to post all-time lows on October 10 when it crashed to $0.09202.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"chart crypto-chart-instance\" id=\"crypto_chart_68f8c71b12903\" data-coin-id=\"melania\">\n<div class=\"chart__header\">\n<div class=\"chart__info\">\n<div class=\"chart__info-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<img id=\"crypto_chart_68f8c71b12903-chart__info-icon-img\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"chart__info-name\" id=\"crypto_chart_68f8c71b12903-chart__info-name\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"chart__info-symbol\" id=\"crypto_chart_68f8c71b12903-chart__info-symbol\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"chart__info-current\">\n<div class=\"chart__info-price\" id=\"crypto_chart_68f8c71b12903-chart__info-price\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"chart__info-change\" id=\"crypto_chart_68f8c71b12903-chart__info-change\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"chart__info-extra\">\n<div class=\"chart__info-label\">Market Cap<\/div>\n<div class=\"chart__info-marketcap\" id=\"crypto_chart_68f8c71b12903-chart__info-marketcap\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"chart__controls\">\n<div class=\"chart__controls-group\">\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"chart__button chart__button--24h\" id=\"crypto_chart_68f8c71b12903-btn-24h\">24h<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"chart__button chart__button--7d\" id=\"crypto_chart_68f8c71b12903-btn-7d\">7d<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"chart__button chart__button--30d\" id=\"crypto_chart_68f8c71b12903-btn-30d\">30d<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"chart__button chart__button--1y\" id=\"crypto_chart_68f8c71b12903-btn-1y\">1y<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"chart__button chart__button--all-time\" id=\"crypto_chart_68f8c71b12903-btn-all-time\">All Time<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"chart__container\">\n\t\t<canvas class=\"chart__canvas\" id=\"crypto_chart_68f8c71b12903-cryptoChart\"><\/canvas>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Interestingly, Melania Trump is not in the crosshairs. Instead, victims claim Meteora executives \u201cused her\u201d to \u201cwindow dress\u201d their crimes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">DISCOVER: <\/span><a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/cryptocurrency\/new-binance-listings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">16+ New and Upcoming Binance Listings in 2025<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Who Is To Blame? Melania Meme Coin Was A Scam From The Very Beginning<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">If this lawsuit succeeds, more will be filed, even targeting the Trump meme coin. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Still, how these victims will be compensated remains to be seen. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">However, they would have saved themselves if they had done their due diligence before buying blindly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Melania meme coin launch had many red flags that would have prevented smart traders from diving in right away. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">First, the Melania Trump website associated with the meme coin was <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/CryptoCurrency\/comments\/1i5f1iw\/melania_website_was_setup_on_january_18th_2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">launched<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> a day earlier, shoddily, even without Cloudflare protection. Combined with poorly coded front-end elements, it showed that developers saw this meme coin as nothing more than a hasty grift, not a legitimate project.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Moreover, seconds after MELANIA launched, a cluster of wallets sniped and bought over $2.5M of MELANIA, allowing insiders to control the total supply from the start. A big bulk of the total supply was held by insiders, contradicting public claims that MELANIA tokens were fairly distributed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-299744\" src=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-22-133415.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"895\" height=\"834\" srcset=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-22-133415.jpg 895w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-22-133415-300x280.jpg 300w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-22-133415-768x716.jpg 768w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-22-133415-50x47.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 895px) 100vw, 895px\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bubblemaps\/status\/1881094639765381586\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/bubblemaps\/status\/1881094639765381586<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Hours after the meme coin started trading, an address with over 100M MELANIA tokens sold 89M, raking in more than $96M in profits.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">There are also questions about how fast MELANIA prices pumped, and dumped. If anything, onchain analysts believe the explosive leg up was engineered, and the sell-off that followed was well orchestrated to keep the crowd happy while insiders exited. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Interestingly, the address that initially funded the creator\u2019s wallet traded actively on Pump.fun.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-299745\" src=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-22-133511-733x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"598\" height=\"835\" srcset=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-22-133511-733x1024.jpg 733w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-22-133511-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-22-133511-768x1073.jpg 768w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-22-133511-36x50.jpg 36w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-22-133511.jpg 868w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jconorgrogan\/status\/1881095240330989934\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/jconorgrogan\/status\/1881095240330989934<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">When writing, the Melania meme coin continues to bleed with no floor in sight.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">DISCOVER: <\/span><a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/cryptocurrency\/next-100x-crypto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">10+ Next Crypto to 100X In 2025<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"nnbtc-key-takeaways\">\n<h2 class=\"nnbtc-key-takeaways__title\">Melania Crypto Bleeding, Slides 99.3% As Lawsuit Filed In New York<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"nnbtc-key-takeaways__list\">\n<li class=\"nnbtc-key-takeaways__list-item\">\n         <span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Melania crypto free-falling<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span>    <\/li>\n<li class=\"nnbtc-key-takeaways__list-item\">\n         <span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Was the Melania meme coin a classic rug?<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span>    <\/li>\n<li class=\"nnbtc-key-takeaways__list-item\">\n         <span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Victims suing Meteora executives<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span>    <\/li>\n<li class=\"nnbtc-key-takeaways__list-item\">\n         <span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Did investors ignore red flags?<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span>    <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/news\/altcoins\/whos-melania-trumps-scapegoat-meme-coin-dev-faces-chopping-block-for-melania-crypto-project\/\">Who\u2019s Melania Trump\u2019s Scapegoat? 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