The profits were mostly enjoyed by a few early whales as they grabbed the lion’s share. 58 lucky wallets managed to gain over $10 million each, totaling roughly $1.1 billion in profits. Since that rally, about 54,000 more wallets have bought the coin, bringing the total to 100,000 new wallets since April.
BREAKING: 58 people have made over $10 million each from Trump’s meme coin, totaling $1.1 billion in profits.
764,000 people/wallets of mostly small holders have lost money on it.
It's kinda like the Trump economy. The billionaire get richer and the average American gets… pic.twitter.com/I9bPGNTtXf
— Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) May 6, 2025
The dinner hype is driving big moves, as a newly created wallet withdrew 1M $TRUMP ($10.78M) from Binance, while @MemeCore_ORG pulled out 1.39M $TRUMP ($17.8M) for the event, now facing a $2.8M loss.
Conflicts Of Interest
However, the Trump-branded memecoin and a related crypto venture, World Liberty Financial, are facing heat from regulators and ethics watchdogs over possible conflicts of interest.
The Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations has now launched a probe into the token’s ownership and how it makes money. It mainly centers around the dinner contest, promotional posts from President Trump, and links to foreign investors like a state-backed Emirati fund and Justin Sun.
President Trump and his allies reportedly made nearly $900,000 in trading fees over just two days after announcing the exclusive dinner.
Besides, Trump is also holding a $1.5 million per-person “Crypto & AI Innovators” dinner through his super PAC. But there is no requirement to reveal who is buying into the event, which has sparked concerns. Crypto transactions are not publicly disclosed like political donations, which has raised fears of hidden influence from anonymous or foreign backers.