Donald Trump Family Meme Coin Mania; $TRUMP, $MELANIA, and the Rise (and Fall) of Fake $BARRON Coin

The ascent of Donald Trump as the US President was preceded by a melee over meme coins that were launched by Donald Trump and his wife, now First Lady Melania Trump.
Trump first announced his meme coin, $TRUMP, on January 17, 2025, followed by his wife two days later.
The $TRUMP, $MELANIA, and the Rise and Fall of the Fake $BARRON Coin
Donald Trump announced the launch of his meme coin under CIC Digital LLC, which will own 80% of the coin supply. His wife took to X to announce the launch of her meme coin, $MELANIA, linking to a website that sold the meme coin.
The almost simultaneous launch of two meme coins linked to the Trump family left many wondering if their youngest son, Barron, was behind the project. Barron is a cryptocurrency fan and currently holds the position of ‘DeFi Visionary’ on Trump’s crypto platform, World Liberty Financial.
The internet has been flooded with memes about Barron’s involvement in his parents’ meme coin, with one user tweeting:
“Barron Trump sneaking to use his dad’s phone to launch a memecoin.”
Some netizens were also wondering if another Trump-family-linked meme coin is in the offing shortly with Barron’s name.
Another user commented:
“Is it safe to go to bed yet, or is $BARRON going to launch a coin?”
Another user declared:
“I AM NOT GONNA MISS $BARRON,”
Still, another person added:
“No sleep until BARRON coin,”
One netizen predicted that the Trump family is going to release meme coins in the name of every family member by January 31.
One meme posted by a user stated:
“If the $Trump coin and the $Melania coin had a baby, it would be called $Barron coin. And I’m here for it.”
The predictions became true in a more negative sense when, on January 20, a fake BARRON meme coin was launched amidst the Trump meme coins melee. BARRON was an unofficial meme coin that was launched after Donald Trump’s son. It even rewarded an insider wallet with $1.05 million and later dumped it for Solana.
BARRON values skyrocketed to as high as $72 million, but at present, its values have crashed to half the highest value.
Even though it was an unofficial meme coin, traders lapped up the Solana-based meme coin inspired by Trump’s son.
The fake BARRON coin values soared, and one insider wallet was able to rake in more than $1 million after purchasing 136.35 million BARRON for $1,048 worth of Solana. Later, he dumped it for 4,405 Solana, which is now equal to $1.05 million.
As per data released by GMGN.Ai, the fake BARRON Meme Coin values have tanked by more than 20% in the past day.
It accumulated a trading volume of $432 million and held a market cap of $33 million.
According to data from the unofficial Barron meme, coin values have gone down by more than 20% in the past 24 hours. In the past day of trading, it has accumulated and holds a market cap of $33 million. The Solana-based token’s liquidity is at $2.9 million.
Onchain Lens unearthed several insider wallets in the trading pool and predicted major losses for major players and whales who were lured into buying the meme coins in the hope of profits.
At present, there are 69,000 holders of the Barron meme coin, and there is a rug pull probability of 53%.
The value of the $TRUMP meme coin rose to $75 when it was launched, and due to the high demand, the values of other meme coins fell. It even made it into the top 20 cryptocurrencies.
However, when the $MELANIA coin was released on January 19, its value tanked by more than 50% as traders rushed to buy the $MELANIA coin. $MELANIA coin boasts a market cap of 13 billion, while $TRUMP hit $14 billion.
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