Proposed by Arkham Intelligence. $150,000 to anyone who can clearly prove who created it. Solana with Donald Trump theme token.
“Damn, we play. $150,000 to the first person to positively prove the identity of the creator $DJT,” Arkham Intelligence posted to X on Tuesday.
This morning, the DJT token began to rise sharply due to unfounded reports that the former US president had launched the DJT token. According to GeckoTerminal, the token has risen more than 300% in the past 24 hours, hitting $0.02185 as of 5:31 PM ET. The coin generated over $472 million in trading volume during the same period.
The Block reached out to the Trump campaign and the Trump Organization for comment but did not receive a response at the time of publication.
Meanwhile, Martin Shkreli, a controversial executive who once gained notoriety for raising the prices of life-saving drugs and is now in prison on securities fraud charges, is seen claiming online that the Trump team or family is actually behind the DJT tokens. Appeared. .
On Monday, Shkreli reposted a tweet claiming DJT was an official Trump token. Pirate Wires publisher’sPerhaps referring to the president’s youngest son.
Shkreli did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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