From sources there, it sounds like no advance mention was made. No one was told about it
Imagine the mind F—
This ball was the invite of all invites in crypto. To be there would have you feeling like you made it — like you’re in Trump’s inner circle
Only for him to turn around and launch the fastest-ever memecoin to hit $15 B
And you didn’t know about it
Literally Snoop Dogg was there
Trump’s pick for Treasury Secretary
Speaker Johnson
Vivek
Don Jr.
And all these crypto industry execs. Packed in a room to kiss the ring.
And they aren’t even on the inside.
The end result: The biggest power play you’ve ever seen
Trump has now shown the entire crypto world what he can do without them
All while they were together in the most exclusive room — somehow still on the outside
It shows everyone that the only inner circle that matters in crypto now is his inner circle
Think about that.
This is all happening while the Trumps are also building their DeFi project World Liberty
The platform is picking and choosing which cryptos will be winners and losers as we speak, and they can front-run as much as they want and absolutely print cash
I’m not saying Trump just used everyone in crypto by throwing a black tie event in DC while simultaneously launching a memecoin without them, but that’s exactly what he did
This industry is his industry now, whether they are aware of it or not
Frankly, that’s extremely sad
Crypto is at an existential moment. I understand the desire to make quick money
I understand the excitement of thinking short-term
I understand stand why Trump, a man who has grifted in every way to make money for himself would so easily win the industry
But this ain’t it
We as an industry have worked too hard for too long
We’ve worked too hard to fight the narrative that everything in crypto is a scam
And I say this as someone who bought $TRUMP
But do we want to be the movement we know we can be or do we want to be Hawk Tuah girl?
The choice is ours, but only if we stick together
Divided, we’re likely to be plucked off (because who can resist the President when he calls?
United, we might have a shot.
Our community-owned outlet @coinage_media will be watching