More or Less: Behind the Stats - Did Trump make billions with his meme-coin?

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Just before being inaugurated as US president for the second time, Donald Trump launched something called a “meme-coin”.

This is a bespoke cryptocurrency token featuring a picture of Donald Trump. A billion of them may eventually be created.

Newspaper headlines claimed that the Trump meme-coin had made the president billions of dollars wealthier. But it is far from clear that this is the case.

Presenter: Charlotte McDonald
Producer: Lizzy McNeill
Series producer: Tom Colls
Production co-ordinator: Brenda Brown
Sound mix: Mike Etherden
Editor: Richard Vadon

Published on Saturday, 25th January 2025.

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