Nearly a Million Investors Lost a Total of $3.8 Billion on Trump Crypto Coin

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/04/us/politics/nearly-a-million-investors-lost-a-total-of-3-8-billion-on-trump-crypto-coin.html

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Maiq@piefed.social · 58 pts · 60d (3 replies)

Strange way to say "one million morons scammed by orange pedophile".

TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 60d (1 reply)

Those poor oranges

BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 60d

Nah, just make sure you don't give the orange too long in the microwave, and remember to wash the juice of your appendage afterwards.

SpicyLizards@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 60d

No, investors. Clever, not cult affiliated invertebrates

BillyClark@piefed.social · 33 pts · 60d (1 reply)

I was under the impression that Trump used the crypto scam as a way of taking bribes, and that the people who were scammed out of their life savings was just a nice sort of bonus for Trump.

Rothe@piefed.social · 12 pts · 60d

Yeah, the majority of the sum mentioned definitely is constituted by bribe money.

BigMacHole@thelemmy.club · 29 pts · 60d (1 reply)

Donald Trump's CRYPTO coin BOMBING after Donald Trump made BILLIONS and I LOST my life Savings is BIDENS FAULT!

-Free Thinking Alpha Republicans!

Tikiporch@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 60d

Really Excellent Thinking Alpha Republican Dudes Society

kmartburrito@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 60d

thepig@lemmy.zip · 18 pts · 60d
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Alexstarfire@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 60d (1 reply)

Am I supposed to be surprised?

AbidanYre@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 60d

Am I supposed to feel sorry for them?

chahn.chris@piefed.social · 11 pts · 60d

The only people that “invested” in this were either:

  1. Criminals looking for a quid pro quo
  2. Idiots

Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.

saddlebag@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 60d

Nearly a million investors laundered a total of $3.8 Billion to trump in return for favours

Frfy

VitoRobles@lemmy.today · 8 pts · 60d

Leopards ate my face material

Mulligrubs@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 60d (1 reply)

Fish in a barrel. Every generation has to learn this it seems, always a new generation to dupe

There's no such thing as easy money, the house always wins. no exceptions

explodicle@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 59d

The crazy thing is the default first crypto has been easy money, over and over. But most people who get into crypto in the first place think they're smarter than everyone else, including the other crypto bros.

Fizz@lemmy.nz · 3 pts · 60d

Finally some good news.

ynthrepic@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 60d

belunos@lemmus.org · 2 pts · 60d

ok

areakode@riskeratspizza.com · 2 pts · 60d

Did you guys not pay fealty? /s