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
Strange way to say "one million morons scammed by orange pedophile".
TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 60d
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
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
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
Alexstarfire@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 60d
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:
Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.
saddlebag@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 60d
Frfy
VitoRobles@lemmy.today · 8 pts · 60d
Leopards ate my face material
Mulligrubs@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 60d
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