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The MELANIA Pre-Announcement Wallet Pattern — Outcome

Reporting and findings

  1. reported

    The same reported wallet cluster cashed out approximately $99.6 million; attribution of most wallets remained unknown.

People and organizations

Money trail

  1. revenueMelania Preannouncement Wallet Cashoutabout $99.6 million gross cashout
    Estimated revenue source
    MELANIA market counterparties
    Estimated revenue recipient
    Twenty-four reported pre-announcement wallets
    estimated · 2025-05-07 · observedRead source record
    Calculation detailsPopulation MELANIA market counterparties; MELANIA market counterparties; Twenty-four reported pre-announcement wallets; Twenty-four reported pre-announcement wallets; Twenty-four reported pre-announcement walletsPeriod 2025-01-19 to 2025-05-07Basis Use the Financial Times wallet-cluster analysis summarized by Fortune; record the $2.6 million purchase cost separately and do not add it to gross cashout proceeds.Limits Wallet ownership is mostly unknown; transaction fees, later transfers and cost basis may change net profit.