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Pre-announcement $MELANIA wallets cashed out $99.6 million

Date
2025-05-07
Entry type
crypto-market-outcomes
Current status
24 wallets tracked; $99.6 million cashed out; price 98% below peak by May 7

Financial Times blockchain analysis tracked pre-announcement purchases, rapid sales, and the token's price path through May 7, 2025.

Entities and roles

Relationships in this file

  1. Donald J. Trumpwife whose $MELANIA launch produced measured wallet outcomesMelania Trump

Money trail

  1. revenueCash-outs by pre-announcement $MELANIA wallets$99.6 million
    Revenue recipient
    Twenty-four pre-announcement $MELANIA wallets
    realized · 2025-05-07 · observedPopulation Aggregate cash-outs attributed by the Financial Times analysis to the 24 pre-announcement wallets as $MELANIA rosePeriod 2025-01-19 to 2025-05-07Basis Use the $99.6 million wallet cash-out total reported by Fortune from the Financial Times blockchain analysis.Limits Wallet beneficial owners are unidentified, and the figure is not reconciled as gross proceeds versus net gain; no amount is assigned to Melania Trump.Open cited evidence
  2. investmentPre-announcement $MELANIA purchases$2.6 million
    Investor / source
    Twenty-four pre-announcement $MELANIA wallets
    realized · 2025-01-19 · observedPopulation Purchases by 24 blockchain wallets during the two and a half minutes before Melania Trump's public announcementPeriod 2025-01-19 to 2025-01-19Basis Use the aggregate pre-announcement purchase value from the Financial Times blockchain analysis as reported by Fortune.Limits Wallet ownership and direct trading counterparties are unidentified; one person may control multiple wallets and the reported figure is a secondary account of the FT analysis.Open cited evidence
  3. other$MELANIA drawdown from reported peakapproximately 98%
    Measured subject
    $MELANIA token market price
    observed · 2025-05-07 · observedPopulation $MELANIA market price from the reported $13.73 January 20 peak to approximately $0.32 on May 7, 2025Period 2025-01-20 to 2025-05-07Basis Use Fortune's reported 98% decline from the $13.73 peak to its approximately $0.32 May 7 price snapshot.Limits A market-price drawdown is not a realized holder-loss total; holder purchase times, cost bases, sales, and venue prices differ.Open cited evidence

Claims and evidence

  1. estimateestimate

    Fortune reported Financial Times blockchain analysis finding that 24 wallets bought $2.6 million of $MELANIA in the two and a half minutes before Melania Trump's January 19 announcement, cashed out $99.6 million as the price rose, and sold 81% of those holdings within twelve hours. Fortune reported a $13.73 January 20 peak and an approximately $0.32 May 7 price, a 98% decline.