{"id":4281,"date":"2025-06-27T12:44:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T12:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/another-trump-linked-sell-off-melania-meme-team-dumps-35-7m-in-tokens\/"},"modified":"2025-06-27T12:44:06","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T12:44:06","slug":"another-trump-linked-sell-off-melania-meme-team-dumps-35-7m-in-tokens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/another-trump-linked-sell-off-melania-meme-team-dumps-35-7m-in-tokens\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Trump-linked sell-off? Melania meme team dumps $35.7M in tokens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-detail__content blocks\">\n<p class=\"is-style-lead\">Insider activity is picking up across Trump family-linked crypto projects, with wallets offloading tens of millions of dollars in tokens.<\/p>\n<p>The team behind the Melania Trump-themed meme coin $MELANIA (MELANIA)has sold 82.18 million tokens over the past four months, according to Lookonchain data. Spread across 44 wallets, the sales accounted for roughly 8.22% of the total supply and were exchanged for 244,934 SOL (SOL), worth approximately $35.76 million at the time.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Melania?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">#Melania<\/a> meme team sold 82.18M $MELANIA(8.22% of total supply) over the past 4 months across 44 wallets, cashing out 244,934 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24SOL&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">$SOL<\/a>($35.76M).<\/p>\n<p>Most of the $MELANIA tokens were sold through adding and removing liquidity.<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EJYWtbB5aE\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/EJYWtbB5aE<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gtmRdkNq1y\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/gtmRdkNq1y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lookonchain (@lookonchain) <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lookonchain\/status\/1937714301177069631?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">June 25, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Most of the MELANIA sales were executed through liquidity manipulation, adding and removing liquidity from pools, a method often used to avoid slippage and reduce market impact by minimizing direct sell pressure.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p>\n<p>In a separate recent move, the team behind the official Trump-themed memecoin, $TRUMP (TRUMP), <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/lookonchain\/status\/1938041998969364883?s=46\" target=\"_blank\">withdrew<\/a> $4.4 million in USDC and 347,438 $TRUMP (worth $3.12 million) from liquidity pools. The USDC was bridged to Ethereum, and the tokens were transferred to a new wallet. This kind of activity, pulling liquidity and moving tokens, is a common on-chain pattern seen before insider sales, suggesting that the team may be gearing up to dump.<\/p>\n<p>While there\u2019s no direct link between the wallet movements, the timing and tactics point to a broader pattern of coordinated sell-offs across Trump-themed crypto ventures.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Are the Trumps scaling back their crypto empire?<\/h2>\n<p>Earlier this week, a Forbes report revealed that the Trump family quietly reduced its stake in World Liberty Financial (WLFI) from 60% to 40%, executed through undisclosed transactions carried out over a two-week period.<\/p>\n<p>The dump was carried out by DT Marks DEFI LLC, a holding company controlled by Donald Trump and his sons. This marked the third stake reduction in just six months, down from 75% in December to 60% in January, and now to 40%.<\/p>\n<p>No official comments have been provided regarding the sales by the family, and the reasons for the coordinated sell-offs remain unclear. However, the pattern suggests a strategic effort to reduce exposure while maintaining enough public momentum around the projects.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, major holders of the official $TRUMP meme coin have also been trimming their positions. One whale recently <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/lookonchain\/status\/1938059322090787273\" target=\"_blank\">dumped<\/a> around 375,000 $TRUMP, worth approximately $4.9 million.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The $TRUMP token is trading at $8.90 at press time, down roughly 30% over the past month. $MELANIA is down nearly 50% over the same period, now trading at $0.91.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Insider activity is picking up across Trump family-linked crypto projects, with wallets offloading tens of millions of dollars in tokens. 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