President-elect Trump launched his own cryptocurrency overnight and swiftly appeared to make more than $25 billion on paper for himself and his companies.
Why it matters: The stunning launch of $TRUMP caught the entire industry off-guard, and speaks to both his personal influence and the ascendancy of cryptocurrency in his administration.
- It also speaks to the nature of the crypto industry that someone could have $25 billion worth of something that literally did not exist 24 hours previously.
can I short this?
You can short anything if you find a lender
Not that I’m aware of.
You used yo be able to do it on sketchy unregulated Chineseesque trading sites. Been a while since I used one and they go down semi regularly.