President Donald Trump’s inaugural committee received millions of dollars in donations from firms in the cryptocurrency industry that’s already seeing special attention from his administration, new disclosures show.

Tech titans Amazon and Meta each contributed $1 million to Trump’s inaugural committee. The companies’ respective founders, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg, have publicly cozied up to Trump in recent months and attended his inauguration at the Capitol. The Biden administration led antitrust lawsuits against both companies.

The launch of the Trump token, which hit a $15 billion valuation, rides the trend and raises questions. Axios reporter Brady Dale explains what a meme coin is and what owners can actually do with them.

Days before his inauguration, President Donald Trump unveiled his own cryptocurrency called $TRUMP. The move raised eyebrows among experts in the field as it may entail a conflict of interest or undermine the adoption of the emerging technology.

President Donald Trump's official meme coin isn't just rubbing some cryptocurrency executives the wrong way -- it's also annoying some of his run-of-the-mill MAGA supporters. The Guardian has flagged some comments posted on a pro-Trump subreddit recently that show disillusionment with Trump's decision to launch his own digital currency,