Despite once the cryptocurrency call “A scam“, Donald Trump made a theoretical fortune of billions after having launched a self-nomigated and very controversial piece of memes Immediately before its second inauguration in January.
Now, an army of digital impostors is trying to take advantage of the name of the president and the online presence to make their own murder of crypto, according to a report in Financial time This details hundreds of “copy and spam pieces” downloaded from Trump’s official portfolio in Cyberspace.
The creators have sent more than 700 new parts to the portfolio in recent weeks, many of which have appointed according to Trump or family members – but none of them has an official link.
Experts say that speculators can be easily due by names that give the impression that false pieces are allied with the real $ Trump cryptocurrency-which has itself seen a Precipitable collapse in value – And risks the digital equivalent of being taken to the cleaners.
ESWAR PRASAD, principal researcher at the Brookings Institution and professor of economics at Cornell University, told FT that by launching his own play, Trump had “opened the valves to deception … and at least rampant speculation “.
Ordinary investors buy false or copy parts, he said, “simply exposes them to a huge risk”.
More than 200 of the false coins had Trump surnames, including Melania’s official and official Trump.
The First Lady launched his own official play at the same time$ Melania, a few days after her husband, who, analysts, immediately say the value of $ Trump and has triggered a slide that has continued since.
The names of four of Trump’s five children were also popular among the copies, with his youngest son, Barron, representing 30, his daughter Ivanka then with 26 years old and the older sons Don and Eric Jr with 14 between them.
Other new cryptocurrencies found in the Trump portfolio had names, notably “Elon” and “Musk”, referring to the richest man in the world and the presidential acolyte by currently taking a detraction ball American federal institutions as a special employee employee ”.
Six of the false pieces used the same name and the same symbol as the official currency of Trump, while others were more obvious scams, including Hitler and Poo Official Coin.
The crooks were so lively to participate in the act, said the FT, that counterfeits began to appear almost immediately after the real thing.
The first coin was “struck” within 29 minutes of the announcement of Trump’s official play on his social platform Truth on January 18, while a speculator before the game deposited the first piece of Melania In the Trump digital portfolio more than one watch before before the authentic version was launched.
Trump’s bankruptcy with the cryptography market, on the other hand, has aroused strong criticism of ethical guard dogs, economists and certain industry initiates.
Prasad said to the Guardian last month: “The play even Trump represents the intersection of Griffice de Trump trends and the embrace of his administration of cryptocurrencies, as well as his disdainful attitude towards government regulations.”