In January of this year, shortly before his inauguration as President of the United States, Donald Trump launched his own Memecoin with the name “Official Trump” (Trump). The cryptocurrency caused a sensation with a spectacular course rally, but the hype was short -lived. In the meantime, the coin has lost almost 90 % of its top value – and in the coming week a massive token release is imminent.
40 million Trump tokens will be activated on April 18
After the launch, Trump reached an all-time high of $ 73.43, driven by Trump’s popularity and the typical Memecoin Frenzy. But the market reacted quickly: the course fell rapidly and currently noted at around $ 8.60-a minus of over 88 % compared to the highest level.
On April 18, 2025, the next critical phase for the coin is heralded: 40 million Trump tokens with a total value of over $ 345 million are released. So far, these were closed as part of a so -called token vesting – a common method to prevent the sudden sale of large amounts of token from early investors or project staff.
Possible course consequences: threaten a new crash?
The upcoming token release causes unrest. Historical data show that such unlocks often go hand in hand with massive price losses – especially for memoins with already high volatility.
A current example is Arbitrum (arb): Before the token release, the course was $ 1.89. When 1.2 billion AR was released, the course fell 84 % to $ 0.29.
According to the tokenomist, a total of $ 519 million will be unlocked in various tokens in the coming week-Trump alone will make up the largest share with $ 321.5 million. Other affected projects are fast token (FTN) with $ 80.6 million and Arbitrum with $ 27.2 million.
The strong release of Trump-tokens on April 18 could put the course under pressure again-especially if a large part of the tokens are immediately thrown onto the market. Investors should observe the developments closely and calculate possible volatility.