BREAKING: Pump.fun Memecoin Army Erects Massive Golden Trump Bitcoin Monument at US Capitol
Washington just got a new landmark—and it's dripping with crypto swagger. A coalition of Pump.fun degens dropped a colossal golden statue of Donald Trump holding a Bitcoin symbol right at the nation's political epicenter. No permits, no apologies—just pure meme-powered spectacle.
THE MESSAGE: CRYPTO WON'T BE IGNORED
This isn't art—it's a financial protest in gilded form. The statue screams what every memecoin trader already knows: decentralized culture doesn't ask for permission. It builds, disrupts, and occasionally plops a 20-foot Trump holding a Bitcoin in your front yard.
PUMP.FUN'S POLITICAL POWER PLAY
Forget lobbying—this is crypto lobbying 2.0. Why buy politicians when you can just buy a giant statue and force the conversation? The move echoes the GameStop energy of 2021, but with more gold leaf and significantly weirder optics.
THE AFTERMATH: CHAOS OR CATALYST?
Regulators will clutch pearls. Politicians will tweet. And the crypto crowd? They'll keep building—between laughs and leveraged long positions. Because let's be real: in a world where central banks print money like confetti, a golden Trump Bitcoin statue might just be the most honest piece of economics on the National Mall.
Memecoiners Hail Trump as Bitcoin Champion in National Mall Statue Tribute
Organizers described the display as a tribute to Trump’s perceived role in championing bitcoin and “decentralized technologies,” according to a website linked to the stunt.
“This is our thank you, our statement, to the president,” said Hichem Zaghdoudi, one of the only publicly named organizers, in an interview with local station DC News Now.
The statue’s appearance coincided with the Federal Reserve’s decision to cut interest rates by 25 basis points, the first rate cut of the year, prompting renewed bullishness across risk markets, including crypto.
Zaghdoudi told ABC 7News that the statue aimed to spark public discussion about the future of government-issued currency, calling it a “symbol of the intersection between modern politics and financial innovation.”
Supporters of the stunt credit Trump for paving the way for institutional Bitcoin adoption, citing his deregulatory stance during his presidency and the crypto industry’s current financial backing of his 2024 campaign.
Still, some observers point out that the current Bitcoin bull market began under the Biden administration, fueled largely by anticipation around the SEC’s approval of spot Bitcoin ETFs and wider institutional access to digital assets.
The statue itself, made from hard foam for easier transport, was built over several days and featured in livestreams on Pump.fun, where the organizers also launched a Trump-themed memecoin.
Clips shared on their X (formerly Twitter) account show the head of the statue being carved by machine and a group carrying the golden figure into place.
Bringing the heat irl
#DJTGST pic.twitter.com/KQ0Cwe1kdp
One participant on a livestream joked that he hoped Trump WOULD “walk out there and see it,” seemingly unaware that the former president was visiting the UK at the time.
Pro-Trump Bitcoin Statue Breaks Trend of Critical Displays on National Mall
While political stunts are not new to the National Mall, this one marked a notable departure: previous Trump-related statues in the area this year have taken a more critical tone.
In June, activists installed a statue titled “Dictator Approved” showing a golden hand giving a thumbs-up while crushing the Statue of Liberty’s crown, protesting Trump’s militaristic posturing.
Art of protest.
AFP’s Mandel Ngan photographs the 'Dictator Approved' statue on the National Mall in Washington, DC. The 8-foot-high (2.4 m) statue depicts a large golden hand with a thumbs-up gesture crushing the Statue of Liberty pic.twitter.com/gqU57eO35x
Another, appearing later that month, showed Trump dancing on a television alongside convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a pointed critique of the administration’s reversal on unsealing Epstein-related documents.
