Trump Memecoin Team Dumps $20M TRUMP Tokens Amid Price Slump—Just Another Crypto Pump-and-Dump?

Wallet linked to Donald Trump’s $150M memecoin project moves $20M worth of TRUMP tokens to exchanges as price drops 15% overnight.

Timing is everything—especially when cashing out before the crowd catches on. The ’strategic liquidity deployment’ (read: sell-off) comes as retail traders scramble to prop up the token’s fading hype.

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While the exact reason behind the transfers remains unclear, such movements typically signal preparations for potential sales. However, insider vested token unlocks began earlier this month.

Meanwhile, this activity coincided with a sharp decline in TRUMP’s price. Data from CryptoSlate shows that the token dropped by 9% over the past 24 hours to trade at $13.78, marking a steep fall from its recent highs.

The latest selloff follows heightened excitement about a planned exclusive dinner with President Donald Trump, which initially drove the token’s price and on-chain activity higher.

TRUMP’s token on-chain activity spikes

Blockchain analytics firm Kaiko reported a 200% spike in TRUMP’s trading volume following the dinner announcement.

According to the firm, nearly 10,000 wallets engaged in TRUMP token transfers during the surge, generating approximately $2.4 billion in on-chain transaction volume—the busiest day for TRUMP this month.

Kaiko’s data showed that most transactions came from smaller wallets, each holding less than $100,000 worth of TRUMP tokens.

Meanwhile, the digital asset’s trading activity on centralized exchanges also soared. Kaiko noted that TRUMP recorded its highest daily volume since mid-February, surpassing all other major memecoins, including DOGE.

On the announcement day alone, TRUMP accounted for nearly 50% of total memecoin trading volume across centralized platforms, a clear sign of the token’s dominance.

Although trading volumes and on-chain activity have cooled since the initial surge, Kaiko noted that more movement is expected as the competition deadline nears. The event’s rules state that the top 220 holders with the highest average TRUMP holdings between April 23 and May 12 will qualify for the dinner.

At the time of writing, the user known as “Sun” leads the leaderboard with over 1 million time-weighted TRUMP holdings. Meanwhile, the wallet “REAL” holds the 220th position, with just over 1,002 time-weighted TRUMP tokens.