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Melania Trump Promotes MELANIA Token With AI Video, Briefly Lifting Price

On-chain analysts allege team wallets sold tens of millions of dollars in tokens, with most of the supply concentrated in insiders’ hands.

Overview

  • The Solana-based coin spiked to about $0.19 before settling near $0.18, leaving it roughly 99% below its January all-time high around $13.
  • Bubblemaps criticized the renewed promotion for not addressing prior sales from project-linked wallets and posted a public call-out on X.
  • Analysts previously flagged roughly $30 million in sales tied to team wallets, with later reporting pointing to additional tens of millions moved and sold.
  • CoinCentral reported that more than 92% of the token’s supply was held in team-controlled wallets during the period under scrutiny.
  • Coverage ties the launch to strategist Hayden Davis and to tactics seen in the LIBRA token rollout, including single-sided liquidity maneuvers.