(The Conversation) – Three days before his presidential inauguration, Donald Trump launched a meme coin, a type of cryptocurrency whose value is buoyed by social media and internet culture ...

In late January and early February 2025, a rumor spread online that White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt cited the ...

Trump signed an executive order containing a slew of decrees aimed at making the U.S. the “crypto capital of the world.” In a recent Fox Business interview, Sacks was asked if he thought Trump’s meme ...

Over the following week, various publications claimed the meme coin had “ballooned [Trump’s] net worth” making him a “crypto billionaire.” While it’s true that Trump stands to benefit ...

Politics today is performance, and memes are its loudest cheerleaders—spreading fast, shaping beliefs, and signaling identity ...