Operators of the Trump Digital Gold scam sell 82.454% of tokens for $1.01 million

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The operators of the Trump Digital Gold (GOLD) scam sold 82.454% of their tokens for 9,784.6 SOL, worth $1.01 million. The tokens were launched on Solana at 7:38 AM, with the group artificially inflating the price ahead of a tweet from @realtrumpcoins1. The digital asset market plummeted as the token’s market cap dropped from $55 million to $1 million within 30 seconds of the tweet’s deletion. The full sell-off was completed by 2:00 PM, underscoring the volatility commonly observed in the Fear & Greed Index.

Odaily Planet Daily reports, according to on-chain analyst Yujin, the perpetrators behind the Trump Digital Gold (GOLD) scam sold all 82.454% of their GOLD tokens two hours ago, profiting 9,784.6 SOL, worth approximately $1.01 million.

This token was created on Solana today at 7:38 AM; the scam operators control 82.454% of the token supply, or 824.54 million tokens, through token allocation and post-launch purchases.

At 9:00, the account @realtrumpcoins1, which Trump follows, posted a tweet containing the token address. The GOLD price surged rapidly, reaching a market cap of up to $66 million.

At 11:48, the related tweet was deleted, and the scam operator’s address began selling simultaneously. Within 30 seconds, the market cap of GOLD dropped from $55 million to $1 million, leaving all related investors in loss.

The scam operators then continued selling, liquidating their entire 82.454% token holding at 14:00, receiving 9,784.6 SOL, worth approximately $1.01 million. The market capitalization of the GOLD token dropped to $700,000, a decline of 99%.

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