After the initial crash following the launch of the Melania memecoin, $TRUMP surged back above $64. Robinhood officially listed Donald Trump's memecoin on their exchange. Donald Trump's crypto platform World Liberty Financial bought three new domain names: trumpcoin.eth, erictrump.eth and barrontrump.eth -- hinting that another memecoin launch might be on the cards.
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