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Jan 20, 2025 Donald Trump launched and promoted the $TRUMP cryptocurrency and related Trump family tokens Corroborated Economic Structure
The venture tied presidential influence to a speculative asset, raising conflict-of-interest and corruption risks by letting political favor and private gain overlap.
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- Trump Launches Cryptocurrency — President-Elect Donald Trump launched a new cryptocurrency, a "memecoin," which reportedly made him over $50 billion on paper.
- Trump Promotes Personal Crypto Tokens — On January 20, 2025, Donald Trump launched his own cryptocurrency, which reportedly made over $50 billion on paper within two days.
- Implications of memecoins as payment technology — On January 20, 2025, Donald Trump launched his own cryptocurrency, which reportedly made over $50 billion shortly after its introduction.
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Week 1 – 2025-01-20–2025-01-24
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Jan 20, 2025 President Trump signed orders and took actions favoring fossil fuel production and weakening clean energy policy Tier 1 · Primary Economic Structure
The actions shifted federal economic policy toward incumbent energy interests and away from climate-oriented regulation, showing how executive choices can redirect major markets.
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- Executive Order: Unleashing Alaska’s Extraordinary Resource Potential — On January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order aimed at maximizing the development of Alaska's natural resources.
- Executive Order: Unleashing American Energy — On January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order titled "Unleashing American Energy." The order aims to promote energy exploration and production on federal lands and waters, establish the U.S.
- Trump revokes Biden's electric vehicle target order — On January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order revoking a 2021 order by President Joe Biden that aimed to make 50% of all new vehicles sold by 2030 electric.
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Week 1 – 2025-01-20–2025-01-24
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