Last weekend, the leader of the free world decided he wanted to take his “grifting” a tad too far by launching a meme coin. It was an action so absurd yet very fitting of Donald Trump, the man who calls himself ‘crypto president.

Meme coins like the ones recently launched by United States President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, are a hot trend in the cryptocurrency ecosystem. The rise of these digital tokens reflects the influence of internet culture and community-driven hype on the market,