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1. Google Search Volumes Surge Amid TRUMP Memecoin Frenzy
Today, several strategies are linked with the crypto market because the interest in the topic has reached the maximum on Google. This rise is seen as people engross themselves waiting for United States President-elect Donald Trump’s Official TRUMP meme coin to launch. Analyzing Google Trends shows that both “TRUMP meme coin” and other words associated with such crypto products achieved the maximum popularity on January 19, 2025, with an index of 100.
The increase in search volume suggests that more and more retail investors who are stuck but are multitasking are keen to learn more about the meme coin. Launched officially, Solana’s TRUMP token has created much excitement among traders and sources of various outlets interested in crypto news.
If the candidate assumes the presidency on January 20, 2025, many industry insiders expect new changes in the regulation in the field that would be more sympathetic to the crypto sector. Trump’s foray into the meme coins market has been viewed by many as a sign that Trump is a potential savior of the struggling crypto industry and his coming could signal a period of growth for the industry.
But there are skeptics: This meme coin, therefore, shares some similarities with other celebrity-involved tokens in the past that only lasted a few days before greatly nosediving. The same has led to worry that the TRUMP meme coin might as well take the same path, and some analysts have regarded it as a political ‘grift,’ advising the investors to brace themselves for heavy losses.
2. Insider Trading Allegations Surface as TRUMP Memecoin Floods Solana DEXs
They have now escalated to publicly investigating and accusing people who they had trust in, all in a bid to rip off innocent investors with a newly launched memecoin dubbed TRUMP. The meme coin spiked to a massive $42 billion market cap as it started pouring into Solana-based DEXs, with more and more retail investors flocking in to make a kill from the frenzy. But on the 18th of January 2025, the detailed analysis of the trading data increased awareness of insider trading.
In a recent investigation, on-chain analytics firm Bubblemaps even discovered a securities catch in the trades before the TRUMP meme coin was launched. One of the wallets that received $1 million was seen actively purchasing the token before its launch. However, the truth is that even in the first minute of the product’s launch, this wallet bought $5,9 ml of the TRUMP tokens, and then proceeded to trade the following sequence: buying $20 ml and selling the tokens for $96 ml with the rest of the tokens remaining on balance.
The next observation made this wallet was on its way through many wallets to pass the TRUMP tokens between 10 different addresses. These tokens were traded more frequently in decentralized exchanges, which only heightened the market suspicion that such trading might be falsified or performed by insiders.
Web3 security company QuillAudits CEO, Preetam Rao, has criticized the framework and, specifically, the TRUMP memecoin. Rao does note that 80 percent of the token’s supply is ‘locked’ by CIC Digital, a company linked to the Donald Trump Revocable Trust. He moreover explained that the initial 10 holders possess 89.06% of the entire token stock, which puts a question mark on the token’s diversity and floatation.
3. SEC Files Lawsuit Against Nova Labs Over Alleged Unregistered Crypto Securities
In a related but concurrent event, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has initiated legal action against Nova Labs – the firm behind the Helium Network, an open-source undertaking – for offering and selling unregistered securities. The lawsuit was filed only a few days before Gary Gensler, who has long been a foe of the crypto industry, is set to leave the post of SEC Chair on January 20, 2025.
According to the SEC, Nova Labs broke federal securities laws by launching unregistered securities in the form of mining devices referred to as “Hotspots” that mine the company’s token, Helium (HNT). The Cuban also accuses Nova Labs of running a program known as ‘Discovery Mapping’, whereby the use of the application could be exchanged for crypto-related tokens, thereby confusing securities with utility tokens further.
Also on January 17, 2025, the SEC statement the Company made a statement to the public that major companies such as Lime, Nestle, and Salesforce were using the company’s wireless network, while in real sense, they were not. The SEC claims that this was false, and it led to the overvaluation of Helium and everything else that the company offered.
The SEC claims in the lawsuit that Nova Labs failed to register the investment products it offered to the public with the commission. For this reason, it is charged with having contravened the securities laws, depriving investors of their ability to prevent their losses and have the securities laws afford them certain forms of protection.
4. What is the future of the crypto market?
While these stories play out, they leave the crypto market to enjoy and bear the fruits of new projects at their peril. While the past few days saw the meme coin TRUMP surge to prominence, there are doubts as to its lifespan and the allegations of insider trading hint at improper market manipulation by celebrities. However, the recent legal action of the SEC against Nova Labs means that regulators are intolerant of crypto securities that failed to register and thus can trigger more regulations down the line.
Of course, crypto fans and investors will most likely be paying close attention to these developments since they can shape the future of the industry in many cases in the following months. Whether these events lead to further innovation or regulatory pushback remains to be seen, but one thing is clear: The crypto world was always full of drama and unexpected turns of events or in other words fascinating, if not for anything else.