Market-Manipulation

Eric Trump's American Bitcoin going public in latest crypto move by president's family

| Importance: 7/10

Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump’s bitcoin mining firm, American Bitcoin, went public through an all-stock merger with Gryphon Digital Mining. Trading on Nasdaq under the ticker ‘ABTC’, the company is valued at over $7.5 billion, representing a significant expansion of the Trump …

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Trump offers private dinner to top 220 investors in his memecoin

| Importance: 8/10

President Trump announced a private dinner for the top 220 holders of his memecoin, causing the token’s price to spike 58% within an hour. The event raised significant concerns about potential market manipulation and foreign influence, prompting calls for DOJ and congressional investigations …

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Greene bought market dip before Trump paused tariffs, profiting from the rally

| Importance: 8/10

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene purchased $21,000 to $315,000 in stocks across 19 companies on April 8-9, 2025, just before and during President Trump’s surprise 90-day tariff pause. The market surge saw the S&P 500 rise 9.5% and Nasdaq jump 12.2%. Greene bought stocks in companies like Apple, …

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Fired US Federal Trade Commissioners Sound Alarm on Potential Data Access Misuse

| Importance: 9/10

Democratic FTC Commissioners Slaughter and Bedoya warned that the Trump administration’s ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ (DOGE) was seeking access to highly sensitive, confidential business records that could potentially manipulate markets. They emphasized that under no …

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Trump's World Liberty Financial Makes Massive Ethereum Purchases Amid Market Volatility

| Importance: 8/10

World Liberty Financial, a decentralized finance project linked to Trump’s family, strategically acquired approximately $55 million worth of Ether (ETH) following market disruptions caused by Trump’s brief tariff imposition on Mexico and Canada. This purchase was part of a larger pattern …

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Trump implements massive tariffs as concerns mount over market manipulation

| Importance: 8/10

Trump implements 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico, 10% on China effective February 4, 2025, with plans for universal 10% tariffs. Senate Democrats later call for SEC investigation after Trump posts “GREAT TIME TO BUY” before announcing tariff pause in April, raising his net worth by $415 …

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Melania Trump launches $MELANIA memecoin day before inauguration

| Importance: 6/10

Melania Trump launched $MELANIA memecoin on January 19, 2025, hours before inauguration, causing her husband’s $TRUMP coin to crash 40%. The token reached $13 and a $2.15 billion market cap before dropping below $5. Financial Times later revealed 24 wallets bought $2.6 million worth two …

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Melania Trump launches $MELANIA coin with suspicious trading netting insiders $99.6M

| Importance: 8/10

Melania Trump launched her $MELANIA cryptocurrency two days after Donald Trump’s coin, with highly suspicious trading patterns. Trading data reveals that just 24 wallets rapidly purchased massive amounts of Melania tokens immediately after launch, netting a combined $99.6 million windfall …

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Trump launches crypto memecoin days before inauguration

| Importance: 9/10

Trump launched a cryptocurrency memecoin right before his inauguration to make millions of dollars, then increased the value of those coins by signing executive orders making crypto a priority. He also launched a meme coin for Melania Trump.

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Paul Pelosi Visa Stock Sale Controversy

| Importance: 8/10

Paul Pelosi, husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, sold 2,000 shares of Visa worth between $500,000 and $1 million on July 1, 2024. This transaction became controversial when the Department of Justice filed a civil antitrust lawsuit against Visa on September 24, alleging monopolization of …

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Trump Second NFT Collection Sells Out While Revealing Substantial Digital Asset Income

| Importance: 7/10

Trump launched his second NFT collection in April 2023, which sold out rapidly, coinciding with his legal troubles in Manhattan. His financial disclosure revealed he earned between $500,000 and $1 million from NFT sales. The second collection’s launch occurred while the prices of his original …

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Trump Launches Massive NFT Collection Generating .4 Million in Initial Sales

Donald Trump launched his “Trump Digital Trading Cards” NFT collection on December 15, 2022, featuring 45,000 digital trading cards priced at 9 each that sold out within 12 hours, generating .4 million in immediate revenue and demonstrating how political figures can exploit supporter …

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2020 Congressional COVID Insider Trading Scandal Exposes Systemic Corruption

| Importance: 9/10

On February 13, 2020, several U.S. senators were investigated for potentially violating the STOCK Act by selling stock after receiving private briefings about the COVID-19 pandemic, but before the market crash on February 20, 2020. Senator Richard Burr and his wife sold between $628,000 and $1.72 …

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Facebook IPO Market Manipulation by Morgan Stanley

| Importance: 9/10

Morgan Stanley and other underwriters engaged in selective disclosure during Facebook’s initial public offering, revealing sensitive financial information only to institutional investors. Massachusetts securities regulators fined Morgan Stanley million for creating an ‘unlevel playing …

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