$ETH One year into Donald Trump's second term (Jan 2025–Feb 2026), the crypto hype exploded like fireworks on Inauguration Day—then detonated in investors' faces, leaving devastation in its wake.
The "Crypto President" promised deregulation and a golden era. Instead, his family ventures and meme coins cashed in billions while retail got slaughtered. $TRUMP memecoin launched right before inauguration, pumped to insane highs, then **crashed over 90–93%** from peaks. $MELANIA token? **Nearly 99% wiped out**—pure vapor for late buyers. These "faultcoins" showed their true faces fast: hype-driven rugs in disguise, vanishing 90–99% of value and turning portfolios into ashes for 90% of retail holders chasing the Trump narrative.
The broader altcoin massacre was even uglier. Mid- and small-cap "faultcoins" (hyped modulars, memes, low-utility plays) plunged **70–90%+** from inauguration levels. Many small-caps and meme tokens hit **90% drawdowns**, never to recover—dead projects, delistings, and endless bleed. Even bigger names like Solana, XRP, and others tanked 40–50%+, but the real bloodbath was in the long tail: thousands of altcoins exposed as empty promises, leveraged dreams turned into margin-call nightmares.
The October 2025 trigger—Trump's 100% China tariffs—unleashed hell: **$19B+ liquidated in one day**, the worst ever, with trillions erased overall. Scams surged (**$17B lost to fraud in 2025**), rugs multiplied, and families watched life savings evaporate overnight.
While everyday people drowned in debt and despair, the irony burns: Trump-linked projects reportedly pocketed massive gains from the same hype that destroyed retail.
Crypto's "freedom" narrative? Shattered for millions. A brutal lesson: Political pumps + faultcoins + greed = total ruin.
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