TRUMP Memecoin Dinner Promoted Amid Democratic Corruption Probes
OFFICIAL TRUMP (TRUMP)
Editor:
Eugene Serbin
Gizmodo reports that Fight Fight Fight is marketing a third exclusive dinner for top TRUMP memecoin holders, scheduled for November 22 at Trump National Golf Club. The event features President Donald Trump as the advertised speaker, with seats allocated to the top 185 holders on a time-weighted leaderboard. Attendees receive perks including a Trump fragrance, a commemorative poster, a trading card, and a Trump watch, while the top four receive an 18-karat gold watch.
Democratic lawmakers, including Senator Richard Blumenthal and Senator Chris Coons, have criticized the event as corruption, with Coons labeling it plainly as such on Bluesky. Blumenthal stated that Trump is helping put corruption on the ballot and is focused on pumping the token's price rather than addressing the cost-of-living crisis. This political scrutiny contributed to the failure of the CLARITY Act in the Senate, where ethics language regarding the president's crypto businesses was a key point of contention.
A CoinDesk survey found that 62% of registered voters do not trust the administration to handle crypto regulation and 73% oppose senior officials holding crypto interests. The Trump Organization affiliate CIC Digital LLC reported roughly $635 million in memecoin-related income for 2025, with affiliated ventures reporting at least $1.2 billion in total income.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for TRUMP, measured when this story was written up on 3 October 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
TRUMP is trading at $2.12 on Binance spot, with a 24-hour buy ratio of 51.4%, indicating that slightly more than half of the volume is driven by buyers. However, short-term pressure is fading, as the 1-hour buy ratio dropped to 41.8% and the 4-hour ratio fell to 44.9%. The volume delta reflects this shift, showing a net outflow of $53,925 in the last hour and $144,660 over four hours, compared to a net inflow of $951,960 over the past day. CVD closed at +$100,831 for the day, suggesting that while buying occurred, it was not sustained through the close. The coin recorded 184,432 trades and $33,550,307 in spot volume over 24 hours. Net buying occurred in only 11 of the 24 hours, highlighting a lack of consistent demand.
The latest daily buy ratio of 50.0% sits at the 60th percentile of the last 322 days, against a median of 49.4% - ordinary for this coin.
Was that an ordinary day?
The same Binance spot measurements for TRUMP, averaged over the days leading up to the story.
Over the preceding week, the average buy ratio was 49.4%, making today's 24-hour reading of 51.4% a slight increase of 2.0 points. Trading volume was 1.58 times the weekly average, indicating unusually high activity compared to normal days. Despite this volume spike, the price change over eight days was -0.3%, and the total volume delta for the week was -$692,237. Net buying was recorded on only 3 of the 7 days, suggesting that the recent volume surge did not result in sustained upward momentum. This contrasts with the 24-hour net inflow, showing that the recent activity is an anomaly rather than a trend.