Nearly 1 million people have lost a total of $3.8 billion after purchasing President Donald Trump’s $TRUMP memecoin, according to cryptocurrency analysis firm Nansen. The New York Times reports that Nansen’s analysis is based on transactions that are publicly visible on the blockchain, and shows that 988,905 accounts had lost money in memecoin by the
This essay as told is based on a conversation with Vivienne Yang, a 31-year-old Taiwanese citizen who lost her job and had to leave the US due to her visa status, leaving behind her apartment and two cats. It has been edited for length and clarity. I started falling in love with the American dream