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CT has seen this movie before: the meme goes vertical, the narrative gets weirdly political, then the unlocks hit and someone heads for the exchange deposit address. This time it is Official Trump$0.0000299 (TRUMP), which is now down roughly 96% from its early 2025 all-time high, while wallets tied to the project team have continued moving tokens out. [1]
On-chain tracking cited in recent market coverage shows the team sold 5.48 million TRUMP, worth about $16 million, on March 29, routing the tokens to OKX in multiple transactions. That pushed the team's aggregate sales from recent unlocks to 17.25 million tokens, or roughly $57 million, over the past month. Separate transfers also moved 7.28 million TRUMP into BitGo custody, a detail traders are reading as overhang risk even if those tokens are not yet sold. [1]

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Selling pressure lands on an already weak chart

TRUMP did not need extra help falling. Memecoins have been hit hard during the broader market drawdown, and political meme trades have cooled faster than most. But team-linked selling into that backdrop has made sentiment noticeably worse.
The token has fallen about 41% over the last two months, sliding from around $4.80 to $2.80, according to the source data. That drop lines up with the period of sustained team distributions. The only real interruption was a brief speculative pop on March 13, tied to renewed chatter around Trump dinner invitations, a reminder that this market still trades headlines before fundamentals, because of course it does. [1]

What matters now is that traders are treating every transfer as potential supply. After the latest moves, the tracked addresses reportedly still hold about 1.81 million Official Trump$0.0000299, valued near $5.2 million at current prices. That is not catastrophic on its own, but in a thin, sentiment-driven market, even modest expected sell pressure can cap rebounds.

Derivatives and spot flows both point the same way

The uglier signal is that this is not just a one-wallet story. Broader positioning around TRUMP has also turned defensive.
Data referenced from CoinGlass shows roughly $8.3 billion in futures outflows against $8.07 billion in inflows over the past two months, leaving netflow around negative $250 million. In plain English, more money has been leaving leveraged TRUMP bets than entering them. That usually signals traders are cutting exposure rather than setting up for a clean reversal. [1]
Spot activity tells a similar story. Sell volume reportedly exceeded $704 million in the past day, suggesting holders are still using liquidity to exit, not mint fresh conviction. For collectors and meme traders watching Telegram and Discord-style community channels, that kind of flow tends to show up first as fatigue: fewer "buy the dip" posts, more complaints about unlocks, and a general sense that everyone is waiting for someone else to catch the knife.

The technical picture is not doing bulls any favors

Momentum indicators in the source data also lean bearish. The Relative Strength Index, or RSI, dropped from 66 to 34, a swing that suggests buyers have lost control and sellers are driving price action. That does not guarantee another leg down, but it does show how quickly speculative demand has faded. [1]

The near-term levels traders are watching are fairly simple. $3 has become an important support zone from a sentiment perspective. If bulls cannot defend that area consistently, the next downside target being floated is around $2.50. On the upside, a move back above $3.20 would matter more than any one green candle, because that is roughly where the previous breakdown accelerated.

Why this matters beyond one meme token

TRUMP's slide is a clean case study in how fragile meme valuations become when narrative demand fades and insider supply keeps coming. Political branding can front-load attention, but it does not absorb unlocks forever. Once the floor starts slipping, every custody transfer gets interpreted as a future sell, whether fair or not.

For readers, the practical takeaway is straightforward: watch team-linked wallets, exchange deposits, and any new unlock-related movements before treating a bounce as a trend change. Also watch whether spot sell pressure cools and whether price can reclaim $3.20 with real volume. Until then, the bigger risk is not just volatility, it is that the market keeps pricing Official Trump$0.0000299 as a distribution story rather than a comeback one.

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