Two tokens linked to US President Donald Trump, Official Trump (TRUMP) and World Liberty Financial (WLFI), were the biggest losers among the top 100 cryptocurrencies on Wednesday, while Bitcoin and Ether rallied. TRUMP fell 17% over 24 hours to $1.33 and WLFI dropped over 7% to $0.047, per CoinMarketCap; Trump-family MELANIA fell nearly 13%, and the VANCE token, which has no confirmed official link to Vice President JD Vance, fell nearly 12%. The slide followed Democrats winning control of both the House and Senate in the midterms, which could make it harder for Trump to push his crypto plans and bring more scrutiny to his family's crypto businesses. Meanwhile, Bitcoin rose over 4% to around $80,500, Ether climbed 6% to $2,433, and the total crypto market gained 3.4% to $2.69 trillion, while the political memecoin sector fell over 16% to $477 million.
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TRUMP/USDT
▼ Likely negativeOfficial Trump
Relevance: medium
| Market | Crypto |
|---|---|
| Exchange | Binance |
| Sector | Meme |
| Market cap | $450.1M |
| Close on 11/03/2026 | 1.58600 |
| Change that session | -0.88% |
BTC/USDT
▼ Likely negativeBitcoin
Relevance: low
| Market | Crypto |
|---|---|
| Exchange | Binance |
| Sector | Layer 1 |
| Market cap | $1.6T |
| Close on 11/03/2026 | 77,453.86 |
| Change that session | +0.83% |
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