{"id":43827,"date":"2026-02-08T15:13:32","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T21:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=43827"},"modified":"2026-02-08T15:13:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T21:13:32","slug":"dont-sell-at-the-bottom-ctd-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2026\/02\/08\/dont-sell-at-the-bottom-ctd-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t Sell At The Bottom, Ctd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been 39 days since I <a href=\"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2025\/12\/30\/dont-sell-at-the-bottom-ctd-21\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">last talked about<\/a> <strong>DJT<\/strong>\u00a0(<em><strong>Trump Media &amp; Technology Group Corp<\/strong><\/em>), when it had a stock price of $12.64\/sh. How it&#8217;s done since? This is a 1 month chart from <a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/DJT\/?_guc_consent_skip=1770479454\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>yahoo! finance<\/strong><\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-08-14.41.31-finance.yahoo_.com-d752d522c3b5.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43828\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-08-14.41.31-finance.yahoo_.com-d752d522c3b5.jpg?resize=800%2C359&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-08-14.41.31-finance.yahoo_.com-d752d522c3b5.jpg?w=827&amp;ssl=1 827w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-08-14.41.31-finance.yahoo_.com-d752d522c3b5.jpg?resize=300%2C135&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-08-14.41.31-finance.yahoo_.com-d752d522c3b5.jpg?resize=768%2C345&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-08-14.41.31-finance.yahoo_.com-d752d522c3b5.jpg?resize=150%2C67&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-08-14.41.31-finance.yahoo_.com-d752d522c3b5.jpg?resize=250%2C112&amp;ssl=1 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a word, <em><strong>Poorly<\/strong><\/em>. <em><strong>DJT<\/strong><\/em> has dropped 20% in the last month, so the announced merger with <em><strong>TAE<\/strong><\/em> was little more than sugar water for the stock price.<\/p>\n<p><em>But<\/em>, if you&#8217;ve actually invested in <em><strong>DJT<\/strong><\/em>, <em>what of the impact of cryptocurrency on <strong>DJT<\/strong><\/em>? <em>What of <strong>$TRUMP<\/strong>?<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_43830\" style=\"width: 282px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/PXL_20230401_140442489.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43830\" class=\"wp-image-43830\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/PXL_20230401_140442489.jpg?resize=272%2C363&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"272\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/PXL_20230401_140442489.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/PXL_20230401_140442489.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/PXL_20230401_140442489.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/PXL_20230401_140442489.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/PXL_20230401_140442489.jpg?resize=113%2C150&amp;ssl=1 113w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 272px) 100vw, 272px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-43830\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>If you like the apple tree, I&#8217;m sorry to inform you that fire blight made it as valuable as $TRUMP. We had it removed.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>If that was <strong>your<\/strong> voice we all just heard, I&#8217;m sorry to inform you that $TRUMP is doing even more poorly. Having opened at $45\/coin, it&#8217;s been just about all downhill right from the beginning; today, <strong><em>CoinMarketCap<\/em><\/strong> gives a $TRUMP coin a <a href=\"https:\/\/coinmarketcap.com\/currencies\/official-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">value of $3.32<\/a>, or a <strong>92% drop<\/strong>. Much like <em><strong>Bitcoin<\/strong><\/em> and its <a href=\"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2026\/02\/07\/currency-always-has-costs-ctd-58\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">negative assessment<\/a>, the point that it brings no unique utility nor better major functionality to the game means $TRUMP does not function as a stable currency or even a noteworthy investment, an observation I&#8217;ve been pushing for years with regard to <em><strong>Bitcoin<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Its function has really been a way to attract <strong>MAGA<\/strong> folks who wanted to appear sophisticated, to contribute their cash to the Trumps on a worthless investment, building a sordid community that functions to strip enthusiasts of their cash reserves, while pretending to build moats around them.<\/p>\n<p>The collapse of $TRUMP means that <em><strong>DJT&#8217;s<\/strong><\/em> <em>treasury of cryptocurrency<\/em> has become an anchor in their underwear. If they sell out, they take a loss; if they don&#8217;t sell, they risk losing more and more money as $TRUMP and <em><strong>Bitcoin<\/strong><\/em>, assuming that&#8217;s also part of the treasury, collapse.<\/p>\n<p>Which brings up the question: Were <strong>ICE<\/strong> agents sent to <a href=\"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2026\/02\/01\/in-minneapolis-ctd-5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minneapolis<\/a> and\/or <a href=\"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2026\/02\/05\/the-ol-checkbook\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Guard sent to DC<\/a> paid in <em>cryptocurrency<\/em>?<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>DJT<\/strong><\/em>, to this investor but not a financial advisor, continues to look like a repellent investment, best avoided entirely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been 39 days since I last talked about DJT\u00a0(Trump Media &amp; Technology Group Corp), when it had a stock price of $12.64\/sh. How it&#8217;s done since? This is a 1 month chart from yahoo! finance. In a word, Poorly. DJT has dropped 20% in the last month, so the \u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2026\/02\/08\/dont-sell-at-the-bottom-ctd-22\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43827"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43827\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43831,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43827\/revisions\/43831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}