"The video was originally posted by the official account of Melania's cryptocurrency, $MELANIA, then shared by the First Lady's personal X account. Though neither the caption nor the video itself expressed a clear promotional message like, "Hey, did you know I have a cryptocurrency? You should buy it or do whatever one does with crypto," her retweet worked ... sort of?"
"The official Solana meme coin of Melania Trump (MELANIA) is up nearly 7% in the last 24 hours after the First Lady promoted an apparently AI-generated video of herself posted by the token's official X account. MELANIA is now trading at $0.182, up more than 12% on the week, but still down roughly 99% from its January all-time high of $13.05. It briefly popped to a daily high of $0.191 following the first lady's retweet."
A video posted by the official $MELANIA account and shared by Melania Trump's personal X account appeared AI-generated and lacked an explicit promotional message. The retweet coincided with roughly a 7% intraday increase in the MELANIA token, which traded near $0.182 and briefly hit $0.191. The token remains about 99% below its January peak of $13.05. The $MELANIA social account had been inactive since June, and the post did not address ongoing controversies around the meme coin. Melania previously released an AI-narrated audiobook in May, prompting public mockery and questions about AI usage.
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