Eric Trump Fake Token
Summary
A fraudulent meme coin operating under the ticker ERICTRUMP launched on Pump.fun (Solana) on May 16, 2025, surging approximately 6,200% to a peak market cap of $160 million before collapsing to roughly $30,000 in a confirmed rug pull. No affiliation with Eric Trump was established. The deployer wallet, partially identified on-chain by the prefix 'BjTm', had previously deployed at least three other failed Eric Trump-themed tokens on Pump.fun, indicating a serial impersonation operation. Blockchain analytics firm Bubblemaps issued a public pre-collapse warning citing greater than 80% supply concentration in ten wallets.
Connected Entities
1 entitiesTimeline(5 events)
2025-01-17
President Donald Trump launches the official $TRUMP meme coin, which briefly reaches a market cap near $15 billion, catalyzing widespread politically-themed token speculation and impersonation on Pump.fun and other platforms.
Fortune2025-05-16
The ERICTRUMP token (contract: E8pfa7y6Jeid3kSh8QytqMDxwkyQFAey8Ketmwozudfx) launches on Pump.fun on Solana, deployed by the wallet identified on-chain by the prefix 'BjTm.' The same deployer had previously launched at least three other failed Eric Trump-themed tokens on the platform.
CoinTelegraph / BeInCrypto2025-05-16
ERICTRUMP surges over 6,200% within 24 hours, reaching a peak market capitalization of approximately $140 to $160 million. Blockchain analytics firm Bubblemaps analyzes on-chain distribution and issues a public warning: 'A rug in the making. ERICTRUMP is currently trending on most platforms. Avoid it.' The warning receives over 100,000 views.
Cryptopolitan / CoinTelegraph2025-05-16
The ERICTRUMP token collapses from a peak market cap of approximately $160 million to approximately $30,000 — a drawdown of more than 99.98% — consistent with coordinated insider selling by wallet clusters that held the majority of the token supply.
BeInCrypto / Mitrade2025-05-17
Multiple crypto news outlets including BeInCrypto, CryptoNews, Cryptopolitan, and Mitrade publish post-mortem reporting on the ERICTRUMP rug pull, confirming the collapse and flagging the deployer's serial impersonation pattern.
MitradeDecision Log
- hash: 8B7MStPwZLJf5JkTQuZWdXQJ1xfwDCXy1UDiKRteA1Nn
This investigation is cryptographically anchored to the Solana blockchain and source URLs are archived via the Internet Archive.
model: claude-code-investigator
generated: 5/25/2026, 6:39:01 PM
last updated: 5/25/2026, 7:38:41 PM
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