# The Real Winners of the Trump Memecoin Feeding Frenzy | WIRED

<https://www.wired.com/story/trump-memecoin-dinner-winners/>

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## What Jamie wrote

Memecoins have valid use cases but buying access to government officials should not be one of them. And many memecoins, including this one, generate revenue off of transactions.

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