Author: Weilin, PANews
At 8:40 am on August 13, the X Space interview between Trump and Musk, which had been warmed up for a week, officially began. The interview was originally scheduled to start at 8 o'clock, but users were unable to enter at first. Musk said that "there was a large-scale cyber attack" and the interview was delayed by about 40 minutes.
The unscripted interview did not mention Bitcoin or cryptocurrencies, and real-time data showed that more than 1.3 million people tuned in to the chat on Platform X. Prior to the interview, on Polymarket, users bet on a 65% chance of mentioning “cryptocurrency” in the interview, with a total of more than $600,000 bet on the topic.
However, just before and during the dialogue between the two sides, in addition to Trump's original political meme tokens such as MAGA and TRUMP, which saw significant increases, a large number of meme tokens were also established, but the price fluctuations were large, such as Yeah, New World Order, Dark Space, etc.
What did Trump and Musk talk about?
Attempted shooting incident
Trump says he believes in God "more" after surviving assassination attempt. Musk has been trying to get Trump to criticize the Secret Service for its failures after Trump praised the sniper who killed his would-be shooter, but interestingly, Trump has mostly been praising them.
Immigration Policy
About 20 minutes later, Trump finally mentioned his Democratic rival Kamala Harris, attacking her and incumbent President Biden, accusing him of lax immigration policies and allowing undocumented immigrants to cross the U.S.-Mexico border.
Praise for Musk and Tesla
Trump, who has been critical of electric vehicles before, praised Musk and Tesla, calling his products "incredible." Trump also praised Musk's intelligence, saying "You have an absolutely rich mind. You and I can talk about rockets and tunnels and electric cars," referring to Musk's many business investments.
Musk says he will play role in government to cut federal spending
This shows that Musk is increasingly involved in American politics. Musk called for the establishment of a government committee to ensure the effective use of taxpayer funds and nominated himself for a key position on the committee. Musk said: "I would be happy to contribute to such a committee - I would be very happy if it was established." Trump praised the idea and called Musk "the greatest cutter."
Praise for the Argentine President
Trump and Musk praised Argentina's liberal President Javier Milei. Musk and Milei have met several times in the United States.
Inflation "completely destroys" people's lives, prices must be lowered
Trump also reiterated his claim that he gets along well with Russian leader Vladimir Putin. Speaking about inflation, Trump said, "People are being completely destroyed by inflation," and "We have to get prices down." Speaking about the oil and gas industry, Musk said, "I don't think we should denigrate the oil and gas industry." He said the economy relies on these energy sources. But he did say that he wants the United States to move to a "more sustainable economy" because of environmental pollution.
Musk urges vote for Trump
Musk ended the interview by reflecting on his own political journey, among other policy topics. "I didn't really care about politics," Musk said. He described himself as a moderate and said similar listeners should vote for Trump.
TRUMP and MEGA have seen significant gains, with a number of political meme tokens opening positions
As of 11:30 a.m. on August 13, MAGA (TRUMP) rose 3.97% in 24 hours, MAGA (MAGA) rose 8.21% in 24 hours, and Super Trump Coin (STRUMP) rose 6.65% in 24 hours.
Compared to these political meme tokens that have been established for some time, as of 9:20 am on August 13, there were "crazy" positions in these Trump and Musk meme tokens on Solana:
@realDonaldTrump (RDT)
Creation time: 23:47 (August 12)
Number of transactions: 49426
Volume: $8.9 million
Market value: $981,000
24-hour increase: 2,080%
GROK 2(GROK2)
Established on: August 12
Number of transactions: 903,096
Volume: $14.4 million
Market value: $1.5 million
24H increase: 106%
YEAH(Yeah)
Build time: 8:56
Number of transactions: 21762
Volume: $907,000
Market value: $751,000
24H increase: 1027%
New World Order (NWO)
Build time: 8:43
Number of transactions: 33229
Volume: $465,000
Market value: $27,000
24H increase: -56.14%
Dark Space (DSPACE)
Establishment time: 7:37 Number of transactions: 57076 Trading volume: 2.3 million US dollars Market value: 7800 US dollars 24H increase: -89.27%
Judging from the performance of these meme tokens, the fluctuations in price are large, and they are usually prone to sharp declines after the popularity of the "meme" fades, so users need to DYOR.
On Monday, Trump "returned" to X and posted several posts on X, including a campaign video, which also partially drove the rise of related meme tokens. As of press time, Trump's probability of winning on the prediction market Polymarket was 46%, lower than Harris' 52%.