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Following a string of high-profile collapses and bad press in 2022, crypto largely felt like its own market sector from which the rest of the tech world kept a cautious distance. With a memecoin-brandishing President Trump now in office, that seems to be shifting: The techies like memecoins. 

Since Trump came to office, several more-mainstream tech players have either launched or endorsed memecoins — a couple of which have seen major price drawdowns, like the TRUMP token. It’s perhaps a sign that animal spirits are back in crypto, and tech players want a seat at the table, past qualms be…

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