花大约70美元，你就可以拥有前总裁名下公司的股份唐纳德·特朗普的真相社交平台。
特朗普媒体的交易使用DJT股票代码的科技集团继上周在纳斯达克上市后，周二上午开始在纳斯达克上市投票赞成合并在特朗普媒体和特殊目的收购公司数字世界收购公司之间。
该公司的市值约为27亿美元。
特朗普本人拥有该公司58%的股份，根据周二早盘交易，他的股份超过50亿美元。
“Truth Social做得非常好。周一，特朗普在纽约对记者表示:“它像手枪一样火热，表现出色。”
特朗普至少在六个月内不能出售或利用他在该公司的股份，因为一项锁定条款旨在防止可能动摇投资者信心的快速抛售，但该公司已经支撑了特朗普的净资产。在周五的合并投票后，川普首次以65亿美元的净资产进入彭博亿万富翁指数。
在公开声明中，特朗普媒体首席执行官德文·努内斯表达了对该社交媒体平台长期成功的信心。
努内斯周一表示:“作为一家上市公司，我们将满怀激情地追求我们的愿景，发起一场运动，从大型科技审查机构手中夺回互联网。”“我们将继续履行对美国人的承诺，成为自由言论的安全港湾，并勇敢地面对日益壮大的言论压制者大军。”
根据美国证券交易委员会(SEC)最近提交的一份文件，特朗普媒体在实现盈利之前还有很长的路要走，大多数新的社交媒体公司面临着成功的可能性很低。2023年前9个月，特朗普传媒收入不到340万美元，同时亏损4900万美元。
特殊目的收购公司的股份数字世界收购公司在合并前的最近几个月表现良好，部分原因是较小投资者对股价上涨的支持。
特朗普本人与该公司的命运交织在一起，他不仅是该公司的大股东，也是该平台最重要的用户。美国证券交易委员会最近的一份文件承认，如果他停止使用该平台，其份额可能会受到影响。
“如果Truth Social未能发展和保持粉丝或足够的受众，如果社交媒体平台普遍出现不利趋势，或者特朗普总统不再能够在Truth Social上投入大量时间，TMTG的业务将受到不利影响，”最近的一份文件称。
Trump media company, parent of Truth Social, begins trading on Nasdaq
For approximately $70, you can now own a share of the company behind former PresidentDonald Trump'sTruth Social platform.
Trading in Trump Media& Technology Group -- which uses the ticker symbol DJT -- began on the Nasdaq Tuesday morning after last week'svote for a mergerbetween Trump Media and special purpose acquisition company Digital World Acquisition Corporation.
The company's market capitalization is approximately $2.7 billion.
Trump himself owns 58 percent of the shares in the company, placing his stake at more than $5 billion based on early trading Tuesday.
"Truth Social is doing very well. It's hot as a pistol and doing great," Trump told reporters in New York on Monday.
Trump can't sell or leverage his stake in the company for at least six months due to a lockup provision intended to prevent a rapid selloff that could shake investor confidence, but the company has already bolstered Trump's net worth. On the heels of Friday's merger vote, Trump joined the Bloomberg Billionaires Index for the first time with a reported net worth of $6.5 billion.
In public statements, Trump Media CEO Devin Nunes has expressed confidence in the long-term success of the social media platform.
"As a public company, we will passionately pursue our vision to build a movement to reclaim the Internet from Big Tech censors," Nunes said Monday. "We will continue to fulfill our commitment to Americans to serve as a safe harbor for free expression and to stand up to the ever-growing army of speech suppressors."
Trump Media has a long road before it reaches profitability, according to a recent SEC filing, and most new social media companies face a low likelihood of success. In the first nine months of 2023, Trump Media brought in less than $3.4 million in revenue while losing $49 million.
Shares in the special purpose acquisition companyDigital World Acquisition Corphave performed well in recent months ahead of the merger, partially due a support from smaller investors rallying the price.
Trump himself is intertwined with the fate of the company as not only its majority shareholder but also the platform's most prominent user. If he were to stop using the platform, its share would likely suffer, a recent SEC filing acknowledged.
"If Truth Social fails to develop and maintain followers or a sufficient audience, if adverse trends develop in the social media platforms generally, or if President Trump were to cease to be able to devote substantial time to Truth Social, TMTG's business would be adversely affected," a recent filing said.
