The news turned out to be a disappointmenteven to some of Trump’s supporters: a Trump-themed NFT collection.
“My official Donald Trump Digital Trading Card collection is here!”
he posted on Thursday.
At $99 each, that means $4.45 million has been raised.
The collection’s creators also receive 10% of every sale on secondary markets like OpenSea.
The Trump NFT infomercial is beyond parody.
Jesus Christ on a Popsicle stick levels of beyond parody.
(I know you’re going to think this is a deep fake parody.
Just watched it on his website.
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Donald Trumps in 2021: Crypto is dangerous.
Instead, Trump licensed his name, image and likeness for the project.
NFTs, or nonfungible tokens, are tokens on a blockchain that prove ownership of a digital asset.
They are to digital goods what a deed is to a house.
Trump’s foray into NFTs follows his wife Melania’s but comes at a much less auspicious time.
Trump described the art as “very much like a baseball card, but hopefully much more exciting.”
