NFT

With his approval ratings at their lowest since 2015, Donald Trump announced a series of $99 non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on Thursday linked to a collection ...

Funds collected will not be used for Trump’s expected re-election campaign, according to the FAQs. Although he made a video to support the sale, Trump himself is not directly behind it. •The NFTs do not correspond to ownership of the images. The only intrinsic value the cards seem to offer is the availability of the images for noncommercial viewing. There is also a chance to win “1000’s of prizes” including a guaranteed dinner with the Donald if you pony up for 45 cards, though it is not clear how many other people will attend. Each $99 will result in a randomly generated trading card, some of which will be unique.

Donald Trump's “Major Announcement”: Urging Followers to Spend $99 on Badly Photoshopped NFTs of His Face ... Even the official White House Twitter account is ...

According to the Daily Beast, while some people in Trumpworld appear to [understand](https://www.thedailybeast.com/knives-are-already-out-for-donald-trumps-ill-advised-nft-project) how embarrassing all of this is, others insist this is the coolest thing a politician has ever done. Nor does he remind people that Melania Trump—who [got in on the NFT grift](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/12/melania-trump-nft) almost exactly a year ago—ended up reportedly [having to buy her own portrait](https://fortune.com/2022/02/16/melania-trump-nft-auction/). (For extra authenticity, we assume [he will cheat](https://golf.com/lifestyle/celebrities/how-why-president-trump-cheats-golf-playing-tiger-woods/).) Buy 45 of these “digital trading cards” and you’re “ [guaranteed a ticket to a dinner with the president](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/12/15/trump-nft-digital-cards-presidency/),” where he’ll no doubt serve his guests only [the finest food money can buy](https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-serves-fast-food-in-white-house-2019-1). Instead, the ex-president and world-renowned grifter used Thursday to unveil…a set of NFTs featuring his face not at all convincingly photoshopped onto other people’s bodies. Earlier this week, Donald Trump took to Truth Social tease the news that he would be making a “MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT” on Thursday. That he’d been quietly volunteering at a local soup kitchen since leaving the White House and it had really opened his eyes to how the other half lives, and also taught him that small acts of kindness can have big impacts?

The big reveal, it turns out, was that Trump is selling a collection of 45,000 non-fungible tokens (NFTs)—basically digital cartoons of him depicted in various ...

Buying 45 of the cards ($4,455 plus fees), according to the website, gets the buyer into a 2,000-person gala that Trump will attend. [website](http://www.mitchellink.net/home/illustration-portfolio/)—he did not respond to a request for comment—he makes digital art for celebrities and brands. The sales website claims that 45,000 Trump NFTs have been created, and are selling for $99 apiece, which will earn the creator—whoever it is—about $4.4 million. (An email to the website selling the NFTs received no response.) The big reveal, it turns out, was that Trump is selling a collection of 45,000 non-fungible tokens (NFTs)—basically digital cartoons of him depicted in various poses: as a superhero, a businessman, a businessman with a basketball, etc—for $99 apiece. Instead, they flow to NFT INT LLC—a company that, also according to the fine print, Trump does not own or control.

One Trump adviser told The Daily Beast the NFT release was “tone deaf” while highlighting that Trump's own supporters were “blasting him.”

Love the guy but this turns many off,” former [beloved](https://www.newsweek.com/trump-endorse-robby-starbuck-tennessee-congress-1673121) MAGA congressional hopeful Robby Starbuck [said](https://twitter.com/robbystarbuck/status/1603430465335185410). “We’ve seen it for decades.” [associated with grift](https://news.artnet.com/market/nfts-boom-bust-and-backlash-2176451) even before Trump attached his name to it—have lost the [vast majority of their worth](https://www.marketwatch.com/story/heres-how-much-money-you-would-have-lost-if-you-bought-a-bored-ape-yacht-club-nft-a-month-ago-11653677937) as the cryptocurrency market takes a beating. None of it makes sense,” a Trumpworld source told The Daily Beast. [wrote](https://twitter.com/WatchChad/status/1603439644695306241). (Technically, the NFT market may have [precipitated crypto’s fall](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2022-09-18/after-the-crypto-crash-has-hollywood-given-up-on-nfts) from the Nov.

Flow is now down 26% over the last 30 days, coinciding with falling NFT activity on the platform and Dapper Labs' recent layoffs.

[Solana](https://decrypt.co/resources/what-is-solana-a-scalable-decentralized-network-for-dapps) in recent months, the broader NFT market has lost significant momentum since early this year. [CryptoSlam](https://www.cryptoslam.io/nba-top-shot/sales/summary). But amid a significant [decline in trading action](https://decrypt.co/116246/solana-soars-flow-falls-nft-sales-decline-november) on the platform and following recent [layoffs from creator Dapper Labs](https://decrypt.co/113435/dapper-labs-slashes-staff-by-22-percent-citing-macroeconomic-environment), the blockchain’s native coin just set a new all-time low. That’s down from about [$2.7 million in October](https://decrypt.co/113409/nba-top-shot-nfts-worst-month-since-2020), $4.7 million in September, and $7 million in August. Top Shot notched $224 million worth of trading volume in February 2021 and nearly as much the following month, but prices fell sharply soon after as the initial NFT buzz died down. NFL All Day, Flow’s more recent sports NFT platform, has seen similar declines in recent months. The firm announced It has rebounded slightly to above $0.90, but Flow is still down 6% on the day, nearly 14% over the past week, and about 26% in 30 days. That’s a marked contrast to the largest cryptocurrencies by market cap, Bitcoin and Ethereum, which have each posted gains in recent weeks. Trading so far in December is trending below last month’s figure. [data from DappRadar](https://decrypt.co/116246/solana-soars-flow-falls-nft-sales-decline-november), NFT trading volume on the Flow blockchain fell from nearly $39 million in September to about $15.6 million in October, and then again to about $7.7 million in November. [Flow](https://decrypt.co/resources/what-is-flow-dapper-labs) surged to prominence in early 2021 as [NBA Top Shot](https://decrypt.co/resources/what-is-nba-top-shot-a-beginners-guide-2021) led the charge for [NFTs](https://decrypt.co/resources/non-fungible-tokens-nfts-explained-guide-learn-blockchain) into the mainstream.

PRNewswire/ -- Creatd, Inc. (OTCQB: CRTD) ("Creatd" or the "Company"), has announced the official launch of its largest-ever NFT drop, featuring archival...

Additionally, visit the OG Collection's [new resource article](https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3738616-1&h=3447257530&u=https%3A%2F%2Fvocal.media%2Ffyi%2Fpeek-inside-bob-guccione-s-office-through-his-archives&a=new+resource+article), which gives collectors and enthusiasts a deeper dive into the archive and its broader cultural significance. Any statements that are not historical facts and that express, or involve discussions as to, expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, assumptions or future events or performance (often, but not always, indicated through the use of words or phrases such as "will likely result," "are expected to," "will continue," "is anticipated," "estimated," "intends," "plans," "believes" and "projects") may be forward-looking and may involve estimates and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements. [https://vocal.media](https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3738616-1&h=750894366&u=https%3A%2F%2Fvocal.media%2F&a=https%3A%2F%2Fvocal.media); [https://investors.creatd.com](https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3738616-1&h=616460470&u=https%3A%2F%2Finvestors.creatd.com%2F&a=https%3A%2F%2Finvestors.creatd.com); Creatd's pillars work together to create a flywheel effect, supporting our core vision of creating a viable and safe ecosystem for all stakeholders in the creator economy. [https://creatd.com](https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3738616-1&h=3952496832&u=https%3A%2F%2Fcreatd.com%2F&a=https%3A%2F%2Fcreatd.com); Our OG Collection subsidiary is similarly pursuing the discovery of future opportunities inherent in NFTs and Web 3.0, and as such our company is even more equipped to help creators curate and distribute their work, grow their audience, and monetize their passions." Commented Chairman and CEO, Jeremy Frommer, "During this period of ongoing reorganization to accelerate the monetization of Creatd's core assets, we remain committed to our responsibility to stay at the tip of the spear when it comes to technology. Beyond vast applications within the realm of the OG Collection, NFTs represent yet another potential method for Vocal creators to utilize the power of technology to showcase their passions. This marks the Company's most ambitious NFT sale to date, ahead of its anticipated spin-off of the OG Collection media subsidiary. ("OG Collection"). - Early sales results validate the monetization strategy for Creatd's OG Collection, Inc.

A new Web3 platform is burning bright. Bonfire, which has emerged out of beta and raised $6.2 million of seed funding, is helping creators launch NFTs and ...

Outside of music, Bonfire has worked with podcasters like [Adam Levy](https://twitter.com/levychain). Bonfire has also worked with Web3-native artists, such as [Daniel Allan](https://www.billboard.com/pro/daniel-allan-nft-web3-music/), on NFT drops. For 48 hours after the platform’s public launch, an NFT commemorating the occasion will be [free to mint](https://bonfire.mirror.xyz/67apTq1N-M9IQybIJCXsIv04-s8txuFYSuZJqP1kWpk). The young company believes that creators in Web3 will act more like platforms, and it wants to provide the infrastructure through which those platforms are built. The Man and Odesza to launch tokens that delivered exclusive perks to bands. We create tools to help creators build custom-branded sites for their community, integrated natively with their digital assets and content.”

TIMEPieces x Deepak Chopra: The Seven Collection Commemorates the 25th Anniversary of Chopra's Bestseller, The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success.

For the last 30 years, Chopra has been at the forefront of the meditation revolution and his 92nd book, Abundance (Harmony Books) is a guide to success, fulfillment, wholeness, and offers practical advice on how to cultivate a sense of abundance in times of fear and insecurity. Deepak Chopra, MD, FACP, founder of The Chopra Foundation, a non-profit entity for research on well-being and humanitarianism, and Chopra Global, a forward-looking health company at the intersection of science and spirituality, is a world-renowned pioneer in integrative medicine and personal transformation. [Chopraverse](https://www.chopraverse.io/), a mindful metaverse and wellbeing platform that features The House of Enlightenment, an immersive VR and web-based experience focused on cultivating wellness within the home. Since launching in March 2021, the TIMEPieces community has grown to over 89 artists and over 60,000 collectors and community members. TIMEPieces x Deepak Chopra: The Seven Collection is the sixth TIMEPieces collection to date. Chopra is a clinical professor of family medicine and public health at the University of California–San Diego and serves as a senior scientist with Gallup Organization. [ nft.time.com](https://nft.time.com/), built on the TIME Sites no-code platform. This NFT collection will also provide access to the ChopraVerse (Chopra’s immersive well-being and educational experience in the metaverse), as well as, to experiences in the real-world such as IRL community meditations,” said Poonacha Machaiah, CEO and co-founder of Seva.Love. “TIMEPieces is thrilled to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Deepak’s book in web3 with this new collection. TIMEPieces x Deepak Chopra: The Seven Collection includes 73 NFT artists who created unique book cover art for The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, inspired by the teachings and lessons of the book. Artifex hopes that the release resonates at a deep level with its collectors,” said Roger Dickerman, CEO of Artifex. “The NFT partnership with TIMEPieces will resurrect this offering through the art world speaking directly to our collective soul.

They depict the former US president in various guises including a superhero, astronaut and Nascar driver.

"NFT INT LLC is not owned, managed or controlled by Donald J. In an apparent jibe at Mr Trump, US President Joe Biden said on Twitter that he had "some MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENTS the last couple of weeks too". Later on Truth Social Mr Trump said the non-fungible tokens (NFTs) were "very much like a baseball card, but hopefully much more exciting".

Even conservatives and MAGA supporters are not pleased with Trump, as they were hanging on for a more serious announcement from the former president.

[Irene Zhao launched IreneDAO in January](https://cointelegraph.com/news/irenedao-nfts-causing-a-stir-on-crypto-twitter). Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao ignored the politics and was relatively bullish about what the project signifies, noting that the “former United States President issues NFTs. It has generated $3.3 million worth of secondary NFT [sales](https://opensea.io/collection/irenedao/activity) to date on OpenSea alone. 15, the former president unveiled a A dinner with Trump. [pic.twitter.com/T1nsqRwr92] [December 15, 2022]

Some of the 45,000 "digital trading cards" Trump announced on Thursday. Collect Trump Cards. Earlier in the week, Donald Trump teased a "major announcement ...

Those who purchase over 45 of the cards automatically get to meet the former president at a gala dinner in Florida. Buying a Trump NFT enters you into a raffle to win a number of prizes, including a one-on-one meeting with Trump at Mar-a-Lago. They are to digital goods what a deed is to a house. NFT INT, the company behind the collection, says on its site that the money raised won't be funneled into Trump's 2024 presidential campaign. Thus far traders have spent $406,000 (320 ether) buying and selling the NFTs on OpenSea. [according to OpenSea data](https://opensea.io/collection/trump-digital-trading-cards?search%5BsortAscending%5D=true&search%5BsortBy%5D=UNIT_PRICE).

Former United States President and billionaire Donald Trump took to Truth Social on Thursday to announce the release of a series of NFTs.

The weekly data by Nansen show that the former president’s release came in a bear market that accelerated in Q2 of this year. However, a Bloomberg news [article](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-16/who-won-the-melania-trump-nft-auction-trump-crypto-wallet-linked-to-185k-funds?leadSource=uverify%20wall) revealed that Melania Trump’s auction was bought by the former first lady herself in a winning bid. The market peaked in February 2022 with a couple of weeks, topping 350,000 ETH in volume. Per the official website, NFT INT, LLC owns the Trump collectibles and not the former president himself. Trump, The Trump Organization, CIC Digital LLC or any of their respective principals or affiliates.” Notably, each photoshopped card that Trump is selling comes with an accompanying offer.

PRNewswire/ -- The music NFT mobile app Brots hosted a first-ever music NFT experience, as part of a new collaboration with REALITY IS__, London-based ...

"By using the music as the focal point, //REFRACTED SOUND combined AV content with scenography to create a visceral listening experience. Brots is a mobile app designed for non-crypto users that allows artists to release their NFT projects. This initiative also marked the start of our partnership with Asian Fake, a label that prides itself on innovation, and we are looking forward to welcoming all their artists to our platform." The space utilized the surrounding architecture to create 3 zones, each featuring a different artist's music, amplified by stunning visuals." [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0vn1QuLfgk), provided a unique opportunity for visitors to engage with music NFTs in an immersive way. A different visual artist has created a video for each song, illustrating their distinct techniques and fields, showing the variety and capabilities of NFTs.

SEOUL, KOREA, Dec. 16, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aniverse Larva NFT team announced the official launch of Larva Kids NFT Staking Service on December 15th,...

[https://bit.ly/2VAzaWe](https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=tYCO-XtZOOM7-mu-F_x-IMztKfYIt21rmITpidY0rv9wet1EwY4BRiBEUwaaCpbgXWuscWNzu3MYXEF8-WZe0YuTjmSqW4ez_CgVybzGmuA=) [https://www.facebook.com/aniversefoundation](https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=tYCO-XtZOOM7-mu-F_x-IPMLlRdRay0cG5gFzgZpnACHAcjMGpdCNiEaddwVNQbfiqcrUmP8rJRWwpLf3I3FCBdccsxJ9IzHp8AqtRV083H6a8Ob8iyv5XvZ8Y2ul2PO6LQgYRMttnfxoJekRG4pTQ==) [https://twitter.com/ANIVERSE17](https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=tYCO-XtZOOM7-mu-F_x-ICFgzUjo-URYtKJJzsMc2DLcjLHmJ0ZOgDHSxkOfjhpdWhJJGrfOlye7o--mDKSj-iPqhIGEgDraPnDasSGy5y46u0JlApHDpVpNN22pCK9E) [https://discord.gg/larvanft](https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=tYCO-XtZOOM7-mu-F_x-IPThF9S3RylrFaUoo1b1je8H_EExtBsz3cu9enRlTFEiKvSgTfcV69cfUn5OqTE9mmx9YXg9zfCBYmoiU5NWw3Q=) Meanwhile, Aniverse was listed on Huobi Global Exchange USDT Market at the end of July. The Larva Kids NFT Staking Service provides staking rewards for creating staking pools using Larva Kids NFT, and the same amount of rewards are provided for each NFT regardless of the rarity of the NFT.

The former president announced he is selling the online tokens as part of a "major announcement" on Thursday.

Do you have a tip on a politics story that Newsweek should be covering? Do you have a question about Donald Trump? "NFT INT LLC is not owned, managed or controlled by Donald J. They will be gone, I believe, very quickly," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "Would make a great Christmas gift. [Trump revealed he has moved into the NFT game](https://www.newsweek.com/trump-trading-cards-major-announcement-1767471) and urged his supporters to buy his Trump Digital Trading Cards, which he described as "very much like a baseball card, but hopefully much more exciting."

Donald Trump on Thursday announced the digital trading card NFTs along with a sweepstakes to win a meeting with him that was valued as "priceless."

"The Tonight Show" host took aim at the former president's new trading cards in his monologue.

The timing of Trump's announcement was pointed out by a few of the late-night hosts. "This has to be the most pathetic announcement of all time," Kimmel said. "Even the MyPillow guy was going 'I think Trump's lost it?' If you saw that at 2am would you be like 'Am I having an Ambien dream?' Stephen Colbert mocked Trump's new cards with a similar Pokémon theme, calling them "Gropemon cards." As it turned out, that announcement was the launch of his Fallon, like many others reacting on social media, seemed to not believe what he was seeing.

Some of the 45,000 "digital trading cards" Trump announced on Thursday. Collect Trump Cards. Earlier in the week, Donald Trump teased a "major announcement ...

Buying a Trump NFT enters you into a raffle to win a number of prizes, including a one-on-one meeting with Trump at Mar-a-Lago. They are to digital goods what a deed is to a house. NFT INT, the company behind the collection, says on its site that the money raised won't be funneled into Trump's 2024 presidential campaign. Thus far traders have spent $406,000 (320 ether) buying and selling the NFTs on OpenSea. [according to OpenSea data](https://opensea.io/collection/trump-digital-trading-cards?search%5BsortAscending%5D=true&search%5BsortBy%5D=UNIT_PRICE). Trump never used the abbreviation "NFT" in the post, but that's indeed what the "digital trading cards" are: 45,000 NFTs on the Polygon blockchain, priced at $99 each.

After teasing a "big announcement," former President Donald Trump revealed a line of digitally generated NFTs, with plenty of prizes for purchasers.

having recently been convicted of [criminal tax fraud](https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-organization-guilty-tax-fraud-1234642505/), they may be resorting to desperate measures to cushion their coffers for an incoming wave of penalties and settlements. No thanks,” [wrote](https://twitter.com/WatchChad/status/1603439644695306241) Chad Prather, host for conservative outlet The Blaze. It’s a Donald Trump Digital Trading Card [NFT](https://www.rollingstone.com/t/nft/) Collection. [being criticized](https://twitter.com/willsommer/status/1603433447489413131) as a distraction and a flop by some of Trump’s most committed supporters. [Donald Trump](https://www.rollingstone.com/t/donald-trump/) earlier this week on Truth Social [teased](https://twitter.com/Independent/status/1603410470962171905) that he’d be making a “MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT” on Thursday, prompting questions as to what on Earth the former president was up to. The Donald Trump Digital Trading Card Collection will produce a “maximum of 45,000 NFTs” throughout its sweepstakes period.

According to data from OpenSea, the collection's floor price is about 0.19 ETH, or $230 – more than double the original mint price.

CoinDesk is an independent operating subsidiary of [Digital Currency Group](https://dcg.co/), which invests in [cryptocurrencies](https://dcg.co/#digital-assets-portfolio) and blockchain [startups](https://dcg.co/portfolio/). [One of these rare trading cards](https://opensea.io/assets/matic/0x24a11e702cd90f034ea44faf1e180c0c654ac5d9/3752), of the 45th president standing in front of the Statue of Liberty holding a torch, is currently listed at 20 ETH, or about $24,000. [strict set of editorial policies](/ethics/). [data from OpenSea](https://opensea.io/collection/trump-digital-trading-cards?search[sortAscending]=true&search[sortBy]=UNIT_PRICE), at time of writing, the collection’s trading volume is 900 ETH, or about $1.08 million. Additionally, 115 customers purchased 45 NFTs, which is the minimum number of tokens that guarantees a ticket to a dinner with Trump; 17 people purchased 100 NFTs, which, according to the Trump Trading Card site, was the maximum quantity allowed to mint. Some tokens are selling for much higher prices.

There is very little that former President Donald Trump can do to anger his ultra-loyal QAnon support base, but shilling NFTs seems to be one of them.

By creating his own NFTs he has destroyed liberal support for NFTs and thus shut down any notion that any Democrat can support the creation of the NFT legal internet censorship structure.” Despite the widespread ridicule of Trump’s digital trading cards, and QAnon’s initial anger, it seems as if no matter what Trump sells, people will buy it. Many from the QAnon community had expected—as they have for the last five years—that the “major announcement” from Trump was about how he was going to take down the deep state, arresting his enemies and taking control of America once again. (However, the official press release from the NFT launch began with the words: “Major Announcement!.”) Instead, QAnon followers lashed out at the “shit storm debacle NFT announcement” as one Telegram user described it. The cards portray Trump as an all-encompassing true American superhero, which is exactly how QAnon sees him.

Come Wednesday morning, Trump announced an “official Donald Trump Digital Trading Card collection” in the form of NFTs. “Collect all of your favorite Trump ...

The NFTs now sell for at least around $200 on [OpenSea,](https://opensea.io/collection/trump-digital-trading-cards?search[sortAscending]=true&search[sortBy]=UNIT_PRICE) an NFT exchange site. I can’t do this anymore.” [the website](https://www.collecttrumpcards.com/) where you could buy the NFTs says the collection is sold out. “These cards feature some of the really incredible artwork pertaining to my life and my career, it’s been very exciting.” [How Sam Bankman-Fried's alleged scheme unraveled](https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2022/12/13/ftx-founder-sam-bankman-fried-arrest-indictment/10888749002/) [collapse of FTX,](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/12/13/ftx-congress-hearing-testimony-live-updates/10867169002/) a major cryptocurrency exchange, has drawn intense scrutiny. [his 2024 reelection bid.](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/11/16/donald-trump-president-candidacy-2024-live-updates/10297004002/) Trump has seen his support slide among Republican allies and supporters alike for disappointing midterm results for the GOP and [dining with a Holocaust denier.](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/11/26/trump-fuentes-holocaust-denier-rapper-kanye-west-mar-a-lago/10779512002/) Or a time to be selfless?](https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2022/12/15/donald-trump-major-announcement-digital-trading-cards-reaction/10902610002/) [exclusive USA TODAY/Suffolk University poll](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/12/13/trump-support-gop-2024-presidential-race-poll/10882346002/) found that only 31% of GOP and GOP-leaning voters wanted to see Trump run for reelection. “Only $99 each!” [ amid dwindling support for the former president](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/12/13/trump-2024-new-poll-says-republican-voters-would-rather-see-desantis/10889244002/). [Trump Digital Trading Cards,](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/12/13/ftx-congress-hearing-testimony-live-updates/10867169002/) very much like a baseball card, but hopefully much more exciting,” Trump said on Truth Social.

Money from sales of the digital trading cards, which depict the former president as characters like a superhero and a “Top Gun”-style fighter pilot, ...

Trump” and says that it uses his name, likeness and image “under paid license” from a company called CIC Digital L.L.C., which was formed in April 2021 at an address that matches the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Fla., according to public records. Incentives to buy the cards include entry into a series of sweepstakes to meet Mr. Trump at Mar-a-Lago is “priceless.” It also indicates that winners of face-to-face meetings will have to cover their own travel and lodging costs to get to Mar-a-Lago. Trump’s head attached to the body. At his 50th birthday party, a cake decorated with a skyline included a cutout of a Superman-like figure with Mr. Trump’s direct pitch for the trading cards underscored how secondary his campaign for president has seemed to his personal efforts over the last month. The company selling the cards, NFT INT L.L.C., was founded in February in Delaware, according to public records. Trump’s aides released, to a friendly Twitter user, a video of the former president in which he makes promises about cracking down on online censorship if he reclaims his old office. Trump under a licensing deal, a fact that some of his aides acknowledged and expressed concern about. Trump had promoted a day earlier as a “major announcement” on his social media website, Truth Social, perplexed some of his advisers and drew criticism from some fellow conservatives. Trump announced an online store to sell $99 digital trading cards of himself as a superhero, an astronaut, an Old West sheriff and a series of other fantastical figures. On Thursday, the former president made himself into one — but with the aim of turning a profit.

Donald Trump's Polygon NFT collection sold out in less than a day, and secondary sales are currently topping the NFT market. The project was widely mocked ...

The NFT features a digital autograph from Trump, which just 0.16% of the NFTs depict. Even so, Trump’s NFT collection sold through in less than a day, netting over $4 million in primary revenue, and now secondary market sales are climbing. Not every buyer will get a “dinner date” with the ex-president, but at least so far, there’s been an opportunity to profit from a flip. Now the digital trading cards are topping secondary market charts, and at least some of the sales came from NFT traders who bought in as a joke. [past 24 hours](https://opensea.io/rankings), no collection has put up more secondary market trading volume, as OpenSea shows 1,204 ETH—or about $1.44 million worth—of trades. Even Trump’s supporters complained about the project. The NFTs initially sold for $99 apiece. [“because of lulz,”](https://twitter.com/guinnessstache/status/1603745157907709952) [“for the memes,”](https://twitter.com/SustainableAap/status/1603520591654490119) or [“for the culture.”](https://twitter.com/ricburton/status/1603750161099804673) Others wrote of buying and flipping Trump NFTs as being a “ [degen](https://decrypt.co/52739/decrypts-people-of-the-year-the-defi-degens)” play for bored traders. [Ethereum](https://opensea.io/rankings) scaling network [Polygon](https://decrypt.co/resources/what-is-polygon-matic-and-why-it-matters-for-ethereum) had completely sold out this morning, fueling a rising secondary market as prices climbed. [widely mocked](https://decrypt.co/117317/donald-trump-nft-collection-crypto-cant-even) by both NFT enthusiasts and haters alike as a cash grab, and the latest grift from someone whose companies have frequently been investigated ( [and convicted](https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/06/politics/trump-organization-fraud-trial-verdict/index.html)) of fraud. [incredulous mocking and criticism](https://decrypt.co/117317/donald-trump-nft-collection-crypto-cant-even), the first official [NFT](https://decrypt.co/resources/non-fungible-tokens-nfts-explained-guide-learn-blockchain) collection from former United States President Donald Trump has sold out in less than a day. - Donald Trump’s Polygon NFT collection sold out in less than a day, and secondary sales are currently topping the NFT market.

But the worse news for Trump is that, by almost any metric, the NFT bubble has burst. Non-fungible tokens are digtal art and collectibles that are typically ...

Trump’s entrance into th [e SPAC world came after the boom.](https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/29/investing/spacs-stocks/index.html) “Celebrity promotions of cryptocurrencies are fraught with problems,” reads the complaint, which quoted an [SEC statement from 2017](https://www.sec.gov/news/public-statement/statement-potentially-unlawful-promotion-icos) cautioning against such endorsements. Trump’s eleventh-hour NFT entrance mirrors another late attempt to jump on a market trend: special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), which allow companies to go public without the regulatory burden that comes with a traditional initial public offering. On the Trump Digital Trading Cards website, the Trump collection claims to be “sold out” and the floor price for a single card has risen to $177.99, according to analytics site CoinGecko. “He bought into a clear collapse.” A collector can now buy a Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT — the most famous collection in the space — for a measly $80,466, an 81% drop from its peak value. It’s not clear how much Trump himself will take from those profits. The Digital cartoon apes and other NFT imagers became ubiquitous as celebrities Trading volume on NFT marketplace OpenSea is at its lowest since June 2021, according to Dune Analytics. Non-fungible tokens are digtal art and collectibles that are typically bought with cryptocurrencies. [Michael Flynn](https://www.axios.com/2022/12/16/trump-nft-major-announcement) and [Steve Bannon](https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2022/12/16/trump-nft-trading-cards-panel-bannon-avlon-cnntm-vpx.cnn).

Allies of Donald Trump are distancing themselves from his latest business venture, hours after the former president debuted a series of digital trading ...

However, none of that will go toward his political campaign, according to the website where Trump’s digital trading cards are being marketed. But the former president ultimately proceeded with the announcement, launching it just hours before his campaign made its first policy-related announcement where Trump, in a taped video, outlined “free speech” reforms he would pursue if elected to a nonconsecutive second term. But the attempt at recalibrating Trump was overshadowed by the NFT video release, portraying the former president as a cartoon superman shooting lasers out of his eyes. Another source close to Trump indicated that the former president was happy he did it. An outside adviser told CNN that a senior Trump aide expressed confusion and annoyance about the venture during a conversation when the adviser asked why the former president was getting involved with digital collectibles – or non-fungible tokens (NFTs) – at the outset of his 2024 presidential campaign. “And in that sense – it was successful.” Instead, the NFTs appear to be a new extension of Trump’s business portfolio. [released the first of a series of policy videos](https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/15/politics/donald-trump-2024-free-speech-tech/index.html) focused on “free speech” and aimed to refocus Trump’s lagging campaign. Sources said the discussions between Zanker and Trump preceded his entry into the 2024 GOP presidential primary, leaving many of Trump’s aides and advisers in the dark. A spate of polls this week underscored a growing appetite among Republican voters for an alternative presidential nominee in 2024, with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis drawing notable support as he mulls a possible campaign. Trump’s teasing of a “major announcement” in a post to his Truth Social site on Wednesday, which was later revealed to be the launch of his digital trading card collection, was “boy-who-cries-wolf status,” this person added.

Trump-themed digital trading cards netted $4.5 million and are now being resold for 10 times their initial price.

The aides and public-relations people who encouraged the NFT collection "ought to be fired today," he said. "These Digital Trading Cards are not political and have nothing to do with any political campaign. The cards are owned by a company called NFT INT LLC, whose mailing address traces to a UPS store in Park City, Utah. The businessman-turned-politician rolled out the "Trump digital trading cards" on Thursday in a widely hyped announcement. Some designs are unique, while others exist in editions of up to 20, according to collectTrumpCards.com, the website listing the tokens. The video opens with an animated image of Trump dressed in a superhero outfit shooting laser beams out of his eyes.

On Thursday, former U.S. President Donald Trump released a 45,000-piece series of $99-apiece NFTs following long-awaited hints that a “major announcement” ...

Wall noted that after finally accessing his NFT card (a kind of 8-bit rendering of Trump being rained on by gold bars) he read in the small print that the promised chance at “dinner with Trump” was actually a Trump “gala dinner” (i.e. One Trump supporter and close associate of Steve Bannon in Europe, when asked for his take on the NFTs, replied via text: "Trump needs to FOCUS. Even MAGA Republicans have already [gone on record](https://twitter.com/bakedalaska/status/1603475492618702848) saying they would never buy the cards, many presumably still focused on the [FTX fallout](https://decrypt.co/117054/ftx-founder-sam-bankman-fried-arrested-bahamas), suggesting great—just the best—timing on the part of Trump. In 2019, he tweeted, "I am not a fan of Bitcoin and other Cryptocurrencies, which are not money," and in 2021 he competing against the dollar." They are but humble collectors’ items, he tells us, a “great Christmas gift” that will enter buyers into a raffle for a number of prizes, including dinner with Trump, a Zoom call with Trump, autographed memorabilia and "so much more.”