within a day and comprised 44,000 digital trading cards featuring the former President in different costumes and poses.
According to reports, Trump’s NFT adventure netted upwards of $8.9 million in sales, earning him about $298,000 in licensing fees. The crypto wallet through which the earnings were collected is held under the same Trump entity, CIC Digital, that collected these licensing fees. Former first lady Melania Trump also briefly dabbled in NFTs, turning several popular images from NASA’s Apollo moon landings into digital pieces that sold for $75 each. However, NASA criticized the venture, stating it violated the space agency’s merchandising regulations.. In 2019, he stated he was “not a fan” of Bitcoin , which he described as “not money” and whose value he claimed was “based on thin air.
In 2021, at the height of his re-election campaign, Trump reiterated his stance on crypto, calling the asset class “fake.”