The Trumps love them what web3.
While former US President Donald Trump has already shown himself to be a fan of selling NFTs that glorify his image as well as America’s, it’s once again Melania Trump’s turn.
Just a few days away from US Independence Day on July 4, the former first lady announced that she is selling “The 1776 Collection,” a batch of three thousand digital tokens priced at $50 each. Potential buyers can use a variety of digital wallets or a credit card, according to the website where they are available.
If all are sold, the collection would bring in $150,000.
Screenshot of Melania Trump NFT celebrating American Independence. Source: USA Memorabilia.
Family business
This isn’t the first time Melania and her husband have offered NFTs to the public. The most successful to date was the first edition of the “Trump Digital Trading Cards” collection, which featured cartoonish depictions of the former president doing things like standing on the moon or waving boxing gloves and a cowboy hat.
The first edition of the collection generated more than 14,200 ETH ($26.3 million) in trading volume since last December, according to the NFT marketplace OpenSea, while the second edition has generated about $2.7 million.
Lesser known and less successful collections created by Melania Trump, including “The American Christmas Collection” and “The POTUS Trump NFT Collection,” can be purchased from USA Memorabilia, a company billing itself as “the first NFT platform with United States memorabilia.”
Another collection linked to the former first lady, called “Melania’s Vision,” launched in December 2021 and has generated about $15,000 in trading volume to date, according to OpenSea.