Donald Trump Will Get One Day Off Trial With NFT Buyers: Report
Former US President Donald Trump plans to spend the day having dinner with his supporters after the trial. “Mugshot Edition” NFTU.S. media outlet Axios reported on Wednesday.
erase According to reports He flew home to Palm Beach, Florida, on Tuesday to meet supporters for dinner at Mar-a-Lago the next evening. Citing a copy of the dinner invitation, Axios reported that dinner invitees individually purchased more than 47 NFTs at a price of $99 each.
The presidential candidate reportedly complained outside court on Tuesday that he would rather campaign than attend a trial he described as a “hoax.” Trump is currently facing his first criminal trial in New York on charges of falsifying business records for allegedly paying hush money to adult film star Stormy Daniels.
Trump’s “Mugshot” NFT uses his mugshot from his arrest on conspiracy charges in 2023 to overturn the results of the 2020 US election, which has not yet been put on trial. The company behind the NFT is not directly connected to the Trump campaign. decided Before.
Supporters who purchase enough NFTs to dine with Trump will also receive a physical card featuring the suit Trump wore the day he was arrested in Atlanta last August. The suit was dubbed “the most historically significant artifact in American history” by a website promoting NFTs.
The Trump campaign did not immediately respond to The Block’s request to confirm the report.
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Danny Park is The Block’s East Asia reporter, writing about topics including Web3 development and cryptocurrency regulation in the region. He previously worked as a reporter for Forkast.News, where he actively covered the fall of Terra-Luna and FTX. Based in Seoul, Danny previously produced written and video content for media companies in Korea, Hong Kong and China. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism and Business Marketing from the University of Hong Kong.
