Trump releases new mug shot NFT as former President’s ongoing legal issues mount

2023-12-13 10:49:55

Former President of the Donald Trump has unveiled a new NFT collection called the ‘Mugshot Edition,’ a play on the recent legal woes mounting against the leading Republican candidate.

A new NFT collection by former President Donald Trump is taking the internet by storm.

On Dec. 12, 2023, Trump took to Truth Social to announce the drop of new NFT featuring an infamous mug shot taken of the former President after he was booked in an Atlanta-area jail last August on charges of conspiring to overthrow Georgia’s election results.

With reactions to the NFT going viral on X, crypto.news has compiled some of the best reactions to the former President’s latest foray into NFTs, which features 2,024 unique pieces of the suit he wore to get his mugshot taken in Georgia, available to buyers who purchase 47 NFTs priced at $99 each.

“It was a great suit, believe me, a really good suit. It’s all cut up, and you’re gonna get a piece of it,” Trump said in a video on Truth Social.

Many in cryptocurrency community greeted the news of the release with a mix of enthusiasm and skepticism.

Others said they were aping in.

It is not the first NFT collection from the former U.S. President has dropped.

In August, blockchain intelligence platform Arkham Intelligence discovered a crypto wallet linked to Trump, noting that the wallet then had a balance of $2,821,575, by current market valuations, the wallet appears to be in the green more than five fold.

In August 2023, Trump reported investing between $250,000 and $500,000 in various cryptocurrencies.

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