Donald Trump, the 45th President of the United States, has earned up to $1 million from the sale of his digital trading card.
according to a Filing with the US Office of Government EthicsThe former US President earned between $100,001 and $1 million from CIC Digital, the company behind the sale of NFTs containing digital images of Trump.
The filing was part of his personal financial disclosure with the Federal Election Commission, which also showed the US politician earned millions from speaking engagements. Filing is required for candidates running for President.
According to the filing, submitted Friday, Trump holds the positions of “manager, president, secretary and treasurer” at CIC Digital LLC and CIC Ventures LLC.
on official trump trading cards WebsiteIt said CIC Digital LLC granted NFT INT LLC, the company behind the NFT project, permission to use Trump’s likeness, name and image under a payment license agreement.
The project’s website also claimed that the funds raised from the NFTs would not be used for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.
As informed ofThe former president released his own collection of NFTs called “Trump Cards” last December.
The NFT collection consists of a series of digital “cards” depicting Trump in various iconic poses and situations, including Trump as a muscle-bound wrestling champion, Trump with a basketball, and even Trump in space. has been included.
“These limited edition cards feature amazing art from my life and career!” He said at the time that each card cost $99 (£81) it would “make a great Christmas present”.
There were a total of 45,000 NFTs, all minted on Polygon, a layer-two scaling solution that runs alongside the Ethereum blockchain and allows for faster transactions and lower fees.
Recently, NFT Collection saw a nail Price following news that a grand jury in Manhattan voted to indict Trump.
Overall, the project has sold over $19 million since its inception, according to on-chain data. nft data aggregator cryptoslam,
This time, Highest offer on Trump NFT 10 ETH, or about $20,000. Most offers seem to be in the range of 0.3 ETH (about $630).
Trump earned around $200 from Truth Social
The filing also said Trump earned less than $201 million in income from Trump Media & Technology Group, the company behind Truth Social, the former president’s favorite social media platform.
Upon disclosure, the company was valued at between $5 million and $25 million.
In addition, Trump’s 1987 memoir “The Art of the Deal” brought in between $100,000 and $1 million for the former president, according to the disclosure.
The billionaire also listed seven separate mortgage liabilities, each of which exceed $50 million, and eight that are owed between $5 million and $25 million.
In total, the documents show that Trump’s business holdings are valued at about $1.2 billion. Forbes estimates that the businessman is currently worth over $2.5 billion.