The arrest of former US President Donald Trump has had an unexpected impact on the world of digital art, with his NFT collection seeing a surge in interest.
In the 12 hours following his appearance in court, over 60 digital trading cards featuring the controversial billionaire were sold on the popular NFT marketplace OpenSea.
According to reports, the most expensive purchase was a card featuring Trump holding a rifle and wearing an orange hat, which was sold for 0.697 ETH (around $1,333 USD) to a buyer known as paraguanads.eth. Most buyers spent around 0.5 ETH to acquire cryptographic images of Trump posing against various backgrounds.
Despite his previous criticism of cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin, Trump launched his own personal NFT collection in late 2022. Those who purchase the art are given the chance to meet Trump, and those who buy all 45 NFTs in the collection can have dinner with him.
The recent surge in sales comes after American prosecutors indicted Trump on 34 counts of fraud related to hush-money payments made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. Daniels claimed to have had a sexual relationship with Trump in 2016 and that he paid her $130,000 to keep it a secret.
