Jeff Jarvis
No, don't take his word for this....
Guardian headline: Donald Trump’s digital trading card collection sells out in less than a day https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/17/donald-trumps-digital-trading-card-collection-sells-out-in-less-than-a-day?CMP=share_btn_tw
Donald Trump’s digital trading card collection sells out in less than a day

NFTs were priced at $99 each and depict the former US president in guises including superhero, astronaut and race car driver

The Guardian
Dec 17, 2022 at 1:12pmWeb
Show threadThis Minute MattersDec 17, 2022

@jeffjarvis

"Sold Out" also means they produced 10 and sold 10

Show threadJeff JarvisDec 17, 2022
@ThisMinuteMatters Or produced 100 and bought 99 (as Melania did with hers).
Show threadAbraham WilliamsDec 17, 2022
@jeffjarvis @ThisMinuteMatters or one major player already lined up to buy him off.
Show threadJamey KirbyDec 17, 2022
@ThisMinuteMatters @jeffjarvis 4.5 million in sales.
Show threadStrappo HughesDec 17, 2022
@jeffjarvis now, kids, let’s go to see the egress. #PTBarnam
Show threadGreg OryDec 17, 2022
@jeffjarvis if they are on a blockchain shouldn’t someone be able to determine how many were actually sold?
Show thread👻☠️ BAMahrab ☠️👻Dec 17, 2022

@jeffjarvis

My first thought when I saw this was Chump's own words "This is my FIRST series." So, he started laying the groundwork for continuing on with the perpetual grift. When I heard that I said to my daughter: Watch, he'll sell out in 24 hours, mark my words.

He claims to have "done it" in 12...my bad, I should have known his grift would be bigglier than anything anyone else has ever done.

Show threadMichaelDec 17, 2022
@BAMahrab
I'd presume friends/family got all of the NFTs and this is just marketing hoo-ha to create buzz and then friends/family can resell them on the open market for more $. A type of gifting...or laundering.
@jeffjarvis
Show threadRD HallDec 17, 2022
@jeffjarvis , he’s saving face from the fact that not one single card sold, and he’s getting excoriated in the media.
Just claim they sold out, & never speak of it again.
Show threadJeff LindborgDec 17, 2022
@jeffjarvis same energy as the GOP book buying machine doing bulk buys of horrible conservative books to make them look more popular than they are and then giving them away free as swag...
Show threadJeffDec 17, 2022
@jlindborg @jeffjarvis My thoughts exactly.
Show threadSaraDec 17, 2022
@jlindborg @jeffjarvis yup 💯
Show threadChris ColemanDec 17, 2022
@jeffjarvis The only thing dumber than creating new NFTs in December, 2022 is thinking people don’t realize how this scam works.
Show threadJimboFettDec 17, 2022
@jeffjarvis I mean you know they bought all of them themselves to get the headline.
Show threadSusanBee Dec 17, 2022
@jeffjarvis it’s a money laundering scheme. The Saudis can buy them as well as Putin.
Show threadMountain CatDec 17, 2022
@jeffjarvis total money laundering scheme
Show threadDagDec 17, 2022
@jeffjarvis NFT's are going to become the new bulk bought Regenery publishing books in the right wing grift machine.
Show threadJon ShifflettDec 17, 2022

@3fecta @jeffjarvis

Yep. I wouldn't be surprised if some sort of money laundering was involved in this scam.

Show threadJames H McLarenDec 17, 2022
@jeffjarvis I just can’t get over the stupidity of this. NFTs: stupid. These specific images: remarkably stupid. The people who actually plunked down cash to buy them: just wow.
Show threadErinDec 17, 2022
@jeffjarvis never underestimate the power of money laundering…
Show threadJack MottramDec 17, 2022

@jeffjarvis You don't have to take his word for it, you can see all the sales & trades on sites like Opensea or Dune.

As far as I can tell, they were all minted, but 1000 are held by the wallet that receives royalty payments on secondary trades. In other words, they 'sold out', but whoever is running this for Trump is hoarding some of the most 'valuable' NFTs.

https://opensea.io/collection/trump-digital-trading-cards?search[sortAscending]=true&search[sortBy]=UNIT_PRICE

https://dune.com/springzhang/trump-digital-trading-cards-mint-and-trades

Show threadZhi ZhuDec 17, 2022

@jeffjarvis

cough::money laundering:: cough

Show threadMartijn VosDec 17, 2022
If it makes them happy to fund the grifter, I guess that's entirely their own choice.
Show threadHydrianDec 17, 2022
@jeffjarvis A perfect way for the Russia to fund their chaos maker.