
Author: Cheyenne Ligon, CoinDesk; Compiled by: Deng Tong, Bitchain Vision
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Former President Donald Trump plans to release his fourth NFT series, according to an interview with Bloomberg.
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Trump has turned to embracing the crypto industry, saying “If we don’t, China will take over.”
According to an extensive interview with former President Donald Trump published on Tuesday, Bloomberg Business Weekly,He plans to release a fourth NFT series.
In the interview, Trump saidHis previous series was “very successful” and sold out in one day: “The whole series sold out: 45,000 cards. I did it three times and I was going to do it again because people wanted me to do it again. The spirit is incredible. So beautiful.”
Trump had previously revealed the idea of releasing a fourth NFT series at Mar-a-Lago for his NFT holders in May, but did not commit to it at the time, saying: “I believe in supply and demand.. As you know, one is done well, two is done well, and three is done well. At some point, things may get better.”
But as the crypto industry continues to support Trump’s re-election campaign, the former president seems increasingly willing to embrace NFTs and cryptocurrencies.In May, Trump’s campaign began accepting cryptocurrency donations.A report from the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday cited the latest data from the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and foundOf the approximately $331 million raised by the Trump campaign last quarter, about $3 million is cryptocurrency.
Yesterday, Trump announced support for Bitcoin Senator J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) as his campaign partner.
Key players in the cryptocurrency industry, including Kraken co-founder Jesse Powell and Gemini co-founder Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, donating huge sums to Trump’s re-election campaign and related super political action committees, including the new TrumpThe US Political Action Committee is centered on and supports cryptocurrency Fairshake.
“It won’t go away. It’s amazing,” Trump said of cryptocurrencies in an interview with Bloomberg Business Week, adding that he “knows a lot of people in the cryptocurrency industry” during his fundraising campaign, sayingThey are “top people”.
Trump had been skeptical about cryptocurrencies, but told Bloomberg Business Weekly that he had turned to embracing the industry because “if we don’t, China will take over and take over it – or someone else,But it is most likely China. China is very interested in it.”
“We have a good foundation,” Trump said of the U.S. cryptocurrency industry.”It’s still a baby. It’s still in infancy. But I don’t want another country to take over this field.”