Unofficial Trump NFT Collection Goes Viral Amid Controversial Indictment

An NFT collection featuring ex-US President Donald Trump is becoming popular following his unprecedented indictment on 34 criminal charges. However, the endorsed collection is not the only one, as an unofficial version is also gaining momentum, which replaces the heroic image with that of a prisoner donning prison garb.

According to Decrypt, the Ethereum-based collection, named Trump Criminal Digital Cards, appears to be an unapproved imitation of the Trump Digital Trading Cards, which the former president launched in December 2021, and both collections witnessed an increase in sales on Tuesday.

The launch of the Trump Criminal Digital Cards project occurred roughly two weeks ago, coinciding with growing speculation of Trump's potential indictment relating to payments he allegedly made to two women before the 2016 U.S. elections to suppress publication of their sexual encounters with him.

The collection consists of 945 unique NFTs, and several sales made over the past day have been designated "Smart Money Buys" on the Nansen analytics platform, which tracks active traders.

The new collection draws inspiration from Trump's NFT collection, using his face, both in a smiling and pixelated version, in various jail cells and wearing different prison outfits, including one with a metal ball and chain attached to his ankle, which is among the rarer designs.