Gross sales quantity of former US President Donald Trump’s NFT assortment surged 461% to $185,783 within the final 24 hours regardless of a March 30 grand jury indictment.
The NFT assortment was concerned in 183 promote transactions within the final 24 hours, in accordance with CryptoSlam knowledge.
In the meantime, knowledge from OpenSea confirmed that the digital asset noticed 459 gross sales, with gross sales quantity falling 41% to 244 ETH in the course of the reporting interval.
The rise in gross sales quantity has had a constructive impact on the lower cost of the gathering, in accordance with crypto knowledge aggregator CoinGecko. In accordance with the info, the ground worth of Trump NFTs rose 16% to 0.568 ETH — roughly $1,019.
The market cap of NFTs additionally elevated by 16% to 25,560 ETH — $45.88 million.
Trump NFTs loved an incredible yr as curiosity within the asset grew because the yr progressed. In 2023, the underside worth of the gathering went from a low of 0.145 ETH recorded on January sixth to as excessive as 0.675 on February thirteenth.
Trump responds to the indictment
Trump sharply criticized the information of his indictment, calling it “political persecution,” including that he couldn’t get a good trial in New York.
In a prolonged assertion posted on Fact Social, Trump added:
“THIS IS AN ATTACK ON OUR COUNTRY THAT HAS NOT BEEN SEEN BEFORE. IT IS ALSO A CONTINUATION OF THE ATTACK ON OUR ONCE FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS. IT IS NOW A THIRD WORLD NATION, A NATION IN SERIOUS DECLINE. SO SAD!”
Trump grew to become the primary US president to be criminally indicted after a grand jury voted to indict him over a secret cost to Stormy Daniels in the course of the 2016 election.
The Guardian reported on March 31 that the previous president was anticipated to seem in courtroom on Tuesday. The report added that he can be fingerprinted, photographed and processed for arrest.