谢谢特朗普的 NFT，给熊市带来这么多欢乐

Foresight NewsPublished on 2022-12-19Last updated on 2022-12-19

Abstract

无美颜、纯天然、价格公道，还送晚餐。

Glassnode 数据显示，比特币去除稳定币后的市占率突破 50%，达 51.22%，创今年 7 月份以来新高。尽管特朗普在 2019 年 7 月表示他「不是加密货币的粉丝」并全盘否认加密货币的货币价值，但周四在 Truth Social 上发布的一段视频中特朗普宣布推出名为 Trump Digital Trading Cards 的 NFT 系列，数量为 45000 个，图片包含特朗普 Cosplay 的各种英雄人物，包括超人和拿着猎枪的牛仔的各种「英雄」形象。这些 NFT 以 99 美元价格在 Polygon 上铸造，可用 ETH 或法币购买。今日地板价一度达 0.84 ETH， 24 小时交易额居 OpenSea 首位。

数小时内售罄，有巨鲸出没

截至周五上午，该项目网站将 Trump NFT 列为「售罄」。交易量已经超过 648 个 ETH，约合 78.5 万美元。据该网站称，购买 NFT 者可参与抽奖活动，特朗普的死忠粉一次性购买 45 张 Trump NFT（至少价值 4455 美元）将获得一张与前总统共进晚餐的门票，或与其打高尔夫球，或 Zoom 视频的机会。值得注意的是，特朗普之前开过类似的玩笑，但从未兑现过。

来自 CollectTrumpCards.com

据 OpenSea 数据显示，持有 Trump NFT 的人中也有「巨鲸」。目前， 34 个钱包里有 100 件以上的藏品。在公开出售之前，有 1000 个 NFT 被空投到一个钱包中。第二大持有者目前拥有 673 个 Trump NFT。

这次铸造可能让特朗普净赚了近 450 万美元。OpenSea 设定的创作者费用还包括 10% 的二次销售特许权使用费，这意味着该项目迄今为止已经从交易中积累了近 8 万美元。一些商品的转售价格已经超过 7000 美元。一位名叫 Nanitor 的 NFT 收藏者以 6 ETH（合 7200 美元）的价格购买了一幅特朗普戴着圣诞帽的 NFT。

否认用 NFT 集资竞选

上个月，这位 76 岁的前总统宣布将再次参加 2024 年的竞选，但自宣布参加竞选以来还没有举行过竞选集会，且在共和党民调中落后于 Ron DeSantis，许多人猜测他推出 Trump NFT 可能是「数字化竞选集会」的目的。

但该 NFT 网站备注称「这些数字交易卡与政治无关，也与任何政治活动无关」。这些交易卡是由 NFT INT LLC（而不是特朗普或特朗普集团）授权和拥有的，并根据付费许可使用其姓名、图像和肖像。如果 NFT 售罄，创作者将获得约 450 万美元的收入，目前尚不清楚特朗普的销售分成是多少。

低像素，高模糊小卡片

在特朗普糟糕的 PS 技术下，他的 NFT 似乎「侵权」了，有人发现使用了某服装品牌的照片。经搜索，这些图片是从互联网上扒下来的，只经过「换头大法」的照片。目前尚不清楚这些照片是人工编辑的，还是使用 AI 图像生成技术制作的，不过特朗普穿着猎人服装的一张照片与狩猎服装公司制作的某款鞋非常相似。很多图片的同款服装在亚马逊上都可以买到。

最搞笑的是，推特上有网友称在该系列的共 45000 个 Trump NFT 铸造（每个图像有 20 张）中，只有 100 张是特朗普的图像（卖了 44900 个非特朗普图像的特朗普 NFT）。

尚不清楚是谁在幕后操作。有两家名为 NFT INT 的公司分别在加利福尼亚州和特拉华州注册。在加州注册的 NFT INT 公司 CEO 已否认公司与这个项目有关联。

前顾问：太丑了，不跟你玩了

特朗普最忠实的盟友之一，也是其前顾问的 Steve Bannon 在电台采访中猛烈抨击了特朗普推出 99 美元的「特朗普超级英雄版」NFT。他指责一名「商业伙伴」向特朗普灌输了这个馊主意，他认为「那个人今天就应该被炒鱿鱼」。

而特朗普的社媒壳公司 DWAC——一家特殊目的收购公司（SPAC），其股价在 Trump NFT 推出后下跌了约 7% 。

梅拉尼娅 NFT 如今怎么样了

Trump NFT 是特朗普的第一个官方 NFT 项目，但前第一夫人梅拉尼娅·特朗普在一年前的同个时间就推出了她的首个 NFT 系列「Cobalt Blue Eyes」。

梅拉尼娅推出的 Melania Trump NFT 平台定期独家发布 NFT。第一个 NFT 名为「Melania's Vision」。据介绍，「Melania's Vision」（迷离的双眼）是来自时尚插画家 Marc-Antoine Coulon 的水彩画，其中还包括来自特朗普夫人的一段录音。Melania Trump NFT 平台使用 Solana 区块链协议，售价为 1 SOL。并通过 MoonPay 接受 SOL 加密货币和信用卡付款。经搜索，在「Melania's Vision」NFT 后平台又推出了 3 个 NFT，其中前两个已经结束售卖，还有两个今年推出的 NFT 现以 150 美元价值在售。

拜登 NFT 也不服输

这届网友已经不满足于在线吃瓜，今天居然也推出了恶搞的拜登 NFT（Biden digital Trading cards）。与特朗普的「换头大法」类似，但更高级。拜登 NFT 是「换帽子戏法」（拜登戴不同帽子的图片），并且背景也是动态变换。地板价为 0.1 ETH，比起 Trump NFT，价格更公道，且质量更高。唯一缺点就是非官方发布。

总结

目前 Trump NFT 热度不减，其出现给熊市了不少欢乐和活力，后续价格是「归零」还是「一飞冲天」尚未可知。特朗普在推出 NFT 的宣发视频中讲到「美国需要一个超级英雄」，NFT 市场甚至币圈也需要「超级英雄」，希望 Trump NFT 可以在这个市场低迷不振的时期 Make NFT /Crypto Great Again。

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