Former United States President Donald Trump announced he is considering a fourth non-fungible token (NFT) collection. In a wide-ranging interview on Tuesday, he emphasized the importance of U.S. leadership in cryptocurrency.
“I’m going to do another one because the people want me to do another one,” Trump told Bloomberg on July 16.
“We had one year to sell it out, and it sold out in one day,” he added, referring to his recent “MugShot” NFT collection themed around his ongoing criminal indictments.
“I would say almost all of it was paid in crypto, in this new currency. And it opened my eyes,” Trump added, emphasizing his desire for the United States to lead in the cryptocurrency industry.
“It’s a baby. It’s an infant right now. But I don’t want to be responsible for allowing another country to take over this sphere,” Trump warned, expressing concerns that China, which he acknowledged as “pretty advanced in that sphere,” could dominate if ignored.
Trump also noted the shift in attitude among traditional banking executives toward cryptocurrency. “Jamie Dimon was very negative, and now all of a sudden he’s changed his tune a little bit,” Trump said, referencing the JP Morgan CEO’s evolving stance. Dimon faced criticism from the crypto industry for his harsh remarks against cryptocurrency during a Senate Banking Committee hearing in December 2023, where he stated, “If I was the government, I’d close it down.”
Trump’s comments follow an assassination attempt just days earlier while he was speaking at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
On July 14, Cointelegraph reported that the Ethereum-based MAGA memecoin spiked rapidly from $6.31 to $10.36 immediately after the attempt, with its total market capitalization soaring from $293 million to $469 million in less than 45 minutes.