Did you know that Donald Trump once called Bitcoin “based on thin air”… and later made millions from crypto?
The irony is hard to ignore.
Back in 2019, Trump publicly mocked Bitcoin on Twitter. He said it wasn’t real money and that its value was basically “based on thin air.”
At the time, he positioned himself as a critic of cryptocurrencies and warned about their supposed risks. But just a few years later, the story took a very different turn — and the numbers involved are not small.
In late 2022, Trump launched a collection of NFT trading cards using his own image. Each one sold for $99, and around 45,000 NFTs sold out almost instantly, generating roughly $4.5 million in sales. Financial disclosures later showed that Trump personally earned between $1 million and $5 million just from licensing his name and image for the project.
And the Trump name didn’t stop there.
Members of his family, including Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, have also been linked to crypto-related ventures that quickly attracted attention — and criticism — across the market. Supporters call it innovation. Critics say it’s simply another example of famous names turning hype into profit.
In crypto, narratives change quickly. The people who criticize an industry today sometimes end up profiting from it tomorrow — especially when attention, speculation and a famous name collide.
And here’s the uncomfortable question:
If the same story involved a random influencer instead of a president… would people call it innovation or just another crypto cash grab?
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