It became known what increased the popularity of Donald Trump’s cryptocurrency tokens by 350%

Sales of US President Donald Trump’s second NFT collection have increased by more than 350% over the past 24 hours. According to OpenSea data, 54 transactions were made during this period.

The sudden surge in the popularity of the politician’s non-fungible tokens occurred after Republican Kevin McCarthy was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives, which became a historic event in American history. After that, some members of the House of Representatives raised the possibility of former President Donald Trump becoming Speaker of the House.

In a press statement made on Wednesday in New York, Trump responded to this question by saying that many people had approached him about becoming speaker. «A lot of people have called me about being speaker. All I can say is that we will do whatever is best for the country, the Republican Party and the people,» Trump said.

This is not the first time that Trump’s actions and statements have led to an increase in the value and sales of his NFTs. For example, in late August, the Trump Digital Trading Cards collection increased in value after Trump’s interview with American TV host Tucker Carlson, which gained more than 200 million views within hours of its release. The non-fungible Trump tokens depict his life and career. Sales of the second series of digital tokens depicting the former US president started on April 18. The new collection included 47,000 NFTs, which is 2,000 more than the first issue.

Earlier in an interview with Fox Business, the politician called digital assets «a scam and an extremely dangerous thing.» «I have never been attracted to cryptocurrency because I like the dollar. I’ve never been a big fan of it,» Trump said at the time. However, in August, it became known that Donald Trump had invested more than $ 2.8 million in cryptocurrencies. The former US president also earned $ 4.87 million in license fees from his NFT collection.