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BREAKDOWN: Trump NFTs Sell Out in Hours

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4.8689 Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2022

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

The former U.S. president banked $4.4 million on the sale. 

This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Circle, Kraken and the Galaxy Brains Podcast.

On today’s episode, NLW catches up on the latest non-FTX crypto news, including:

  • Former President Trump’s NFT sellout
  • Jack Dorsey funding decentralized social networks
  • PayPal partnering with MetaMask 


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“The Breakdown” is written, produced by and features Nathaniel Whittemore aka NLW, with editing by Rob Mitchell and research by Scott Hill. Jared Schwartz is our executive producer and our theme music is “Countdown” by Neon Beach. Music behind our sponsors today is “Obligated” by Daniele Musto. Image credit: collecttrumpcards.com, modified by CoinDesk. Join the discussion at discord.gg/VrKRrfKCz8.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome back to The Breakdown with me, NLW.

0:09.1

It's a daily podcast on macro, Bitcoin, and the big picture power shifts remaking our world.

0:15.2

The breakdown is sponsored by nexo.io, Circle, and Cracken, and produced and distributed by CoinDes.

0:22.7

What's going on, guys? It is Friday, December 16th, and today we are talking about the hottest

0:27.9

new NFT collection, which of course comes from former U.S. President Donald Trump.

0:33.7

Before we get into that, however, if you are enjoying the breakdown, please go subscribe to it,

0:37.3

give it a rating, give it a review, or if you want to dive deeper into the conversation,

0:41.1

come join us in the breakers discord. You can find a link in the show notes or go to bit.ly slash

0:45.4

breakdown pod. I'm excited to also share that this week the podcast is brought to you by Galaxy

0:50.4

and the Galaxy Brains podcast. Transparency is more important than ever in crypto. If you're

0:56.2

here, it's obvious how important it is to you to find reliable information. For more shows like

1:00.8

this, for more shows like The Breakdown, check out the Galaxy Brains podcast. To tell you a little more,

1:06.8

here's the host Alex Thorne, Galaxy Head of Research. Listen each week as we take you inside the biggest stories and projects in Bitcoin and crypto.

1:16.1

Whether it's breaking down market volatility or analyzing the latest technical developments,

1:20.6

Galaxy Brains has you covered. Come for the latest market insights from our in-house trading

1:24.9

professionals and renowned experts from across the industry,

1:28.6

stay for the occasional rap from yours truly. Check it out at galaxy.com slash research.

1:35.3

All right, folks, well, today we are catching up, as I said, on the Trump NFTs, but also on a

1:40.7

bunch of other non-FTX crypto news.

1:49.2

Now, this first story is something that probably, in a different time, would be hailed as another reflection of crypto mainstreaming.

1:52.0

Yes, Donald Trump, the Donald, has an NFT collection.

1:56.1

On Wednesday, former President Trump posted, America needs a superhero.

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