Former First Lady Melania Trump is hoping to go, as they say in the crypto community, to the moon. Despite crashes that have hit the crypto and NFT market hard in recent months, Melania Trump announced the launch of a new “limited-edition digital collectible” on Tuesday. Her new NFT, “Man on the Moon,” is being marketed as a celebration of the moon landing, which occurred 54 years ago this week.
“I’ll sell you this pinch of dirt, for only $75.” “I’ll sell you this screenshot, for only $75.” “I’ll sell you this thimbleful of tap water, for only $75.”
In short, “I’ll trade your $75 for my 2 cents. Hurry, all the smart people are getting in fast! Prices will only go up.”
NASA is not approving any merchandising applications involving Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), as they are not consistent with the categories of products the Agency is approved to merchandise. Further, as stated in the NASA Media Usage Guidelines, NASA does not wish for its images to be used in connection with NFTs.
It seems the reason for NFTs is that you can’t buy hardly anything else with crypto. So now you can exchange worthless “currency” for something else that’s worthless.
Trump said that one reason he and Ivana divorced is that she changed from being a nice, subservient wifey to a hard-nosed businesswoman when he gave her actual responsibilities in the Trump Organization. Maybe this is Melania’s way of showing Trump that she’s a failure at business so he can keep her around.
Although I can’t imagine why she’d want to be kept around.
He still has money, that’s one reason. She also gets lifetime Secret Service protection. That’s a nice perk, and some of those guys are… shall we say… attractive.
The Former Presidents Act says the protection is authorized to the “spouse,” so it’s not clear whether it would be provided after a divorce, except by decree of the current sitting President.
It’s amazing how today’s digital economy offers ways for people to cash in on their celebrity status by opening pipelines directly into the wallets of their fans.
Although I work in IT, I AM absolutely retirement age and I just do NOT understand NFTs. Essentially you have the ability for a “one of a kind” or “limited edition” screen saver for your phone or computer?
Are you allowed to back up your NFT to a cloud source in the event your device faces a catastrophic loss and then all your invaluable NFTs are lost???
Kids, if you need to throw away money, donate to your local humane society, or food kitchen, or anything actually worthwhile.
I don’t get any of this, but maybe I’m not supposed to, or I’m not who this crap is aimed at enticing. I don’t get crypto-currency or NFTs, and I never really got into the pet rock craze either. Fads generally aren’t my thing although I did like mood rings as a kid and bought some Beanie Babies for my kid when he was but a tike…also Power Rangers.
I still don’t understand how one makes money off of the invention of a new form of pretend currency backed by actual greenbacks. Always sounded like a scam or a type of fraud to me. Do the police still have bunco squads for this type of thing? Maybe this isn’t their thing either.
I did order a few pretty plates with the Bradford Exchange for a brief period in my younger days. Frankly, I think I got more for my money than these dumb NFTs are promising.
Melania is a jerk. Can’t stand anything to do with that woman.
The money pool for these Trump adjacent grifters can only be so big, right? The rubes will eventually run out of money, even if only because they starved to death rather than forego one more chance to line Donnie’s pockets?
Crypto is a pyramid scheme, and thus it’s a con. Those “investing” in crypto are marks for the grift.
TrumpCo is a sub-set: issuing NFTs is an open invitation to international money laundering and bribery from foreign-state actors. That’s why they do it.
