What He MadeAll 21 ventures

NFT trading cards

Digital trading cards of Trump, first sold at $99 each in December 2022. He reported $1.16 million in NFT licensing income for 2024, and his disclosure for 2025 lists no income from the NFT license.

Launched
December 2022
Owned by
Licensed through CIC Digital LLC, owned by Trump’s revocable trust; the licensing fees come from NFT INT LLC

On Who He Hired: Donald Trump

The money 4

  1. $1.2 million

    DisclosedIn the total

    NFT licensing and royalties he reported on his annual financial disclosure for 2024.

    Donald TrumpAs of Sources: NBC News, Reuters via The Star

  2. $6 million

    DisclosedIn the total

    At least this much NFT income in 2023: the $7.15 million on his candidate financial disclosure, which covers January 2023 to August 2024, minus the $1,157,490 his annual disclosure reports for all of 2024. The 2023 share could be higher.

    Donald TrumpAs of Sources: AP via Boston Globe, OGE financial disclosure (2024)

  3. $7.2 million

    Disclosed

    NFT income on the candidate financial disclosure released in August 2024 (CBS reported it as $7.2 million). Its period runs from January 2023 to August 2024, so only the part that can’t be 2024 is counted, as its own figure.

    Donald Trump (through CIC Digital LLC)As of Sources: The New Republic, The Daily Beast, CBS News, ABC News (Good Morning America)

  4. $4.5 million

    Sales

    Gross sales of the first 45,000 cards at $99 each, which sold out in under a day. This is the seller’s revenue, not Trump’s income.

    Card seller (not Trump)As of Sources: Silicon UK

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Admitted or on record 2

  1. On record

    Trump launched $99 NFT “digital trading cards” of himself in December 2022, shortly after announcing his 2024 run.

    He pitched the first 45,000 cards as “very much like a baseball card but hopefully much more exciting.” They sold out in under a day, raising roughly $4.5 million. Resales carry a 10% royalty.

    Sources: FOX 5 New York, Silicon UK

  2. Admitted

    Trump’s candidate disclosure in August 2024 listed more than $7 million in NFT licensing income from NFT INT LLC.

    CBS News put it at $7.2 million and The New Republic at $7.15 million. The same filing showed an ethereum wallet worth $1 million to $5 million.

    Sources: CBS News, The New Republic