Right before the holidays, we reported on an officially sanctioned (presumably minted in Hell) line of Melania Trump NFTs, the first of which was a watercolor of her eyes... or something. Whatever, it sucked, and whoever bought it sucks, too.
Unsurprisingly, it hasn’t taken long for the craven cash grabs to raise some serious red flags among people who monitor this kind of thing. According to a recent rundown from VICE, one of Melania’s newer auctions for a physical “millinery masterpiece” alongside yet another boring watercolor NFT sold for an infuriating 1,800 SOL, or around $170,000 at the time of auction close. The proud new owner of a piece of digital hucksterism alongside its real world ugly counterpoint worn by a fascist sympathizer? The person who made the art in the first place...? Maybe. It’s complicated. And probably suspect.
