It appears First Lady Melania Trump likes bitcoin. She was just one of several people over the past day or so to congratulate the world’s number one digital currency on its 13-year anniversary.
Melania Trump Is the Newest “Face” of Crypto
Melania put out the following tweet:
It is widely reported that bitcoin’s market cap exceeds USD $1 trillion. Today marks the 13th anniversary of the bitcoin genesis block. Happy anniversary, #SatoshiNakamoto, #MelaniaNFT.
The First Lady also used the tweet to promote her new NFT ventures. Not long ago, Melania released a non-fungible token that featured a watercolor portrait of her eyes. Designed by artist Marc-Antoine Coulon, the First Lady is also seen wearing an iconic white hat that she wore while visiting French President Macron during her time in the White House.
The NFT is signed by the First Lady and will be minted on the Solana blockchain. It will also come with an audio message recorded by Melania herself. It is set to be auctioned off with two other items – a watercolor painting and the famed hat itself – at a starting bid of approximately $250,000.
As we have seen by now, the Trump family is no stranger to regular criticism from the media and political officials, and the release of the NFT led to more. A former White House official – who remains anonymous at press time and who claims to have interacted with the First Lady on a regular basis – took issue with Melania’s crypto venture, claiming:
The approximately $150 piece of digital artwork – a watercolor of Melania Trump’s eyes – reeks of a cash grab by someone who is just trying to look busy. This is not exactly using her platform for larger global or domestic impact… I’m confused by it. It’s very random as a project, and it seems tone deaf to release online artwork of yourself for $150. The timing seems odd, too. COVID and natural disasters are impacting the country, and many people are struggling financially.
It’s intriguing to see Melania getting so involved in crypto when her husband – President Donald J. Trump – has been so critical of it in the past. Not long ago, Trump referred to bitcoin as a scam against the dollar, claiming:
I am not a fan of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, which are not money, and whose value is highly volatile and based on thin air. Unregulated crypto assets can facilitate unlawful behavior, including drug trade and other illegal activity.
13 Years and Counting…
Other individuals to congratulate bitcoin on the milestones it’s reached include Antoni Trenchev, who said that bitcoin could potentially hit $100,000 in 2022. He said in a tweet:
Every time investors and the broader community write off bitcoin, it outperforms significantly. This has been the case in 2020 when it rallied close to 1,000 percent and in 2021 where it rallied 63 percent. I’m quite bullish on bitcoin.
