Melania Trump, the former first lady of the US, presented her NFT platform MelaniaTrump.com.
Related: The Word of 2021 Is “NFT”, per the Collins Dictionary
As the office of Melania Trump said, the platform will introduce NFTs regularly.
It uses the Solana blockchain and is powered by social networking service Parler. Users can make purchases with Solana's native token SOL and pay with credit cards via the crypto payments app MoonPay. Mrs. Trump's first NFT, Melania's vision is available for buying from Dec 16 to Dec 31, 2021.
As Melania Trump tweeted, the NFT initiative unites her passion for art and desire to help children to develop computer science skills.
#MelaniaNFT https://t.co/XJN18tMllg pic.twitter.com/qMtVewbdpa
— MELANIA TRUMP (@MELANIATRUMP) December 16, 2021
The collectible is a watercolor art by illustrator Marc-Antoine Coulon. The collectible includes an audio message by Mrs Trump. The cost for 1 digital art is 1 SOL, which at current prices is around $176. According to Solana explorer, the current supply of Melania's vision NFTs is 883.
A percentage of the sails will serve as financial assistance for children leaving the foster care system. The next NFT release is planned to happen in January. It will include 3 elements: digital and physical artworks, and a special accessory. Previously many public figures have launched their NFTs, including Snoop Dogg, Steve Harvey, Tony Hawk, Lionel Messi, and others.
According to the Collins Dictionary, NFT is the world of 2021. In a recent interview, Mike Novogratz said that NFTs are the biggest thing of the year, as they drive further growth of web 3 and show that the technology has other use cases than finance.