THE BOSTON BLOCKCHAIN BEAT EP.8 | TRUMP SEES SUCCESS IN THE NFT WORLD?!

[Music] thank you hello everyone my name is Lauren Wixom and welcome to another episode of the Boston blockchain beat where we share news of all things blockchain to the Boston community and Beyond this episode was brought to you by cubic Labs an incubator from Metro Boston's blockchain startup companies former U.S president Donald Trump has made significant strides in the nft market as revealed in a recent Financial disclosure form submitted to the office of government ethics the disclosure unveils a staggering one billion dollars in earnings from various sources highlighting Trump's ownership of cic digital LLC this company acquires licensing payments for using Trump's Persona on nfts and holds a crypto wallet valued between 250 000 to 500 000 dollars two sets of digital trading cards have been released as a result of Trump's entry into the nft market and both have had a big influence the first season which debuted in December sold out on the first day a feat that the second season also accomplished despite a 60 drop in the price of the original collection following the unveiling of the second series the Trump digital trading cards have remained a hot commodity on the nft marketplace Open Sea oh thank heaven for 7-Eleven or should I say slurps up as 7-Eleven is making a move into the digital asset space the convenience retailer is celebrating its 96th birthday by introducing a first of its kind digital collectible for Slurpee fans Nationwide following the trend set by popular Hong Kong convenience store 852 which issued its own nft in 2022. customers can enjoy their Slurpee drink virtually via a digital Slurpee drink dispenser on 7-Eleven's website users can fill up their digital Slurpee drink cup with a mix of different flavors ranging from your Classics to limited time flavors then they would mint their mix to add to their digital wallet seven rewards and Speedy Rewards customers who claim the digital collectible received seven extra entries to win Slurpee inspired jewelry from premium designer King ice the digital Mixology event ran from 7 11 pm eastern time through July 18th comment down below if you took part of this awesome event and let us know what flavors you put in your virtual cup well that's all the news have time for today again my name is Lauren Wixom and I can't wait to see you all in the next episode of the Boston blockchain beat foreign [Music]