The Trump Digital Trading Cards, a non-fungible token (NFT) collection featuring illustrations of Donald Trump, experienced a surge in price and trading volume following a week many would refer to as “eventful” in the US political landscape. 

This spike in trading activity has been linked to the release of the former United States president’s mugshot and his interview with a former Fox News host, Tucker Carlson.

On Thursday, August 24, Donald Trump’s mugshot was taken and circulated after he turned himself in at the Fulton County Sheriff’s office as part of his criminal case in Georgia for allegedly trying to manipulate the will of voters in the 2020 election. 

The former president, who has been inactive on X (formerly Twitter) after his ban in January 2021 and subsequent …