According to media reports, the former winner of the first NFT auction, in which some of the belongings of former US First Lady Melania Trump were put up for sale, is a former first lady herself.
In December of last year, Melania’s office was first announced that lady is launching her platform for NFT non-tradable tokens, and Melania’s “Head Collection” auction launched shortly thereafter. of State Collection Online”.
Bloomberg analyzed transactions on the Solana Blockchain and found links between Melania or at least members of her team, with the winning bidder 1,800 SOL (solana crypto) equivalent to $185,000.
The agency’s investigation revealed that the cryptocurrency used to purchase Melania Trump’s first NFT came from a wallet owned by the entity that originally listed the project for sale.
Former First Lady named after auction winner web NFT had sold it for 1,800 SOL three weeks ago, and analysis of transactions recorded on Solana showed that on January 23, Ms. Trump’s digital wallet listed as the NFT creator was transferred. “$372,657.” The US, a stablecoin pegged to the US dollar, was then pegged to a second wallet that sent 1800 SOLs to a third address” and was declared the auction winner.
On January 27, the original wallet reportedly sent 1800 SOL to the second wallet.
Melania denied this in a statement, noting that “the nature of the blockchain protocol is completely transparent. Accordingly, the public can see every transaction on the Blockchain,” noting that “the transaction is facilitated on behalf of a third-party buyer.”
SOL is the seventh largest cryptocurrency with a market cap of $38 billion.
Source: “Independent”
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