- Trump is reportedly launching a Monopoly-style mobile game this April, developed by associate Bill Zanker, in which players can earn in-game currency and build on a digital board – though it is not officially connected to Hasbro’s Monopoly.
- The game adds to Trump’s portfolio of ventures including his previous Trump: The Game from 1989, recent NFT collections, and cryptocurrency projects like the TRUMP memecoin which has lost 89% of its value.
- Eric Trump has defended the family’s crypto involvement, stating it’s something they “believe in” and “speak about with heart and soul” despite criticism.
Despite his busy schedule as president of the United States and amid a trade war with China, Donald Trump has found the time to develop his own Monopoly-style game.
As per a Fortune report, which cites sources close to the matter, the game, which is said to look similar to mobile game MONOPOLY GO!, is slated for launch later in April.
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Will New Trump Game Let Players Use TRUMP Token?
The source told Fortune that players could earn in-game cash (TRUMP tokens perhaps?) and build buildings on a digital Monopoly-like board.
Trump has ventured into many projects over the years. He has launched Trump University, Trump Steaks and countless other forays – not always successful – and more recently focusing on the digital world.
Bill Zanker, a close associate of Donald Trump, is reportedly developing the game, though his team denies it’s connected to the Monopoly franchise. According to the report, Hasbro also confirmed it has not licensed Monopoly’s intellectual property for any Trump-affiliated crypto project.
Trump has said in the past he thinks “Monopoly was an amazing game”, he also released Trump: The Game in 1989 and explored a TV show with a similar Monopoly-inspired theme.
Previously, Trump had ventured into the world of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and digital trading cards, which didn’t go so well.
He then fully embraced crypto, telling a crowd at a Bitcoin conference that he would create a Bitcoin Reserve for the United States, only to then do precisely that (or at least sign an executive order to set things in motion). The administration is now reportedly looking at several novel ways to fund the reserve without using taxpayers’ money.
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Will Monopoly-style Game Suffer Same Fate as TRUMP Memecoin?
Trump also coined his own memecoin, TRUMP, which lost 89% of its value and is on a steady decline towards zero.
Trump is also affiliated with World Liberty Financial (WLFI), which has numerous crypto projects and investments going, including its own stablecoin USD1.
Several Democrats have questioned the Trump family’s involvement in crypto, alleging Trump looks to profit from the sector on one side, and aims to deregulate it on the other side.
Trump’s son Eric disputed claims of conflict of interest, telling Fortune in an interview that crypto “is something that our family believes”, adding “It’s something our family speaks about with our heart and soul”.
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