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Donald Trump Says ‘Many’ Of His Sneakers Were Bought With Bitcoin

A couple of weeks ago, former President Donald Trump unveiled a collection of 1,000 Trump sneakers at Sneaker Con in Philadelphia. The shoes, which sold out quickly for $399 per pair, could be bought with Bitcoin. 

Here’s what Trump said about the shoes in an interview on CNBC: “Sometimes we’ll let people pay through Bitcoin … it’s an additional form of currency”.

This statement was huge coming from the former president, who has said that Bitcoin is a disaster waiting to happen in 2021. His stance has changed since then. According to Trump, “Bitcoin has taken on a life of its own” and he “can live with it one way or the other.”

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