According to ChainCatcher and Fortune, Trump's latest crypto project will be a real estate video game, as the former president loves Monopoly. In 1989, this real estate mogul launched 'Trump: The Game', a variant of a board game themed around real estate. In 2006, he considered launching a reality show inspired by Monopoly. "I always thought Monopoly was a great game," Trump told the New York Post, but the show ultimately never materialized. Now, Trump's newest project will be a crypto game with the Trump brand - reportedly having a feel similar to Monopoly, according to two sources familiar with the project.
This planned real estate game will be the latest addition to Trump and his family's growing crypto projects. In addition to Non-Fungible Token series and a MEME coin, there's also a decentralized finance project called World Liberty Financial, a stablecoin, and a Bitcoin mining company in which the president's sons Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. hold significant shares.
A source familiar with Trump's new crypto game told Fortune that the game is an adaptation of 'MONOPOLY GO!', where players earn in-game cash by moving pieces on a digital Monopoly board and constructing buildings in a digital city. Another unrelated source made a similar comparison to Monopoly. Both sources requested anonymity due to the private nature of the business transaction.
Sources revealed that Bill Zanker, a long-time friend of Trump, is the driving force behind the project, having previously helped the former president launch his meme coin and Non-Fungible Token projects.
Zanker's spokesperson Kevin Mercuri denied the project's similarity to 'MONOPOLY GO!', but confirmed to Fortune that Zanker is developing a "game" planned for launch by the end of April. He also stated that the Monopoly comparison is merely a "rumor".
