Former U.S. President Donald Trump’s NFT collections trading volume spiked by more than 3700% following his surrender to authorities in Georgia on Aug. 24.

According to Coingecko data, the former President’s collection Series 1 and 2 trading volume jumped by roughly 300% and 3,750% in the last 24 hours to 18.89 ETH ($31,429) and 9.88 ETH ($16,361), respectively.

The increase in sales volume boosted the collection floor prices, with the first collection’s floor price and market capitalization rising to $313 and $14.07 million. Likewise, the second collection saw its floor price and market cap climb to $50 and $2.3 million.

Meanwhile, this marks another instance of a Trump-related event influencing the value of his NFT collections. Earlier this year, the sales volume of the former President Series 1 collection rose 461% after a grand jury indicted him.

President Trump posts mug shot on X

On Aug. 24, former President Trump shared a mug shot of himself on the social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter), marking his return after an absence of over two years.

Riot, a key player in the Bitcoin mining sector, reported overall revenue of $76.7 million in its financial results for the quarter ending June 30, 2023.

This result underscores Bitcoin miner resilience in an unpredictable market, with a significant part of its achievement attributed to a 27% increase in Bitcoin production, as opposed to the value of Bitcoin itself.

Riot reduces the cost of BTC mining.

The company reduced the average cost to mine Bitcoin to $8,389 in Q2 2023 from $11,316 in Q2 2022. This is despite Bitcoin prices averaging lower at $28,024 per Bitcoin in Q2 2023, compared to $33,083 in Q2 2022.

Jason Les, CEO of Riot, said,

“Riot’s core business is Bitcoin mining, and the scale of our vertically integrated operations and financial strength allowed us to execute on our power strategy at unmatched scale this quarter.”

For instance, the company’s partnership with Midas Immersion is set to transform Riot’s Corsicana Facility into the largest and most advanced immersion cooling deployment for Bitcoin mining globally.

The company also announced a long-term purchase agreement with MicroBT, securing 33,280 next-generation miners “with an option to purchase an additional 66,560 miners on the same price and terms.” These new acquisitions are expected to add another 7.6 EH/s by mid-2024 and are designed specifically for immersion cooling while being manufactured in the United States.

Ultimately, the miner aims to increase its hash rate by 24.7 EHs to 35.4 EH/s by 2025 with the addition of the entire MicroBT miner order.