From NFL players accepting their salaries in cryptocurrency and Tom Brady founding his own NFT marketplace to the NFL providing Super Bowl attendees with customized NFTs, the National Football League and the blockchain community seem to have embraced each other. As Super Bowl LVI approaches this Sunday, there is one thing fans can be sure to expect: crypto ads. One marketing … [Read more...] about Stop listening to celebrities for financial advice, says Binance Super Bowl campaign
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Random Celebrities Who Discovered Crypto
In 2017, during the unmoored initial coin offering (ICO) boom, celebrities were paid shills. Remember when Dennis Rodman promoted Potcoin in North Korea and DJ Khaled endorsed Centra’s ICO? This year, celebrities also jumped the bandwagon, but in a somewhat more wholesome way, promoting the emergent world of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and decentralized autonomous organizations … [Read more...] about Random Celebrities Who Discovered Crypto
Celebrities are embracing NFTs in a big way
The nonfungible token (NFT) market is growing. According to a new report by analytics platform DappRadar, NFT trade volume soared past $10 billion during the third quarter of 2021, a sevenfold increase from the previous quarter’s figure. Although a significant slice of that action comes from runaway hits like NBA Top Shot, CryptoPunks and gaming platform Axie Infinity, NFT use … [Read more...] about Celebrities are embracing NFTs in a big way
NFTs can be a social good, not just a casino for rich celebrities
Ethereum co-creator Vitalik Buterin believes NFTs can be applied to socially relevant causes such as charities and funding public goods, but not while the technology is still viewed as a “casino that largely benefits already-wealthy celebrities.”The author of the Ethereum whitepaper said there was little social value in helping celebrities like Elon Musk add another $1 million … [Read more...] about NFTs can be a social good, not just a casino for rich celebrities