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by AlexandrB 1429 days ago
Is there any sense about which celebrities are actually buying NFTs? For example, I know Seth Green is big into NFTs, but a lot of the others (Gwyneth Paltrow, Jimmy Fallon, etc.) are likely to have gotten NFTs for free as part of a promotional campaign for Moonpay and BAYC[1].

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luAXOfcg-dY
1 comments
999900000999 1429 days ago
I'm actually surprised people still look at celebrities as some type of moral authority.

For example, I like Adam Sandler, if Adam Sandler started selling his own Adam Sandler coin, I still wouldn't buy it.

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malikNF 1429 days ago
>> I'm actually surprised people still look at celebrities as some type of moral authority.

Agreed. But in the context of a brand-name I guess celebrity endorsements helps increase the number of people who know about your project.

As for the Adam Sandler coin HA!, but I bet there will be many who will buy this on the promise of getting rich quick by loading off on the greater fool sort of way.

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rchaud 1429 days ago
Ironic then that Reese Witherspoon and other celebs who were pumping NFTs hard on Twitter, quietly change their profile pics when the NFT market collapsed.
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999900000999 1429 days ago
Right, that's really logical with something like Vitamin Water.

At worst your out 3$.

I don't get an actor convincing a rational person to blow 3k on a fictional abstraction.

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