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Maybe they should write a letter in support of the stoner cats to the SEC. Here, I'll start it for you.
Stoner Cats are role models, and set an extraordinary standard around how you treat other people.
I lost so much respect for them. Fuck Ashton Kutcher and fuck Mila Kunis. Hypocrite cunts, the lot of them.
It’s like there’s 3 decent people in all of Hollywood. But yeah, celebrities are not your friends. And anyone involved in NFT is the scum of the earth.
NFTs worth around $800 each
I'm gonna stop you right there...
Nice to see celebrities bitch slapped back into place. Now do the same with CEO's.
Martha did time. She should pick who goes next.
This isn't even a controversial opinion: celebrities shouldn't endorse things that they know nothing about, especially things as dumb and scammy as NFTs and crypto.
celebrities shouldn’t endorse things that they know nothing about
That is the celebrity business model: Get paid to be the pretty face of shit you know nothing about.
Nah. You are putting your face and reputation on the line every time you endorse something on any media, it's certainly NOT free money just for posting some tweets.
So, don't sell people's trust in you for money, it's not worth it, otherwise, there always a chance that this happens and you face consequences for your carelessness.
Yes! Not just face/reputation but they can be legally involved. Such as the recent suit with FTX and all the celebrities involved
https://youtube.com/watch?v=EWZylEVJvPc&si=b7rML2niOrJDcIjM
Nah, they do this shit all the time and there is no real consequences
Exhibit A
But every time people talk about Matt Damon nowadays, they are talking about how bad his endorsement of crypto.com is, instead of how good of actor he is.
Reputation.
Has he been sued for pumping up that fraudulent business?
Nope.
there is no real consequences
I guess that depends on what you term a “real” consequence. If legal justice is the only “real” consequence then yeah, there’s been no “real” consequence. But we could sit and debate for hours about what constitutes a “real” consequence as it’s an arbitrary term.
Real: (n) existing in fact and not imaginary
That is what I meant by real.
Yeah, the creators of exploding kittens bought into NFC's and tried to sell them to people. Now, I refuse to buy any of their products. Great job, guys.
Stoner Cats sounds so incredibly bland. "Weed but with cats, teehee"
So it kind of sucks they did this, as their implementation of NFT's was a decent use case for NFT's outside of being investments. DRM rights that abide by first sale doctrine even if company dies is a good reason for a blockchain. Too bad they decided to treat it as something to invest in.
What rights do you have after a first sale if the company the original contract was with dies? Someone else going to honor your NFT? What if the company also owned the blockchain your NTF is on?
if the company dies, so does the server that hosts the image that your nft links to. If the company dies, the nft dies with it, regardless of who currently "owns" it, or how many times it's been resold
Eh the problem here is that nfts are a scam. At end of day celebrities will just move on the next endorsement, pay a small fine who cares.
Nfts have scammed millions from people who can't see pay the get rich quick pyramid scheme.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The SEC has charged the Hollywood power couple’s NFT-based web series, “Stoner Cats,” calling the NFTs unregistered securities.
Per the SEC, “Stoner Cats is an adult animated television show about house cats that become sentient after being exposed to their owner’s medical marijuana.” By buying one of 10,000 NFTs worth around $800 each, fans could get exclusive access to the six-episode animated series, which features celebrities like Jane Fonda, Chris Rock and Seth MacFarlane.
Another great quote from this formal SEC document: “@StonerCatsTV tweeted on September 7, 2021 a meme suggesting that the smartest thing to do during a dip in the crypto markets would be to ‘Buy more ETH & sweep the Stoner Cats floor.
There will also be a Fair Fund that will return money to people who were financially harmed by purchasing the NFTs.
Last year, Kim Kardashian reached a $1.26 million settlement with the SEC over failing to properly disclose that she was being paid to promote a crypto asset security sold by EthereumMax.
“Regardless of whether your offering involves beavers, chinchillas or animal-based NFTs, under the federal securities laws, it’s the economic reality of the offering – not the labels you put on it or the underlying objects – that guides the determination of what’s an investment contract and therefore a security,” said Gurbir S. Grewal, director of the SEC’s Division of Enforcement, in a statement.
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