As though crypto king and conman are seperate categories.
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Saturday, 5 August 2023 02:40 (nine months ago) link
watch our hero battle the evil Status Quo for supremacy
― linoleum gallagher (Neanderthal), Saturday, 5 August 2023 02:44 (nine months ago) link
Is it just me or has this whole thing dropped off in a massive way lately?
Are people still throwing good money at exclusive jpegs?
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 7 September 2023 16:25 (eight months ago) link
a few weeks after that Paris Hilton/Jimmy Fallon interview I remember reading that trading volume was down some 93% off its peak. can only imagine what its at now
― frogbs, Thursday, 7 September 2023 16:38 (eight months ago) link
it was surreal having all these celebrities trying to hawk something they don’t even understand
― brimstead, Thursday, 7 September 2023 16:40 (eight months ago) link
meta-tangent, not about nfts
i think i posted penises upthread? or something? sorry about that. just wondering, though -- why can't the posts be deleted, or at least the images or the image links deleted?
― i really like that!! (z_tbd), Thursday, 7 September 2023 16:42 (eight months ago) link
ILX wants cocks is why
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 7 September 2023 16:45 (eight months ago) link
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/08/buyers-of-bored-ape-nfts-sue-after-digital-apes-turn-out-to-be-bad-investment/
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Thursday, 7 September 2023 16:47 (eight months ago) link
Sotheby's sold a lot of 101 Bored Ape NFTs for $24.4 million at its "Ape In!" auction in September 2021, well above the pre-auction estimates of $12 million to $18 million. That's an average price of over $241,000, but Bored Ape NFTs now sell for a floor price of about $50,000 worth of ether cryptocrurrency, according to CoinGecko data accessed today.
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Thursday, 7 September 2023 16:49 (eight months ago) link
The amended lawsuit alleges that "Yuga colluded with fine arts broker, Defendant Sotheby's, to run a deceptive auction." After the sale, a Sotheby's representative described the winning bidder during a Twitter Spaces event as a "traditional" collector, the lawsuit said.
The lawsuit said it turned out the auction buyer was now-bankrupt crypto exchange FTX, whose founder Sam Bankman-Fried is in jail awaiting trial on criminal charges.
― The Yellow Kid, Thursday, 7 September 2023 16:52 (eight months ago) link
It feels like AI displaced blockchain stuff as a broad popular tech topic maybe a year ago.
Is there a new dumb thing yet?
― jmm, Thursday, 7 September 2023 16:55 (eight months ago) link
maybe in a couple decades, there'll be a secondary market for the retro/kitsch value... "Own all the NFTs you coveted back in the early '20's!"
Like Tamagotchi or pogs or something
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 7 September 2023 16:57 (eight months ago) link
I think the NFT stuff was quietly pushed out of the media when it was clear that it was a scam. Time for the next big thing!
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Thursday, 7 September 2023 16:57 (eight months ago) link
when it was clear that it was a scam
no, they were covered straightforwardly for many months
― vashti funyuns (sic), Thursday, 7 September 2023 17:54 (eight months ago) link
No, they were covered straightforwardly period when it was clear from the very start to anyone with two eyes and a heart that they were a scam
― Prop Dramedy (Old Lunch), Thursday, 7 September 2023 18:16 (eight months ago) link
i'm not an actors are cattle guy by any means, but was it
― difficult listening hour, Friday, 8 September 2023 02:05 (eight months ago) link
No, they were covered straightforwardly period when it was clear from the very start to anyone with two eyes and a heart that they were a scamif u re-read my post
― vashti funyuns (sic), Friday, 8 September 2023 02:12 (eight months ago) link
xp it was just funny when they struggled to even bullshit coherently about them and then would go “well anyway my people say they’re cool”
― brimstead, Friday, 8 September 2023 03:03 (eight months ago) link
i think the folding spaces "line goes up" video detailed the scam so clearly that reporters finally understood it.
― formerly abanana (dat), Sunday, 10 September 2023 05:01 (eight months ago) link
I want a follow up to the story about the people who were “rich” from collecting NBA NFTs. I think it was the Times?
― papal hotwife (milo z), Sunday, 10 September 2023 06:34 (eight months ago) link
NYT NBA NFTs NGL
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Sunday, 10 September 2023 10:44 (eight months ago) link
does this mean the meme that goes "yeah i'm into NFTs, non-binary femme tops" is also dead?
― Kate (rushomancy), Sunday, 10 September 2023 12:21 (eight months ago) link
I got completely out of the fun a while ago, right before everything really started to go south. I did not get rich, at least not by metrics, but I did end up over $10k in profits all starting from the $8 NBA Topshot pack I bought. At no point did I ever put any of my earned income in. Lucky, but it was fun and profitable to gamble for a while during this magical time in history. Memories will last forever.
― Jeff, Sunday, 10 September 2023 14:34 (eight months ago) link
well I'm glad to know that at the end of the day I know one person who actually made money on this, whom I do not actually know, him name might or might not be Jeff,
― frogbs, Sunday, 10 September 2023 15:59 (eight months ago) link
I follow a reggae thread on the H0ffman forums and there's a dude that runs a small label on there. As of a year ago his big idea was to branch out into NFTs and it sounds like he's still hopped up on this. A couple of other folks tried to gently let him know that they didn't think the average reggae buyer is all-in on NFTs, but he has very much chugged the kool-aid.
― Cow_Art, Sunday, 10 September 2023 16:07 (eight months ago) link
Non-fungible tokin’
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Sunday, 10 September 2023 20:01 (eight months ago) link
Aw too bad
https://petapixel.com/2023/09/20/95-of-nfts-are-worthless-report/
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 20 September 2023 20:00 (seven months ago) link
Yay! Free NFTs!
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Wednesday, 20 September 2023 20:04 (seven months ago) link
I still get messages from randos on instagram saying my drawings are great, are they available as nfts? invariably their accounts have about 12 posts and over 7000 followers.
― lurch of england (ledge), Wednesday, 20 September 2023 20:05 (seven months ago) link
This is not to say that all NFTs are scams or that people should have nothing to do with them
Perish the thought.
― jmm, Wednesday, 20 September 2023 20:54 (seven months ago) link
I want an NFT of a tulip.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 20 September 2023 21:07 (seven months ago) link
I'm sick of the whole "this seems like it's mostly bullshit but there's probably something to it that I'm not getting" no your intuitions are correct stop letting them get to you
― Left, Wednesday, 20 September 2023 21:07 (seven months ago) link
junk bonds seem like a safer investment
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Wednesday, 20 September 2023 21:11 (seven months ago) link
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/sep/22/nfts-worthless-price?CMP=share_btn_fb&fbclid=IwAR2dm0pbu3pafd62hAJdXhfi8UcOdIuZjYlSXdStoKnzVWILvDyOIVOk_PA
― Hereward the Woke (Ye Mad Puffin), Sunday, 24 September 2023 15:54 (seven months ago) link
nfts-worth-price?$wAR2dm0pbu3pafd62hAJdXhfi8UcOdIuZjYlSXdStoKnzVWILvDyOIVOk_PA
― vashti funyuns (sic), Sunday, 24 September 2023 22:26 (seven months ago) link
POV: You bought an expensive JPEG and flight to Hong Kong to attend a festival and almost lose your eye sight. Yuga never disappoints. pic.twitter.com/Ob3Ry4OApW— YallahHabibi 🦭 (@YallahHabibiBTC) November 5, 2023
― Number None, Monday, 6 November 2023 18:11 (six months ago) link
Cream Curtis
― a very very unfair (Neanderthal), Monday, 6 November 2023 20:02 (six months ago) link
Non fungible eyesight— Coop🚨 (@coopernicus01) November 5, 2023
― a very very unfair (Neanderthal), Monday, 6 November 2023 20:03 (six months ago) link
Apparently a similar thing happened in HK at a hypebeast party a few years ago but I can't see if the attendees were permanently blinded or if they eventually healed.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Monday, 6 November 2023 20:18 (six months ago) link
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is Hypebeast
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Monday, 6 November 2023 20:20 (six months ago) link
it happened at the Feeding of the 5000 but Jesus showed everyone this special trick to get their eyesight back, doctors hate this guy
― a very very unfair (Neanderthal), Monday, 6 November 2023 20:33 (six months ago) link
vg+
― Mark G, Wednesday, 8 November 2023 13:22 (six months ago) link
Ha HA
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/21/technology/binance-changpeng-zhao-pleads-guilty.html
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 21 November 2023 18:46 (five months ago) link
A massive theft appears to be happening right now --- all these NFTs have been stolen from wallets... some of the absolute top tier apes. pic.twitter.com/fHPqTT8Vqg— NFTstats.eth (@punk9059) December 16, 2023
It is hard to put to words how devastating this is. Absolutely terrible. See below from Dingaling. https://t.co/eeVAOpURvN— NFTstats.eth (@punk9059) December 16, 2023
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Saturday, 16 December 2023 17:57 (four months ago) link
that bottom row includes women, who I suppose the owner would consider a Top Teir Ape
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Saturday, 16 December 2023 18:00 (four months ago) link
that's how I always compliment the women in my life
yeah just at a quick glance you can tell these are superb apes, made by dedicated craftsmen from quality ingredients.
― the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 16 December 2023 18:04 (four months ago) link
makes me pull my hair out and weep thinking about what these common criminals will do with them
― the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 16 December 2023 18:06 (four months ago) link
See below from Dingaling
― butt dumb tight my boners got boners (the table is the table), Saturday, 16 December 2023 19:02 (four months ago) link