NFTs (thread now extremely NSFW)

Non-fungible tokin’

Aw too bad

https://petapixel.com/2023/09/20/95-of-nfts-are-worthless-report/

Yay! Free NFTs!

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.

This is not to say that all NFTs are scams or that people should have nothing to do with them

Perish the thought.

I want an NFT of a tulip.

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

junk bonds seem like a safer investment

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/sep/22/nfts-worthless-price?CMP=share_btn_fb&fbclid=IwAR2dm0pbu3pafd62hAJdXhfi8UcOdIuZjYlSXdStoKnzVWILvDyOIVOk_PA

nfts-worth-price?$wAR2dm0pbu3pafd62hAJdXhfi8UcOdIuZjYlSXdStoKnzVWILvDyOIVOk_PA

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

Cream Curtis

Non fungible eyesight

— Coop🚨 (@coopernicus01) November 5, 2023

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.

In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is Hypebeast

it happened at the Feeding of the 5000 but Jesus showed everyone this special trick to get their eyesight back, doctors hate this guy

vg+

Ha HA

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/21/technology/binance-changpeng-zhao-pleads-guilty.html

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

that bottom row includes women, who I suppose the owner would consider a Top Teir Ape

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.

makes me pull my hair out and weep thinking about what these common criminals will do with them

See below from Dingaling

Ape-ocalypse Now

See below from Dingaling

- Chuck Berry

top tier apes, tho

Looking forward to the true-crime heist film sure to follow. I wanna hear a lot of ape-related Mamet dialogue.

"So it's apes huh."
"Top tier apes."
"Top tier. Top tier?"
"The man says top tier."
"Top tier apes."
"Top fucking tier."
*low whistle*
"All right."
"All right?"
"OK. It's a go."
"It's a go?"
"We'll take the apes."
"Every fucking ape. Every. Fucking. Ape. Top tier."

All joking aside I would love this person to explain what makes them top tier.

Good news! The apes have been recovered, after a bounty payment. Apes are reported to be doing well.

https://cointelegraph.com/news/nft-trader-stolen-bayc-mayc-returned-bounty-payment

so ridiculous

need to check them properly, if they've been infected with a computer virus they'll have to be culled

They might have monkeypox

a fungible infection

That one tweet has so many quotables

Here's how you do it.. create your OWN crypto currency and sell it to the marks

A Colorado pastor and his wife have been charged with duping hundreds of local Christians in a multimillion dollar a cryptocurrency scheme.

Prosecutors accuse pastor Eli Regalado and his wife, Kaitlyn, of fraudulently raising over $3m (£2.4m) by selling "practically worthless" crypto.

The Regalados pocketed at least $1.3m in the alleged scheme between June 2022 and April 2023, prosecutors say.

Mr Regalado said his plan was inspired by God, according to court filings.

The pastor said that "God told him directly that investors would become wealthy" by investing into INDXcoin, a cryptocurrency created, marketed, and sold by the Regalados, according to the complaint.

INDXcoin was offered to Denver-area Christians through the Kingdom Wealth Exchange, an online cryptocurrency exchange owned and operated by the Regalados.

The couple "had no experience in cryptocurrency", the complaint said, and a third-party auditor found INDXcoin to be "unsafe, unsecure and riddled with technical problems".

"Despite that report, the Regalados allegedly continued to promote the INDXcoin as a low-risk, high-profit investment," it said.

"In reality, the INDXcoin was illiquid and practically worthless" and the couple used the funds for "their lavish lifestyle".

https://www.the-sun.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/01/SF-righteous-gemstones-season-2-COMP-1-1.jpg?w=620

lmao yes, I hope the writers are taking notes

tbh I am not sure what is illegal about this? what's the difference between this an an apes jpeg?

the difference is the sophistication of the fraud and the elaboration of the pitch. when your customers happily swallow a line about how god is giving them investment advice through you, then taking their money is as easy as falling off a log so why bother with sophistication?

Ha... what a snake

Regalado added: “A few hundred thousand dollars went to a home remodel the Lord told us to do.

“We took God at his word and sold a cryptocurrency with no clear exit.”

The lord told me to pay someone $20 to kick that cryptopastor’s ass. There is a higher law

I am not defending them, but tbh, don’t really see how this is any different than regular tithing.

Jesus he knows me, and he knows I'm right

I'd have to see the details of the "investment" claim, but when you tithe you know you're giving money to the church that you won't get back. Not in money, anyway.

should have just offered a traditional 401(k), people would be less angry if they were investing in the Acts of the Apostles Aggressive Growth Fund or the Barabbas Bond Fund

I’m sure it has to do with the promise of a monetary return on investment. All sorts of laws kick in at that point.

Another thing - it was apparently a 'virtual church,' i.e services on zoom or something.. there was no physical building

god is everywhere