A blast from the past
A blast from the past
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A blast from the past
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I know an artist that got super rich off of NFTs, she didn't own any or had anything to do with the crypto side she just made the "apes" though I think hers were mostly fairies. She's very good at the whole "industrial artist" gig. NFTs honestly seemed like a gold rush for people with the ability to navigate that space. She cleared half a million one year.
When Facebook was just starting out in 2005 an artist painted murals for them. He asked for $60,000. They offered the option taking Facebook stock instead. He took the stock. The following article was published in 2017.
How Facebook graffiti artist David Choe earned $200 million
It was a risky decision. As Choe told Stern, at that time “Facebook was a joke.” There was no guarantee that the business would amount to anything and his shares could wind up worthless. He took the stock. When Facebook went public at $38 a share in 2012, his stock options were worth $200 million, making him a bona fide multimillionaire. Today the common stock is at more than $171 per share.
Meta stock right now is $676.49.
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Is every single male even remotely connected to tech like this?...
Choe and his work have also been the subject of controversy. In June, a newly finished mural by Choe in New York City’s Bowery neighborhood was almost immediately tagged over, reportedly as protest against his alleged history of sexaul assault.
Fucking…. I don’t get it. It’s so easy to not sexually assault people. wtf is wrong with these men?
Whenever there's a story about tech and the man is notable at all - I need to remember to scroll to the bottom of the article to see if there are sexual abuse claims.
Someone should make a browser extension for that.
It’s also easy to just do it and get away with it. Statistics on this speak a very clear language.
NFTs will be looked back upon as the golden age for scammers. If I went back in time and told P. T. Barnum about them, he'd weep tears of joy