Thread by @CroissantEth

“we should onboard more celebrities for mass adoption”

the celebrities (proof below):

Mila Kunis

-launches Stoner Cats NFT collection back in 2021
-raises $8M+
-gets charged by SEC
-NFTs removed from marketplaces
-down 100%

Jason Derulo

-promoted NFTs to 8M followers on Instagram.
-last post from project over 2 yrs ago
-all socials dead
-down 99.98%

Lil Yachty:

-makes his own meme token
-shills to Twitter
-website removed
-last tweet made on July 19, 2021
-down 99.98%

Kim Kardashian:

-posts about $EMAX to millions on Instagram
-gets $1.26M SEC fine
-down 99.96%

Floyd Mayweather:

-$EMAX
-Bored Bunny NFT
-all socials deleted
-down 99.96%

Adin Ross

-gets paid $200k to shill shitcoin
-shows how to buy it
-admits later that it was a scam, and laughs about it
-down 99.92%

IShowSpeed

-hosts livestream with fake Ronaldo
-says ‘paradox crypto to the moon!’
-then forgets to turn off his mic while panicking
-down 99.84%

Jake Paul

-shills Bored Bunny NFTs
-shills $YUMMY
-down 99.66%

David Dobrik

-makes two Instagram videos shilling Bored Bunny NFTs
-mentions 150,000 obviously fake community members
-links Discord
-targets newcomers
-down 99.66%

Lil Uzi Vert

-drops Eternal Beings NFT collection
-posts about it on all socials, hyping it up
-raises $3.7M
-later deleted all posts
-rugs
-leaves community in shambles
-down 99.35%

Ozzy Osbourne

-launches CryptoBatz
-forgets to change discord url link on site
-scammers post phishing link after thousands followed the link
-drain $41,000+ from community
-down 99.31%

Davido

-thought it would be a great idea to launch his own token
-dumps while live during a twitter space
-can’t answer simple questions
-down 98.89%

Tom Brady

-sbf’s best friend
-made FTX promotion videos
-the only good thing we got from this was this video
-down 98.04%

Trippie Redd

-launches Trippie Headz NFT collection
-posts about it on socials
-raises $500k
-deletes all posts
-website down
-discord gone
-down 96.70%

Lana Rhoades

-launches Cryptosis NFT collection
-promotes it in questionable ways
-abandons project weeks after its launch
-rugs project treasury for $1.5M
-blames toxicity
-down 91.61%

Dwight Howard

-launches Ballers on Avalanche
-makes video promotion
-only sold $28,000 worth of NFTs in a massive flop
-down 89.37%

6IX9INE

-drops Trollz NFT collection through paid partnership
-admits he knew nothing about crypto or NFTs
-leaves the project
-drops GINE collection
-last post from project made November 12 2022
-down 84.33%

Shaq

-creates Astrals NFT project on Solana
-shills Astrals NFTs in video
-“we’re not stopping until 30 $SOL floor”
-down 81.42%

honorable mentions feat.

-Kevin Hart
-Ronaldhino
-Logan Paul
-French Montana

all projects mentioned dead and/or abandoned.

celebrity launches are a net negative for us - with maybe a few exceptions for those who did it right.

these people are famous for acting, athletic or artistic abilities. not for how they make and pump internet meme tokens.

let’s stop pretending this is good for “onboarding.”