Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher’s ‘Stoner Cats’ NFTs get smoked by the SEC
Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher’s ‘Stoner Cats’ NFTs get smoked by the SEC | TechCrunch
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.
So today we've learned once again, that given enough money, breaking the law and scamming people is fine
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.
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"
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.
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
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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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.
Yep, silence is usually the way to go.
Plus if you're gonna do an apology, don't do it looking like you just woke out of bed and are being forced to say these things. Everything about that apology was wrong on every level lol. So insincere.
I’ve never heard those names in my life. Probably part of the reason.
Edit: I just asked my partner if she had ever heard those names and she said they were the other cast members of That 70’s Show, so I probably know who they are but never their names.
It reminds me a bit of the whole Eva Green controversy, where it was revealed she called other people peasants.
She's a star, she knows she's a star, she's not going to pretend she's not a star. Haughty, imperious, out of touch. Weirdly, my respect for her grew after that whole thing.
Nothing worse than a star who pretends to be humble or contrite.
Ashton and Mila would have been far better saying nothing or only commenting through their representation like the A-listers they are.