Of course John Legere, the previous CEO of T-Mobile, has jumped into NFTs by spending $888,888.88 on one made by Steve Aoki, according to Rolling Stone. It’s good to know he’s conserving busy after stepping down from T-Mobile’s CEO gig on April 1, 2020.
The NFT in query is named “hairy.” It’s a 36 second-long video, that includes music — which Rolling Stone describes as “soundscapes in harmony with digital animations” and I might describe as “if Darude were making music from inside a Game Boy” — and this visible:
Not solely is Legere’s possession of the video completely embedded within the blockchain, however he’ll additionally get a display in some acrylic that can show the NFT, as long as he doesn’t sell it in the next two weeks.
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Aoki might be finest identified for his music profession. The NFT is the most recent in a collection of Aoki’s eclectic tasks, which embrace a branded Street Fighter II arcade cupboard, and a number of other Samsung commercials. According to Rolling Stone, his assortment of NFTs with Antonio Tudisco visuals introduced in $4.25 million, with Legere’s buy as the largest of the lot.
In a method it was meant to be: Aoki’s father founded the Benihana company of eating places. There is a Benihana within the Las Vegas T-Mobile Arena. Kismet, you understand?
