William Shatner Warps Into Web3 Space
By Kapil Rajyaguru
William Shatner – the famous actor who played Captain Kirk in Star Trek – appeared at Consensus 2023 on 27th April 2023 to announce an NFT project, succeeding his hit collection from 3 years prior.
Shatner explained that his first experience dealing with NFTs was in 2020 when 125,000 William Shatner trading cards sold out immediately on the Wax blockchain. One of the NFTs was an X-ray of his tooth.
He was later contacted by the Web 3 gaming company Orange Comet to launch his new collection “Infinite Connections,” a set of 2500 3-dimensional renditions of Shatner which reflect his view that “everything is connected.”
Each one also includes a physical action figure of Captain James T. Kirk, the role Shatner is best known for, each hand-signed by Shatner with a quote from the character.
The other collection is Timeless Voyager, which includes 1,000 NFTs of 2D artwork of future tech and the cosmos. There’s no action figure included, but “select” holders will have access to unspecified IRL opportunities.
When asked if Captain Kirk himself would be into crypto, Shatner said that crypto will be “way, so high,” by the time we reach the time period of his universe.
Ultimately, however, Shatner rejected some popular ideas among crypto “doomsayers” that fiat currency is going to collapse, believing the United States will thrive in a crypto-based future.
Shatner himself does not invest in crypto but is open to it having value to others. “If enough people think it’s something, then it is,” he added.
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