Elon Musk criticized the integration of NFT on Twitter :: RBC.Crypto

The businessman advised the developers of the social network to pay attention to the large number of crypto scammers

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk criticized integration of NFT into the social network Twitter. The businessman said that he was annoyed by the fact that the developers of the social network are wasting time on “nonsense”, while Twitter is flooded with a large number of crypto scammers and spam bots.

January 20 social network Twitter announced about integrating NFT as a photo in user profiles. This feature has become available to subscribers of the Twitter Blue premium service with devices based on the iOS operating system. Now they can link their social media account to a cryptocurrency wallet and select NFTs to use as their profile photo.

Fraudsters often use the names and photos of celebrities on Twitter and other social networks to extort cryptocurrency from users. In 2020, the most famous case of Twitter scam occurred. Attackers managed to hack into the accounts of Elon Musk, Bill Gates and other celebrities in order to conduct a “fake” distribution of cryptocurrency. The scammers promised to double the investment of everyone who sends cryptocurrency to their address.

In March 2021, Elon Musk announced the sale of his own NFT token and set a price for it at 420 million Dogecoin, which at that time was about $23.9 million. Later, the businessman abandoned this idea, explaining that it would be “not quite right » solution.

– Thinking about selling. Miners appreciated the idea of ​​the Central Bank to ban cryptocurrency

CNBC anchor Jim Cramer warned Dogecoin holders of danger

— The capitalization of the crypto market per day decreased by $157 million

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