Here’s one NFT that might be NSFW.
Disgraced former politician Anthony Weiner is hoping to sell NFTs —nonfungible tokens that are unique digital assets — of documents from the epic downfall that eventually landed him in prison.
The memorabilia would reportedly include his crotch-shot tweet that was “accidentally” sent to a college student in 2011.
Weiner’s flaccid defense at the time was that his account had been hacked. But he ultimately ‘fessed up.
“Cashing in would be nice,” the Democrat, who once represented Brooklyn, New York in the House of Representatives, told The New York Times.
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His sagging political aspirations have led to his latest job as the CEO of a countertop company, which he’s soon leaving.
Another NFT Weiner might sell is a copy of the FBI’s search warrant for his laptop. His sexting with a 15-year-old landed him in the federal pen for 21 months. He was released in 2019.
An apology email from Jon Stewart is another NFT Weiner could put on the market. The former Daily Show host relentlessly mocked Weiner’s scandals, including his online name of “Carlos Danger.”
Weiner said the NFTs would let him “sell my stuff” and also “create a new category that lets people buy and sell political collectibles as a form of political fund-raising and contributing.”
The 56-year-old Weiner will be facing some stiff competition in the new NFT market. More than $2 billion was spent on NFTs in the first quarter of 2021, according to CNBC, and Christie’s recently auctioned one off for $69 million.
Other pop-culture moments have been monetized as NFTs, too. The woman from the “Disaster Girl” meme sold the original image of her at age 4 for $473,000. The boys from the viral “Charlie bit my finger” video recently sold their piece of YouTube history for $761,000 and have since removed it from the Internet.
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