Opinion: Reddit co-founder’s reason for buying NFTs makes no sense
Reddit co-founder Alex Ohanian says he’s invested millions into NFTs because of the suffering his family endured during the Armenian Genocide.
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In an unwaveringly cringeworthy interview with Forbes, Reddit co-founder Alex Ohanian made the claim that due to the traumatic suffering his family endured during the Armenian Genocide, he’s decided to invest millions of dollars into NFTs.
“Even if all this experiment produces is a mechanism that enough people believe in to be able to take some notion of ownership or value… that feels like a win,” he said, vaguely. But let’s be real, Alex, you’re buying NFTs because you like them and want to make money, not to create any genocide-related safety mechanisms.
Listen to the article to find out why the Reddit co-founders NFT blitz has little to nothing to do with Armenian diaspora.
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