The veteran actor has changed his Twitter (NYSE:TWTR) display name to AHopkins.eth, an ENS name that points to a crypto wallet that was purchased in May. This is a trend usually employed by people in the NFT and crypto world and has been adopted by other celebrities such as comedy hotshot Jimmy Fallon.
Besides the ENS name adoption, Hopkins tagged Web3-savvy celebrities Fallon, Snoop Dogg, and actress Reese Witherspoon in a tweet asking for recommendations on which NFT artwork to purchase.
The first to respond was Fallon, who said:
The film and music industries are increasingly adopting NFT technology. Hopkins was one of the celebrity pioneers to feature in the NFT film industry. He was an early Web3 adopter, releasing ‘Zero Contact’ last year via the NFT film platform Vuele.
Other well-known filmmakers like Kevin Smith and Quentin Tarantino have also made moves in the NFT space.
Since Hopkins advertised the wallet address via his Twitter name, some random users on Twitter have sent a couple of NFT images to the wallet associated with AHopkins.eth. This seems to be common occurrence with wallets related to celebrities and brands.
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Source: Cryptocurrency - investing.com
