NPR.

This is the Indicator for Planet Money.

I'm Adrian Ma.

And I'm Whalen Wong.

Here at the show, we've been digging into this meltdown in crypto markets and what it means

for the economy.

And we noticed something.

Hollywood stars have gotten really into Web 3, this vision of an internet built on blockchain

technology.

And they've gotten into one aspect of Web 3 in particular.

And if T's.

Whalen, I know you are a fan of following the celebs, so you have noticed this.

I have.

And here's one recent example.

Sir Anthony Hopkins, two-time Academy Award winner, Hannibal Lector himself, he's on

Twitter and he usually post videos where he's playing piano or vacationing somewhere really

glamorous.

It's like typical lifestyles of the rich and famous, right?

Exactly.

But then a few weeks ago, Anthony Hopkins tweeted this,

I'm astonished by all the great NFT artists jumping in to acquire my first piece, any

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