{"id":1508,"date":"2022-06-25T17:49:24","date_gmt":"2022-06-25T13:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/k1arts.com\/?p=1508"},"modified":"2022-06-25T17:50:15","modified_gmt":"2022-06-25T13:20:15","slug":"keanu-reeves-apparently-likes-nfts-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/k1arts.com\/?p=1508","title":{"rendered":"Keanu Reeves apparently likes NFTs now"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"c-entry-summary p-dek\">He\u2019s signed up as an advisor for a metaverse-centric foundation<\/h3>\n<p>It seems like Keanu Reeves may have had a change of heart around NFTs. In December, the actor was sent into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2021\/12\/11\/22829383\/matrix-nft-keanu-reeves-interview-carrie-ann-moss\">peels of laughter<\/a> after my colleague Alex Heath asked him about the idea of digital scarcity and digital collectibles. Reeves commented that digital items are easily reproduced.<\/p>\n<p id=\"whBxnc\">Now, though, he\u2019s joined a project from Non-Fungible Labs, acting as an advisor for a program called the Futureverse Foundation, which aims to improve \u201cthe digital and physical worlds through the support of diverse artists and creative communities.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/business\/digital\/keanu-reeves-alexandra-grant-nft-futureverse-foundation-1235169061\/\">According to <em><span style=\"text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/span><\/em><\/a>, that involves introducing traditional artists to NFTs and funding their efforts.<\/p>\n<p>The art connection here isn\u2019t exactly a surprise \u2014 Reeves\u2019 partner, Alexandra Grant, is a prolific artist whose work has been featured in plenty of exhibits, <a href=\"http:\/\/alexandragrant.com\/about\/\">according to her website<\/a>. She\u2019s also an advisor to the foundation, and she features heavily in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=c4ZMsveCFBk\">a video released by Non-Fungible Labs<\/a> to announce and explain the initiative.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He\u2019s signed up as an advisor for a metaverse-centric foundation It seems like Keanu Reeves may have had a change &#8230; <a class=\"cz_readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/k1arts.com\/?p=1508\"><i class=\"fa czico-107-web-link\"><\/i><span>Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1509,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[93],"tags":[100,96,104,102],"class_list":["post-1508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-digitalasset","tag-k1arts","tag-nftcollector","tag-thefuture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/k1arts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/k1arts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/k1arts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k1arts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k1arts.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1508"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/k1arts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1510,"href":"https:\/\/k1arts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1508\/revisions\/1510"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k1arts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/k1arts.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k1arts.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k1arts.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}