Former adult star Lana Rhoades jumped into the NFT world in January 2022. Her project? CryptoSis. It blew up fast. Not in a good way.
The numbers were impressive at first. 6,069 NFTs. Each cost 0.1 ETH. That's about $250 back then. The project raked in $1.5 million in just two days. Pretty wild.
Buyers thought they were getting something special. Virtual lands in Sandbox and Decentraland. Promises of rising floor prices. Money coming back their way. Seems like a sweet deal, right?
Then she vanished. Just... gone.
When people asked questions, Rhoades apparently blamed "hostile" people in Discord. And that $1.5 million? It disappeared with her. Gone like morning fog.
One story kind of sticks out. A father invested heavily in these NFTs. When he tried getting answers? Dismissive responses. Cold shoulder. Brutal.
This wasn't isolated. Remember that 2021-2022 bull run? Full of celebrities pushing NFTs that went nowhere. Promises evaporated. Money vanished. Yet almost nobody faced real consequences.
Looking back from 2025, the Rhoades incident stands as one of the more notorious NFT meltdowns from that frenzied period. Not entirely clear if the space learned anything, though.
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Lana Rhoades and the $1.5 Million NFT Drama
Former adult star Lana Rhoades jumped into the NFT world in January 2022. Her project? CryptoSis. It blew up fast. Not in a good way.
The numbers were impressive at first. 6,069 NFTs. Each cost 0.1 ETH. That's about $250 back then. The project raked in $1.5 million in just two days. Pretty wild.
Buyers thought they were getting something special. Virtual lands in Sandbox and Decentraland. Promises of rising floor prices. Money coming back their way. Seems like a sweet deal, right?
Then she vanished. Just... gone.
When people asked questions, Rhoades apparently blamed "hostile" people in Discord. And that $1.5 million? It disappeared with her. Gone like morning fog.
One story kind of sticks out. A father invested heavily in these NFTs. When he tried getting answers? Dismissive responses. Cold shoulder. Brutal.
This wasn't isolated. Remember that 2021-2022 bull run? Full of celebrities pushing NFTs that went nowhere. Promises evaporated. Money vanished. Yet almost nobody faced real consequences.
Looking back from 2025, the Rhoades incident stands as one of the more notorious NFT meltdowns from that frenzied period. Not entirely clear if the space learned anything, though.