Anna ‘Delvey’ Sorokin, who has her own Netflix series Inventing Anna, is launching her own NFT non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are cryptocurrencies that do not possess the property of fungibility. collection from prison.
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- Anna Sorokin reinvents herself with an NFT collection from prison.
- He will sell exclusive live drawings and experiences at NFT.
- The con artist from the “Inventing Anna” series still has some debts.
Convicted conwoman Anna Sorokin, better known by her alias Anna Delvey, is reinventing herself thanks to the tokens no fungibles (NFT) y está persiguiendo una nueva carrera como artista digital digital technologies are these electronic tools that have the ability to generate, store or even process data. mientras sigue en prisión.
Sorokin, a 31-year-old of Russian-German origin, is popularly known for having swindled high society figures in the United States. Posing as a wealthy German heiress, she managed to cheat banks, hotels and wealthy acquaintances out of more than $200,000 USD while trying to raise millions of dollars for the supposed construction of a luxurious art club in New York.
The story of the scammer, who was sentenced to prison in 2019, became so famous that it Netflix decided to tell it in a successful series called “ Inventing Anna “for which Sorokin herself worked as a consultant. The production of the series, starring actress Julia Garner, paid her USD $ 320,000 for the rights to tell her story.
But it seems that the entertainment industry isn’t the only space the young woman is exploring for financial gain. After being forced to use the money she received from Netflix to pay restitution and other legal fees related to his case, Sorokin has now decided to test just how lucrative NFTs non-fungible token, a unique non-interchangeable piece of digital content that is stored on a distributed ledger (blockchain). can be.
“Reinventing Anna”, the NFT Collection
According toreportó Page Six the faux German heiress is releasing an NFT series that will feature artwork, personal items and even time with Sorokin herself. The collection, based on Ethereum a decentralized open-source blockchain with smart contracts functionality. and titled “ Reinventing Anna “, will grant its holders “ access to Anna “through exclusive live streams and other online and metaverse a metaverse is a digital universe that contains all the aspects of the real world, such as real-time interactions and economies. It offers a unique experience to end-users. events, according to the sitio web of the project.
“ A select group of top headlines will have access to coveted personal items from her time in prison, personal sketches drawn by Anna herself, and even one-on-one calls with Anna. “. According to the official website, a total of 2,000 NFT will be released. The price of the first available one is 0.08 ETH, excluding the Gas a term used on the Ethereum platform that refers to a unit of measuring the computational effort of conducting transactions or smart contracts, or launch DApps in the Ethereum network. It is the “fuel” of the Ethereum network. *see Gas Limit and Gas Price. fee, or around USD $95 by the time of publishing.
The project, which was launched in April but launched this week, promises to be a channel for “ friends, fans, and foes can support the opposite of Resistance, it is a threshold that crypto’s price doesn’t fall below. Anna and unirse a la siguiente parte de su infame historia life-affirming “.
The NFT collection also represents a new stage for Sorokin, who at his young age has lived “ many lives “She has been a fashion student, celebrity, entrepreneur, inmate and now digital artist, as the website notes. The young woman, who is launching the project from the Orange County Correctional Facility, expressed excitement to join the NFT community and added:
I see this first release as an opportunity to connect directly with my audience and take charge of the narrative that has been largely out of my control, until now. In this new chapter of my journey, I hope to use my voice for a positive (and legal) cause.
Many lives… and many debts
According to reports, this is not Sorokin’s first appearance as an artist. In March of this year, the hustler participated in an art exhibition on New York’s Lower East Side, which included five hand-drawn sketches by Sorokin.
The drawings, which parody the young woman’s stay in prison, were part of the collection “The young woman’s stay in prison”. Free Anna Delvey “curated by artists Julia Morrison and Alfredo Martinez. One of the illustrations even features herself using JPay a payment platform a place to buy, sell and store cryptocurrency for inmates and saying “ Send Bitcoin” from a chair that identifies her as the most wanted.
Despite his new trade as an artist, some habits seem to remain, as reports suggest that Sorokin has now accumulated new debt as a result of that exhibition. One of the artists involved in the curatorial work recently told the NY Post that he was owed $8,000 for the event.
As Sorokin continues to wait in prison for extradition out of the United States, it is unclear how the inmate intends to facilitate the meetings promised to the owners of her NFTs. Also curious is the nature of the items of her personal use that will be auctioned in the collection. Little is known about the project in general, as the only NFT for sale no revela nada.
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Article by Hannah Estefania Perez / DiarioBitcoin
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