William Shatner – the famous actor who played Captain Kirk in Star Trek – appeared at Consensus 2023 on Thursday to announce an NFT project, succeeding his hit collection from 3 years prior.
The 92-year-old spoke on why he’s excited about Web 3 in entertainment, and where he sees crypto by the time humanity reaches the Star Trek era.&nbsp;
<h2 id="william-shatner-infinite-connections">William Shatner: Infinite Connections</h2>
Shatner explained that his first experience dealing with NFTs was in 2020 when 125,000 William Shatner trading cards <a href="https://cryptopotato.com/famous-actor-william-shatner-sold-125000-blockchain-based-nfts/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">sold out</a> immediately on the Wax blockchain. One of the NFTs was an X-ray of his tooth.
He was later contacted by the Web 3 gaming company Orange Comet to launch his new collection “Infinite Connections,” a set of 2500 3-dimensional renditions of Shatner which reflect his view that “everything is connected.”
<blockquote>
 “I know nothing about how to program… but what I do understand is emotions, and drama, and beautiful things,” he said. “That kind of area is my expertise.”
</blockquote>
Shatner later learned that NFTs can be “malleable” and “creative,” and ultimately gained an interest in Web 3 because the technology is evolving, and moving fast.&nbsp;
<blockquote>
 “It’s the romance, its the future, its things that are happening to young people that I wanted to be a part of,” he added.
 <figure style="width: 1024px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://cryptopotato.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/photo_2023-04-27_23-13-52.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><img src="https://cryptopotato.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/photo_2023-04-27_23-13-52-1024x576.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="576"></a>
 <figcaption>
 William Shatner 2 (Consensus 2023)
 </figcaption>
 </figure>
</blockquote>
<h2 id="crypto-in-the-distant-future">Crypto in the Distant Future</h2>
When asked if Captain Kirk himself would be into crypto, Shatner said that crypto will be “way, so high,” by the time we reach the time period of his universe.&nbsp;
<blockquote>
 “It’ll be so many thousands of dollars in value – the crypto coins” – that I would think that the people today that are gonna live two or three hundred years are gonna buy crypto now before it explodes!” he said.&nbsp;
</blockquote>
Ultimately, however, Shatner rejected some popular ideas among crypto <a href="https://cryptopotato.com/former-coinbase-cto-balaji-srinivasans-1m-bitcoin-gambit-sparks-hyperinflation-debate/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">“doomsayers”</a> that fiat currency is going to collapse, believing the United States will thrive in a crypto-based future.&nbsp;
Shatner himself does not invest in crypto but is open to it having value to others. “If enough people think it’s something, then it is,” he added.&nbsp;
The post <a href="https://cryptopotato.com/william-shatner-predicts-where-crypto-will-be-when-we-reach-the-star-trek-years-consensus-2023-live/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">William Shatner Predicts Where Crypto Will Be When We Reach the Star Trek Years (Consensus 2023 LIVE)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://cryptopotato.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">CryptoPotato</a>.

William Shatner Predicts Where Crypto Will Be When We Reach the Star Trek Years (Consensus 2023 LIVE)

Table of Contents

CryptoPotato_News

Other articles published on Apr 28, 2023

Join our free newsletter for daily crypto updates!