Disney Pinnacle is preparing to be the next big NFT failure
by Richard Lawler from The Verge - All Posts on (#6GC8F)
Image: Dapper Labs NFTs aren't gone yet - Disney will launch an all-new socially driven collectible experience" called Disney Pinnacle later this year, turning characters from Pixar, Star Wars, and its classic animated films into tradable digital pins. The Disney Pinnacle website has a waitlist for interested traders and collectors; however, it doesn't explain what the digital pins" are actually like or why the company would bother to create a verifiable digital hoard.
While announcing Pinnacle, Disney and its partner Dapper Labs won't even say the word NFT." Dapper Labs still calls itself the NFT company," but between a variety of scams, an eye-blistering episode at a recent Bored Ape event, and a market that has plunged since peaking in early 2021,...