The Crypto Twitter community united in support of an individual who claimed to be a cancer patient and sought to sell non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to battle the disease.
The crypto community acted swiftly as the tweet gained considerable traction, and numerous crypto influencers joined in, urging people to purchase the NFTs and show their support for the artist.
However, the situation took a turn when Twitter users, including web3 artist Arcanic, promptly uncovered that the account was merely reselling artwork created by other artists like Snooow.
On May 30, a crypto influencer named Andrew Wang took to Twitter to reveal the truth behind Pixel Penguins, the NFT project the alleged cancer patient created.
On Twitter, Wang shared a thorough thread revealing the potential scam. The thread details how Hopeexist1, a self-proclaimed pixel artist, claimed to be fighting eye cancer while creating digital art for others. However, it was…
