CEOs of multi-billion dollar companies rarely concern themselves with the replies of standard civilian Twitter accounts — but “rarely” is the operative word here. This guy attracted the attention of Tim Sweeney, CEO of Epic Games, after lambasting a fan-made crypto project dubbed, Fortnite Token, — a project that is, in fact, not affiliated with Fortnite whatsoever but owes its namesake to the massively popular battle royale game.
While Fortnite Token was announced back in December, 2021, the cryptocurrency failed to gain much traction (as of writing this, the account has less than 2,000 followers). But a recent announcement at the end of May regarding an NFT drop managed to catch Sweeney’s attention.
Sweeney responded to a number of posts from Fortnite Token that date back to February calling the project a scam nine separate times. Whoever is behind the account decided to clap back, claiming the crypto venture was a “fair-launch, community-driven, Fortnite game fans-created cryptocurrency project with no specified owner or company structured behind it or a CEO deciding on its future.”
This explanation might make sense if the project in question didn’t entirely mirror an existing brand, let alone a global force as notable as Fortnite. To cap off his string of replies, Sweeney let his followers know that “Epic’s lawyers are on it.”
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