UK newspaper investigates after ‘crypto wizard’ posts NHS token article
A UK newspaper says it has started an investigation after it published an article that appeared to promote a suspicious NFT project claiming to be in support of the country’s National Health Service (NHS). On Wednesday the Northamptonshire Telegraph ran an article promoting the ‘Nurse Coin Token and NFT’ via its Your World contributor system, which allows anybody to publish stories on the newspaper’s website. The article ’s author, Sylvester Sean Masango, describes himself as a ‘ crypto wizard’ helping “to bolster the welfare of NHS heroes and their families,” with his NFT s. According to Masango, purchasing one NFT costs $334 and the project will donate half of the transactional costs to the NHS to help fund childcare and medical expenses and develop “much-needed care homes and hospices.” It also offers token holders discounts on various goods and services but doesn’t specify which ones. Screenshot taken of the published article before it was remo...