在FTX欧亨利式结尾后,明星代言人集体缄默了

PanewsPublished on 2022-11-17Last updated on 2022-11-17

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FTX戏剧性地迎来欧亨利式结尾,投资者哭了,旁观者笑了,明星代言人集体缄默了。

FTX戏剧性地迎来欧亨利式结尾,投资者哭了,旁观者笑了,明星代言人集体缄默了。

11月11日,原全球第二大加密货币交易所FTX在美国申请破产保护。其创始人SBF (Sam Bankman-Fried) 也辞去了首席执行官一职。根据英国《卫报》文章报道,畅销书作家迈克尔刘易斯(Michael Lewis)过去六个月一直在与SBF合作,并将这位“加密金童”作为新书的主题。可结局来得太匆忙,如今SBF的迎来戏剧性的终局,从风光无限转眼间便急转直下走向欧亨利式结尾。

但在这一节骨眼上,过去曾经帮助SBF和FTX大力宣传,为其带来关注和流量的一众名人集体沉默不语,拒绝对此事置评。对此,华尔街王牌诉讼律师David Boies开始与客户讨论对推广FTX的名人提起集体诉讼,目前尚不清楚诉讼对象包括哪些名人。这起诉讼可能类似于此前针对亿万富翁马克·库班(Mark Cuban)和达拉斯独行侠队提起的集体诉讼,他们曾为已破产的加密贷款公司Voyager做宣传。

FTX请了哪些明星代言人做推广呢?

汤姆布雷迪

NFL(职业橄榄球大联盟)传奇巨星汤姆·布雷迪 (Tom Brady) 和“世界第一超模”吉赛尔·邦辰 (Gisele Bündchen) ,这对前夫妻是最早与FTX建立合作关系的明星。2021年6月,FTX宣布与他们正式建立长期合作关系,布雷迪是品牌大使,而吉赛尔被任命为FTX的环境和社会倡议顾问。“这是加密世界中令人难以置信的激动人心的时刻,Sam和革命性的FTX 团队继续让我看到无限的可能性,”布雷迪当时在一份声明中说。“这个特殊的机会向我们展示了教育人们了解加密货币的力量同时回馈我们的社区和地球的重要性。我们有机会在这里创造一些非常特别的东西,我迫不及待地想看看我们能一起做什么。”

这对前夫妇当时承诺在整个合作过程中每年向慈善事业捐款数百万美元。作为环境和社会倡议的负责人,吉赛尔将帮助确定与哪些慈善机构合作,并致力于现有的倡议,如减少FTX的碳足迹。2021年9月,FTX官方在youtube发布汤姆布雷迪的广告代言视频,并配上标题“汤姆布雷迪来了,你呢?” 该视频最近几日也惨遭“挖坟”,有网友调侃说FTX 破产了,汤姆离婚了,而海盗队本赛季也战绩不佳,一切都被时间打脸。

奎尔·奥尼尔

NBA名宿沙奎尔·奥尼尔(Shaquille O'Neal)除了在篮球领域的统治力之外,还以幽默风趣的性格闻名,他也热衷将这种搞怪的风格带入广告代言当中。他在FTX宣传广告中说:“FTX帮助每个人都能使用加密货币,我all in了,你呢?”在今年年初,FTX还在超级碗赛事期间赞助了奥尼尔的周末音乐狂欢节“Shaq's Fun House”。该音乐狂欢节在洛杉矶举行,拥有超5000名观众,包含歌舞表演和FTX摩天轮设施及FTX加密产品展览。同时,FTX还提供了嘉年华奖品,为通过FTX Pay进行加密支付的客人提供折扣。活动参与者还有机会与奥尼尔直接会面并获得价值1万美元的比特币。

斯蒂芬库里

在与布雷迪签约后不久,2021年9月,FTX又宣布与NBA超级明星斯蒂芬库里(Stephen Curry)建立了长期合作伙伴关系,库里成为FTX 全球大使,并获得FTX Trading Limited的股权。库里与其妻子成立的基金会 Eat.Learn.Play. 也在之后多次与FTX 合作开展慈善活动。对于这一合作,库里曾回应说:“过去的加密投资领域相当神秘,FTX则是不断将加密投资变得容易让大家接受,让大家不再害怕加密货币。”

双方为了庆祝达成合作,还将3个比特币(时价大约14.4万美元)捐赠给了湾区的公益组织。库里与FTX的合作,或许也促成了FTX向勇士提供1000万美元赞助及后续的合作伙伴关系。11月14日,金州勇士告知ESPN他们正在暂停所有与 FTX 相关的宣传活动。与其最后的联名活动是明星后卫乔丹普尔(Jordan Poole)的摇头娃娃,于当晚在大通中心向前1万名到场的观众免费发放,而该手办也是早在几个月之前就已完成制作。

值得一提的是,与勇士队不同,去年4月FTX与NBA迈阿密热火队达成了一项为期19年、价值1.35亿美元的合约,迈阿密热火队的体育场更名为FTX Arena。就在FTX申请破产后几个小时,迈阿密戴德郡和迈阿密热火队发表联合声明,表示将立刻结束与FTX 的场馆冠名权协议,努力为球场寻找新的冠名权合作伙伴。FTX Logo也已被从球场顶部拆除。此外,根据双方此前签署的合约,FTX如因违约(含破产事件)必须在未来三年内还清总计1650万美元的欠款,如果未在10个工作日内支付款项,该县表示有权收取年利率12%的利息,直到付款完成为止,其中首年需要支付1400万美元。”

FTX热衷于在体育竞技领域进行广告营销,除上述NBA、NFL联盟的球队和明星外,他们还将手伸向了网球、棒球、电竞、赛车等领域。例如豪掷上亿美元与电子游戏战队TSM 签署为期 10 年、价值 2.1 亿美元的冠名权协议,赞助梅赛德斯-AMG马石油F1车队。

大阪直美

日本女网天后大阪直美(Naomi Osaka)在今年3月与FTX签署了合作协议,她将出任品牌全球大使,同时还获得了FTX.US和FTX的股权,并将以加密货币支付的方式获得报酬。大阪表示:“相比之下,我们看到有关女性参与加密货币的统计数据很少,这反映了我们在其他金融市场看到的不平等现象。”因此该合同当时也被描述为“长期”合同,包括以吸引更多女性用户到 FTX 平台参与加密投资。

大谷翔平

2021年11月,FTX宣布与来自MLB洛杉矶天使的天才棒球明星大谷翔平(Shohei Ohtani )建立长期合作关系。他成为FTX的品牌形象大使之一,且全部薪酬都将以股票和加密货币的形式获得,FTX还表示将代表他每年向慈善机构捐款。值得一提的是,大谷在今年击败了同为品牌大使的库里获得2022年ESPY年度最佳男运动员。

拉里大卫

在网友对一众体育明星的嘲讽中,还有许多提到喜剧演员拉里大卫(Larry David)的评论。并未受到FTX事件波及的人表示“拉里是对的”、“还好听了拉里的话”,而遭受损失的人则认为“SBF和他那些名人朋友真应该听取这个建议”。要搞清楚这些言论,就得从FTX的天价广告说起。

今年2月,为了在第56届超级碗投放宣传广告,FTX斥资约三千万美元,其中光购买一分钟的广告位就花费一千多万美元。在广告视频中,拉里大卫一直在扮演着一个拒绝接受新鲜事物的守旧老人,按历史的发展,他怒不可遏并大吼着地否定了包括轮子、叉子、灯泡、民主等一系列进步的发明与思想。最后,拉里恶搞了长期以来坚持反对比特币的“股神”沃伦巴菲特的形象,在听到对方推销FTX,声称这是进入加密领域的一种安全而简单的方式后,他讪笑着回答:“我可不这么认为,而且我对这件事从来没有错,从来没有!”随即广告以一条标语结束,“不要像拉里那样。不要错过下一件大事”。

加密帝国FTX用自己的轰然倒塌和拉里大卫联袂上演了一出黑色幽默,前者将永远被钉在耻辱柱,而后者本是意在反讽的角色,如今却变成了拥有“真知”的“大预言家”。

在看到FTX破产后,各组织和明星与其迅速切割,但并未向曾经的大肆宣传承担任何责任。有些人认为,NBA、NFL等大型组织和名人不应该利用他们的影响力鼓励普通人投资于高度风险的资产。在正常商品和服务的广告中,鼓励某人购买某个品牌的手机或保险和鼓励人们将积蓄投资于投机领域是有区别的。此外,美国证券交易委员会(SEC)主席加里·詹斯勒(Gary Gensler)表示,即使有名人投资者参与其中,人们也应该对加密货币投资进行自我学习。他认为,这个领域有名人CEO,也有名人加密企业家。公众可能会成为他们促销、营销等商业手段的牺牲品。

在上述明星眼中,或许他们与FTX的合作与代言只是利用自身影响力进行的一次商业合作,只是众多投资中的一小部分。他们之间也并非是唇亡齿寒的关系,甚至据传言这当中有些人从始至终都没有进行过加密资产方面的投资。但对于那些因为偶像宣传而“入坑”的球迷与粉丝而言,他们在这种当中遭遇损失后,别无他法,也唯有顾影自怜了。

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