“The Matrix” star Keanu Reeves has become something of a crypto fan, calling cryptocurrencies “amazing tools for exchanges and distribution of resources.”
In a recent interview with Wired to promote his new film “John Wick 4,” Reeves said, “I think the principle, the ideas behind an independent currency, are amazing,” adding that, “To pooh-pooh crypto, or the volatility of cryptocurrency, it’s only going to make it better in terms of how it’s safeguarded.”
The 1999 film “The Matrix,” in which Reeves played the hero Neo, was a foundational cyberpunk text that predicted many of today’s emerging tech trends, from AI to the metaverse. So it’s no surprise that Web3 fans have long been curious to know what Reeves thinks of crypto and related technologies like NFTs.
In particular, Reeves is interested in the implications of digital art technologies like AI and NFTs, noting that, “People are growing up with these tools: We’re listening to music already that’s made by AI in the style of Nirvana, there’s NFT digital art.”
While conceding that “it’s cool, like, look what the cute machines can make!” Reeves added that he’s concerned about the “corporatocracy behind it that’s looking to control those things.”
Reeves explained that he recently tried to explain to a teenager that in “The Matrix,” Neo is “fighting for what was real,” only to be asked, “Who cares if it’s real?”
“Culturally, socially, we’re gonna be confronted by the value of real, or the nonvalue,” the actor said. “And then what’s going to be pushed on us? What’s going to be presented to us?”
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The actor has become increasingly involved in the NFT space in recent years; after dismissing NFT art as being “easily reproduced,” in an interview to promote “The Matrix Resurrections,” he’s since become an adviser for digital art charity The Futureverse Foundation, which funds artists looking to enter the NFT space.
The charity, backed by NFT projects Non-Fungible Labs and Fluf World, aims to “make the metaverse accessible to more people, especially from disadvantaged backgrounds,” according to Reeves’ partner and fellow Futurevese Foundation adviser Alexandra Grant.
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