Adam Conover’s Crypto Orb Stunt—Genuine Advocacy or Another Celebrity Cash Grab?
Comedian-turned-crypto-pitchman Adam Conover is hawking a mysterious ’cryptocurrency orb’—and the internet has questions. Is this a legit attempt to democratize finance, or just the latest celeb-fueled pump-and-dump waiting to happen?
The Orb Awakens (Your Wallet)
Conover, best known for dismantling myths on ’Adam Ruins Everything,’ now seems to be constructing one: that shiny physical tokens magically solve crypto’s trust problem. The orb—reportedly a hardware wallet with theatrical flair—promises ’unhackable’ storage. Cue eye-rolls from infosec experts.
Celebrity Meets Web3: A Match Made in ROI
Timing raises eyebrows. The campaign drops just as memecoins resurge—and Conover’s NFT ventures quietly underperform. ’But wait,’ say fans, ’he’s an educator!’ Critics fire back: since when do educators partner with unregulated DeFi platforms sporting 20% APY fine print?
The Punchline?
Whether this orb orbits innovation or just Conover’s bank account depends on one thing: if buyers actually read the whitepaper—or just the celebrity endorsement. Spoiler: Wall Street bets on the latter.
Adam Conover’s not-so-skeptical approach to World Chain
Although Adam Conover does emphasize that he is not endorsing the product, users on Reddit criticized him for seemingly promoting the product and its usage. Adam Conover is well-known on the internet for being the host of the half-hour truTV show Adam Ruins Everything, where he debunks commonly held beliefs through an investigative logical approach.
Many found it ironic that Conover was now approaching the World project without much skepticism, a stark contrast to his internet personality which seemed to scrutinize things instead of buying into them so lightly.
“Even in the crypto space, Worldcoin is well-known to be a huge invasion of privacy and absolutely predatory. Adam – someone who’s entire shtick is deep research on popular topics – has no reason to not have known what he was promoting. Really disappointing,” said one Reddit user.
“And finally, with his work complete, Adam had ruined everything else, so he turned his power inward and ruined himself,” said another user.
Some have also highlighted the fact that the part of the video where Adam Conover is supposedly scanning his eye on an Orb, it is only shown very briefly. This prompted some users to accuse him of not really trusting the technology himself, yet he encourages other people to do so.
The World Network had previously been banned and scrutinized in countries like Indonesia, Brazil and Hong Kong over privacy concerns due to its iris-scanning verification.
Most recently, Indonesia’s Ministry of Communication and Digital temporarily suspended the platform on May 5 in light of complaints about suspicious activities related to the platform.
The project has declared that it WOULD allow users to delete their unique iris code permanently, effectively “un-verifying” their World IDs. It has also clarified that the verification data stays on the user’s device and is not shared to any third-parties.
