The Oscars Pays Chadwick Boseman Homage Through an NFT

The Oscars have decided to pay their last respects and homage to the late actor Chadwick Boseman through an NFT artwork by AdVenture Media.

Although there was a social media uproar after Anthony Hopkins received the award for his work in ‘The Father’ instead of the young late actor. The launch of his NFT is seen as an attempt to mitigate the outrage and pacify the angry fans.

Boseman died of a rare cancer last August and had been reserved a posthumous nomination for his work in Netflix’s ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,’ which was strongly favored to win coming into Sunday’s ceremony.

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Died at the age of 43, Boseman had already conquered multiple awards like Critics Choice Award, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild award for the role, and many pundits predicted a deserved victory.