Tom Holland is known for his depiction of Spider-Man in the Marvel franchise. However, in the latest incident, the actor is in the news not for his work but for an online scam he got embroiled in. Holland's Twitter handle was hacked, and what’s worse is that the fraudsters were trying to promote cryptocurrency investment using his name.
Fans of Tom Holland were taken aback when the actor appeared to make a cryptic post on social networking platform X regarding a merger with cryptocurrency platform Binance on April 16. The now-deleted tweet recommended his followers sign up for early access to a new digital currency dubbed $SPIDER coin and Spiderverse NFTs, which were allegedly related to a SpiderVerse project.
Reportedly, Tom Holland is known for his limited social media activity, and therefore, the unusual post promoting cryptocurrency created confusion among his fans. This eventually led his followers to believe that his account had been hacked. Moreover, an unknown man’s selfie appeared on the actor’s X profile but was deleted later suggesting that it could be the hacker.
Tom Holland’s Twitter/X account has been hacked. pic.twitter.com/ZPRYI6GXgK
— Cosmic Marvel (@cosmic_marvel) April 16, 2024
One of his fans who was concerned about the actor promoting cryptocurrency stated, “Wait, so Tom wasn’t being serious about the NFT BS thing?! Oh, thank goodness because I was about to get heartbroken by that post and also damn that sucks.” While another fan clarified, “Guys, Tom Holland does not own the rights to Spiderverse. Marvel does. This is some kind of hack or other scam.”
Meanwhile, Tom Holland has returned to make his stage debut in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. The actor will play Romeo in the production, which will run between May to August 2024 in London. In addition to Tom Holland, Francesca Amewudah-Rivers has been cast as the female lead, Juliet. Francesca appeared in two seasons of Bad Education, a BBC sitcom from 2012.