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Sometime around March, you probably read several explainer articles with titles along the lines of, “What are NFTs?” and “NFTs, explained”.
That was the month non-fungible tokens (NFTs) were thrust into the public consciousness. British auction house Christie’s sold an NFT artwork by digital artist Mike Winkelmann, better known as Beeple, for a historic US$69 million. Later, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey sold an NFT of first tweet for US$2.9 million.
The numbers paint a better story – the volume of NFT transactions multiplied 25 times since December 2020, totalling around US$226 million.
The NFT market has somewhat cooled off since the frenzy, following the broader crypto pullback in the past month. In the long-term, a correction is probably beneficial to skim off the froth in the NFT market....