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Aside from being a form of capital, technological innovation, and financial product, cryptocurrencies are also a kind of content. They have brand identities and aesthetics in the form of their logos; they gather together communities who identify with them by allowing people to hold (or hoard) bits of the brand. Cryptocurrencies also enable literal content, the way Tezos undergirds an NFT marketplace like Hic et Nunc or the tokens that support crowdfunded essays on Mirror, like $ESSAY or $MOOD. The $FWB token gathers together and supports the Friends with Benefits community.

Christie’s first-ever sale of a purely digital artwork has decidedly catapulted non-fungible token (NFT) art into the mainstream.

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Trevor McFedries explains crypto’s pop-culture moment, why Gen Z is different, and how he’s building a ‘modern Marvel’ with Brud and Lil Miquela.

Five creators talk about collecting NFTs, the value of interdependence, and why they’re reinvesting in up-and-coming artists.

In developing countries around the world, NFTs are offering an unprecedented avenue for income during a global pandemic.

Mike Vorhaus of Vorhaus Advisors found 63% of gamers would spend more on virtual goods that have real-world value.

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An artist called Beeple just sold a piece at Christie's for millions. But it wasn't a painting... it was a kind of crypto. We speak with him and the others behind the first NFT auction. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.

Two artists exploring crypto-powered marketplaces, Murat Pak and Signe Pierce, explain how crypto is enabling new business models and revenue streams.

Musician and painter Devendra Banhart explains how NFTs are expanding his practice, and why he’s excited for the future of the medium.

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Chris Dixon of a16z, Kevin Chou of Rally, and Jesse Walden of Variant Fund discuss how old models are being transformed by tokens of all kinds.

The consensus about crypto UX/UI has so far been; abstract it and they will come. But what if the best way forward is exactly the opposite?

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Details on Ethereum Improvement Proposal 721 (EIP-721): ERC-721 Non-Fungible Token Standard

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Please enjoy this transcript of my interview with Katie Haun (@katie_haun), a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz. Previously, she spent a decade as a federal prosecutor with the US Department o…