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The Future of NFTs: Beyond Digital Art
There was a time — not long ago, and not far from here — when a JPEG of a cartoon animal could be sold for the price of a London flat. At first, it looked like a digital renaissance, then perhaps something more suspect. Now, with the early dust settled, what’s left is not exactly a crash, but a pause. And in that pause, something more sober and arguably more interesting has begun to form. NFTs — those much-maligned and much-misunderstood tokens — are edging toward a broader cultural role. Not just in art galleries or Twitter avatars, but in ownership structures, digital identity, and software licensing. ... (full story)