#’CryptoPunk’ NFT sells for .8 million at Sotheby’s

#’CryptoPunk’ NFT sells for $11.8 million at Sotheby’s

“#’CryptoPunk’ NFT sells for $11.8 million at Sotheby’s” Who says the NFT bubble has popped?   A non-fungible token (NFT) of a digital artwork called a CryptoPunk defied expectations and just sold for $11.8 million at Sotheby’s on Thursday. “CryptoPunks are a set of 10,000 pixel-art characters made by Larva Labs in 2017” and the mega…

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#NFT bubble popping, with sales reportedly dropping 90 percent

#NFT bubble popping, with sales reportedly dropping 90 percent

“#NFT bubble popping, with sales reportedly dropping 90 percent” The NFT craze appears to be fading fast, with sales collapsing by nearly 90 percent over the past month, according to new data.  The market for so-called “non-fungible tokens” — one-of-a-kind, verifiable digital assets that grabbed headlines when Sotheby’s sold an NFT by the artist Beeple…

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#Sotheby’s to auction world’s first known NFT

#Sotheby’s to auction world’s first known NFT

“#Sotheby’s to auction world’s first known NFT” Sotheby’s will auction off the world’s first known NFT this week — and is pulling out all the stops as it attempts to give historical weight to the red-hot digital art craze. Kevin McCoy’s “Quantum” — a simple red, blue and pink image which was created in May…

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#Sotheby’s to accept bitcoin, Ethereum in Banksy auction

#Sotheby’s to accept bitcoin, Ethereum in Banksy auction

“#Sotheby’s to accept bitcoin, Ethereum in Banksy auction” Sotheby’s is jumping in on the crypto craze. The 277-year-old luxury auction house said it will accept bitcoin and ether, the digital token of the Ethereum blockchain, for payment in its auction next week of Banksy’s “Love is in The Air” masterpiece. Sotheby’s said in a statement…

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