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              Non-fungible tokens

              • Wednesday, 4 December, 2024
                Cryptocurrencies
                Billion dollar squirrel: Trump effect fuels crypto’s ‘memecoin’ boom

                Tokens based on online viral moments outpace bitcoin over past month but critics say they reflect market froth

                Cryptocurrencies representing a euthanised grey squirrel and a Thai pygmy hippo
              • Saturday, 23 November, 2024
                LexRetail & Consumer industry
                Bitcoin and bananas add a new twist to conspicuous consumption Premium content

                Both have joined the elite world of useless objects that get desirable as they get pricier

                Italian visual artist Maurizio Cattelan’s duct-taped Banana titled ‘Comedian’
              • Monday, 17 June, 2024
                ReviewTelevision
                The Stormtrooper Scandal — the dark side of NFT art exposed

                A new BBC documentary about an auction of dubious digital artworks reveals the flimsiness of the crypto fad

                A man wearing a suit has a blue and orange stormtrooper helmet on. A dog looks up curiously at him
              • Wednesday, 13 September, 2023
                Bonfire of the NFTs

                How do you kill that which has no life?

              • Friday, 1 September, 2023
                Watches & Jewellery
                Industry weighs potential of AI-designed watches

                The latest advances have prompted comparisons with past episodes of technological disruption

                OpenAI’s Dall-E image generation tool
              • Friday, 7 July, 2023
                Lex
                NFTs/OpenSea: digital asset prices have further to fall   Premium content

                Collapse in value of non-fungible tokens is due in part to rising rates and falling crypto prices

                website of Bored Ape Yacht Club
              • Friday, 16 June, 2023
                Three Arrows Capital’s NFT collection sold for almost $11mn at auction

                Record sale for collapsed crypto hedge fund’s pieces comes despite broader downturn in market for digital assets

                Dmitri Cherniak’s ‘Ringers #879 (The Goose)’
              • Friday, 5 May, 2023
                Cryptofinance
                US court provides clarity on crypto rules with OpenSea verdict Premium content

                Plus, Coinbase first-quarter results and taxing crypto miners

                A montage of the Department of Justice seal and a site offering NFTs
              • Wednesday, 3 May, 2023
                OpenSea
                Former OpenSea employee convicted in first NFT insider trading case

                Prosecutors had accused Nate Chastain of buying tokens he knew would soar in value

                An OpenSea logo is seen on a smartphone
              • Wednesday, 5 April, 2023
                OutlookJude Webber
                Titanic NFTs are the latest token of Belfast’s difficult history

                As the anniversary of the great ship’s foundering nears, memories find new forms

                People look at a display inside the Titanic museum in Belfast
              • Friday, 24 February, 2023
                FT SeriesBetween worlds: a metaverse special
                What Gucci and others learnt from the metaverse

                The metaverse economy is set to be worth trillions — and the world’s leading fashion brands are experimenting already

                woman wearing a pink beanie with the word ‘Forever’ printed on it
              • Wednesday, 8 February, 2023
                Intellectual property
                Hermès wins landmark lawsuit over ‘MetaBirkin’ NFTs

                New York jury rejected artist’s claim that digital depictions of luxury bags was legally protected expression

                Hermès diamond and Himalayan Nilo Crocodile Birkin handbag
              • Monday, 30 January, 2023
                Premier League
                Premier League backs Sorare’s NFT fantasy football game despite crypto crash

                League agrees multimillion-pound licensing deal with start-up that offers trading in digital player cards

                Manchester City and Arsenal in action on Friday
              • Thursday, 29 December, 2022
                OpenSea chief seeks to distance NFTs from crypto crisis

                Head of leading marketplace responds to digital assets slump following FTX scandal

                Devin Finzer
              • Tuesday, 27 December, 2022
                News in-depth
                NFT creators diversify into real-world assets to generate new revenues

                Entrepreneurs behind digital art collections expand into retail and entertainment amid crypto downturn

                Montage of Yuga Labs, Doodles and Pudgy Penguins graphics
              • Friday, 18 November, 2022
                FTX Trading Ltd
                The FTX investors’ tombstoNFT

                Get it while it’s non-fungible

              • Friday, 4 November, 2022
                Watches & Jewellery
                Jewellers explore benefits of digital art

                Brands experiment with latest technology to transplant one of the oldest hard luxuries into the digital world

                Artist Refik Anadol in front of his AI-driven immersive installation for Bulgari
              • Monday, 17 October, 2022
                InterviewUS Securities and Exchange Commission
                SEC must clarify which NFTs will be regulated, says commissioner

                Some digital art could be treated like stocks or bonds, according to Hester Peirce

                A storefront hosting digital art collecting platform Neon’s first in-person non-fungible token (NFT) vending machine in Lower Manhattan
              • Thursday, 13 October, 2022
                Lex
                NFTs: regulators go ape amid market downturn Premium content

                Some projects look suspiciously like a desire to buy into hype

                Bored Ape NFT graffiti in the Wynwood neighbourhood of Miami in March
              • Monday, 15 August, 2022
                Tech Tonic podcast1 min listen
                Coming soon: A Sceptic’s Guide to Crypto

                Even after the crypto markets crashed this year, there are still a number of people …

              • Wednesday, 3 August, 2022
                Behind the Money podcast20 min listen
                The rise of the ‘F@$K It’ investor

                The 2008 financial crisis gave rise to a new generation of investors known as ‘generation moonshot’

              • Tuesday, 2 August, 2022
                Your QuestionsLucy Warwick-Ching
                How can I sort out my late husband’s estate?

                He died without making a will so I have to arrange the division of his assets

                A stressed woman looks at paperwork
              • Thursday, 14 July, 2022
                Jemima Kelly
                Web3 is just a fresh serving of the same old crypto nonsense

                Instead of guarding the internet from exploitation, the technology adds an extra layer of financialisation

                Illustration of a person dressed in black with a black hat on holding open the right side of his coat and inside are the logos of Web3, NFT and bitcoin
              • Wednesday, 13 July, 2022
                Snap Inc
                Snap explores plans to let users showcase NFTs as filters

                Social media platform is the latest to dabble in digital assets to attract influencers despite crypto crash

                Snapchat signage displayed in downtown Los Angeles
              • Friday, 8 July, 2022
                Watches & Jewellery
                Jewellers and watchmakers grapple with when to enter the metaverse

                Luxury brands study the possibilities while some warn of danger of being left behind

                Computer image of a man standing beside a necklace encased in a glass display
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