1. NICOLE RUGGERIO

Nicole Ruggiero is a 3D visual artist from NYC & makes work based on the internet and online trends. Her work concentrates on technology and the emotional and social culture around it. Her most recent works explore themes of online popularity, digital emotions, sexuality, feminism, and the female gaze. She expresses these themes through 3D figures and nostalgic relics, blurring the line between the virtual and the real.

Working mainly in 3D with a background in graphic design, she creates animations and visuals for augmented reality, virtual reality, commissions, events, and animations. Nicole has shown and has spoken in places all over the world such as: Tokyo, Beijing, London, Sydney, Berlin, India, LA, & NYC. Her work has also been featured in publications such as New York Times, Adult Swim, VICE, Glamour, Widewalls, Monopol, NestHQ, and Keen On.

She is driven by learning new technologies, involves herself in the culture surrounding them, and constantly learns new skills to further develop her work.

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2. PLANTTDADDII

Sam Clover aka PLANTTDADDII is a digital sculptor based in Seattle. Her work typically involves an energetic blend of flora, fauna, and her own characters.

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3. NICOLA FORMICHETTI

Nicola is the creative mind behind NICOPANDA brand, Lady Gaga, Mugler, and Diesel. His long-awaited debut NFT was sold out at Folio, LGBTQ+ curated marketplace, in less than one day.

ED3N is a collaboration with the digital artist Gigi Gvalia. It introduces Nicola’s avatar for the metaverse.

The flowers often were incorporated into Nicola’s fashion projects as representation of the life and creation itself. Now, in the Metaverse, our favorite Nicoboy has ability to look exactly the way he always imagined himself, blooming with the wild flowers, in a constant state of change.

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4. POL KURUCZ

Pol Kurucz is a hybrid NFT photographer combining 2D/3D pop art aethethic. At first glance, Pol Kurucz’s work appears theatrical, artfully staged, provocative, and almost satirical. Upon closer inspection, however, every piece expresses a social criticism. His artwork creates expressive photographs intended to create giant question marks on conventional values.

Can read more on his Folio Zine interview here.

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5. FEWOCIOUS

FEWOCiOUS, is a 19-year-old painter and one of the most successful and visible members of a growing community of queer crypto artists who are finding success in the modern gold rush that is the NFT market. Total NFT artwork values over $23 million+ to date.

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6. JASON EBEYER

Jason Ebeyer is a 3D artist and visual designer based in Melbourne, Australia. His work taps into themes of eroticism, technology and avant-garde fashion, manifesting in compositions of vivid color and surreal dreamlike sequences.

Featured Clients:
Nikita Dragun, Follow Beauty, Tom of Finland, Sensorium, Men.com, Troye Sivan, Bebe Rexha, iHeart Radio, Wango Tango, Sabrina Carpenter, Kaimin, Universal Music, EMI Australia, Vials, Yesterdays Virgins, Commons&Sense, Chin Chin, Maxine Ashley, FGUK, Siberia Hills

Projects:
Galore, Steve Aoki, Tom of Finland (Men.com), Huda Beauty, Nikita Dragun, Marilyn Monroe, Sensorium, Madonna, V Magazine, H+ Legends

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7. Ikaro Cavalcante

Ikaro Cavalcante is a trandisciplinary artist , born from the ethernet, working specially with 3D, researching memory, dreams and games.

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8. Diana Sinclair

Diana Sinclair is a Black queer photographer and artist from NJ/NYC, creating work around understanding and expressing identity. Diana is a true pioneer of championing inclusivity within the NFT space. In duality with her art, her activism has also come to flourish and had effect internationally. As a strong advocate for queer, trans, and Black Lives Matter, she has tried to involve those subjects in her artwork or initiate other projects that benefit those causes. She recently co-founded @herstorydao, a DAO that aims to preserve, incubate and celebrate the art and culture of marginalized voices in the metaverse.

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9. Stacie A Buhler

Stacie Buhler is a fashion photographer and digital #nft artist based in Los Angeles, California. Creator of #UGLYBETTYS

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10. Samj

Non-binary artist. From Sam “ My interests and design aesthetic are heavily founded and influenced by my queer identity. Assuming I already stand out in public as a queer person, I am not afraid to go further and be more unique than most in my design. I like to think my creative approach to art is unapologetic and borderline absurd. One could easily consider my work as borderline campy. Someone once told me my work looked as if it was from kindergarten, frankly I think that’s chic. I channel my creativity through new tech, fashion, and any medium I feel inspired to explore. My creative process is one of borderless curiosity and intuition.”

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Curated by:

Joey Primiani

Co-Founder & CEO, Folio. NFT Marketplace showcasing diverse artists and people supporting them. LGBTQ+ owned and operated.

Top Art Collections of the Week:

Glitch Girls by GHØST GIRL

October 22, 2021

A genre-bending, generative collection of 6969 Glitched girls, some of whom walk in the light, and some in the dark. This stunning high-resolution NFT collection from established female digital artist and VJ GHØST GIRL features over 180 possible traits, carefully curated by an advanced algorithm to ensure no unintended combinations so that each Glitch Girl is as unique as its owner.

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PartyDegeneratesNFT

October 19, 2021

Party Degenerates are a collection of 10,000 NFTs representing the rebellious spirit of those who choose to celebrate life, rather than merely living it.

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POP — ROBSON

October 19, 2021 — November 22, 2021

A dazzling collection. Physical art whisked by magical tornado into the fantasy of cyberspace.Transformed like Cinderella. Ready to party. Crashing the ball with new NFT slippers. Living, breathing paintings arriving like a dropping house in a new digital landscape. Watch the fuck out witches below! Coz when Elvis leaves this building and Mickey sits down to dine? Shits never gonna to be the same again…

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Owner Declines Offer to Sell His CryptoPunk NFT for Record-Breaking $9.5 Million

CryptoPunk #6046 owner has stunned the world by declining an offer of ETH 2,500. The owner, who goes by the name Richerd (@richerd) on Twitter, wrote about the rejected deal on the microblogging platform. In a long thread, he explained the reason. Richerd turned down an offer from user @poapxyz to sell his CryptoPunk #6046 NFT. If the transaction had been carried out with Ether, this would have been the “largest-ever on-chain NFT sale in USD,” as per Richerd. The amount of ETH 2,500 roughly translates to $9.5 million (roughly Rs. 71.5 crores)

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Fidenza #679 — Sells for $774,850

Fidenza by Tyler Hobbs is by far my most versatile algorithm to date. Although the program stays focused on structured curves and blocks, the varieties of scale, organization, texture, and color usage it can employ create a wide array of generative possibilities.

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WRITTEN BY

Joey Primiani

Co-Founder & CEO, Folio

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October 12, 2021

Welcome to our first Folio NFT Daily! Where we cover the top digest of all NFT interviews, editorial and notable news.

🔥 TOP ARTIST COLLECTIONS 🔥

#1 LOSTPOETS BY PAK

[LOSTPOETS] is a collection of 65536 1/1s. Each Poet is one-of-a-kind and not made of modular components. They have rarities, they may be modified to create a narrative, and they provide you with the opportunity to acquire uncommon variants for a year.

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#2 The Official Surreals

The Surreals are a collection of 10,000 hand-painted portraits with a surreal, vintage naturalist aesthetic.

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#3 Marc Hemeon’s Sketches of the Sea Collection

A collection of 1 of 1 sketches of the water and waves by artist Marc Hemeon that unlock a real painting.

Once a year, on Oct. 4th, if you are the holder of the NFT at the time then you can request to have a custom 8x10 oil painting based on the Water Sketch you own. Paintings will be made every year for the next 3 years ending in 2023.

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#4 Goblin Factory

The goblin laboratory is upon us. Upload your consciousness to a wetware surrogate and board the ark into hyperspace.

View Website — Drops Oct 27

#5 GOOP TROOP

GOOPs are entirely on-chain and no external servers are utilized. GOOP owners can change the description of their GOOP on-chain, which will be reflected in OpenSea. GOOPs are community driven and can be used in a variety of different ways. GOOPs are based on Nouns which as a CC0 license. The intent of GOOPs is to be community within a community. GOOPs can be used in anyway you want.

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#6 GAMEBROS

If you play any games, GameBros will be your sidekicks. Only 256 of them will be made. (according to the current plan) Have a good play. START!

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#7 TOY ROOMS

Toy Rooms is a collection of iconic rooms illustrated in quarantine mad by Amrit Pal Singh. For him, these rooms were gateways to a world of possibilities and childlike wonder during the pandemic.

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🔥 TOP TRENDING COLLECTORS 🔥

• path.eth
• ShaunHe
• Raini Ng
• 0x7d54
• Zeroaster
• PAM
• BlackShibe

WRITTEN BY

Joey Primiani

Co-Founder & CEO, Folio

Can you tell us a little bit about yourself?

I am an LA based French photographer / visual artist. I specialize in celebrity, fashion and creative shoots. My works are mainly published in magazines, social media and I also sell in galleries worldwide.

What is your NFT origin story? How did you end up in this world?

Until last year, my work was mainly classical stills and animation. I started to sell NFTs in a physical gallery in Union Square, NYC out of the Superchief Gallery. Starting last year because of COVID, I discovered the wonderful world of NFTs, virtual backgrounds and 3D. I jumped right into it! I wish I discovered it sooner, because I discovered how free my imagination could go. I am super excited to step more into the world of NFTs!

Describe a real-life situation that inspired you?

I’m always inspired by the way my models are daydreaming in the studio while we are setting up the set and lights. I try to read their mind and integrate that into the story, their pose, their expression.

What excites you the most about NFTs and Web3?

The communication and involvement (mostly emotional) of my audience with my work, and by extension with my life. NFTs are changing the way my art is made directly to the fans, rather than to the galleries.

What do you think is the most exciting trend right now in the photography world?

Mixing classical photography with virtual models and hyper-realistic 3D images.

Has Instagram benefited your photography and if yes, how?

Tremendously. It’s the best feedback tool possible.

What’s your life philosophy?

Life is too short for lukewarm stuff…

What is an unusual habit or an absurd thing that you love?

Strikin’ weird, sexy poses on video calls with my sketch artists (to illustrate what he needs to draw)…. while in a packed gym.

Could you tell us one person that inspires you, that might surprise people?

My father, who lives in a small house with 7 toilets and reads a book every day of the week on each of them. An allegory for thinking big while remaining small…

Do you have any rituals you do before you start your creative process for a new project, to get your mind and energy in the right place?

I grab a snack, sit down, alone, in the studio, and imagine myself walking in a huge, crowded gallery. A large picture on the farthest wall catches my attention. It’s blank. I need to fill it with life without my attention shifting away. That’s where the creative process starts…

How do you conceptualize your images? What is your creative process?

I do not follow processes. My ideas come instinctively in form of images that pop up in my head in the shower, in bed or on the street, in a theater or while browsing social media. The ideas then go through a little curating engine in my head which follows the aesthetics of a few virtual masters such as Rene Magritte, Roy Andersson, Bob Wilson, Alejandro Jodorowsky, and Miles Aldridge.

What’s a typical day for you?

I get up late, after a long night of work with retouchers, I grab some lactose free, whole grain brunch on the corner for myself and an organic brownie for each member of our collective, I run up to the studio where the others are already working hard, then we alternate between silent background work and loud meetings. Late afternoon I try to relax my brain on a treadmill and end up stressing even more on my cell phone. Then comes some real rest, eating, cinema, theater with friends, then work again, then reading, then sleep… During photo shooting periods (one week per month) there is no typical day, nor minute…

What makes you happy?

Those moments in life when I don’t live blind as I usually do, and see, recognize the beautiful, the good.

Who are your favorite NFT artists right now and what makes them special to you?

Antoni Tudisco, Jason Ebeyer and Flóra Borsi. They are special for the immense creativity of artworks executed on the highest level of quality.

What is your dream project?

A mixed 3D-video short with Lady Gaga.

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WRITTEN BY

Joey Primiani

Co-Founder & CEO, Folio

Pak is an artist at the forefront of digital art and crypto media. An anonymous creator, Pak has been active in the world of digital art for over two decades, leveraging evolving technology to create boundary-pushing artwork.

They are the founder and lead designer of the studio Undream and creator of Archillect, an AI built to discover and share stimulating visual media. In the burgeoning NFT space, Pak has established themselves as a leader of striking artwork, novel token mechanisms, and evolving media. He recently dropped Lostpoets, a very successful NFT collection and his latest token fomoverse.

Total Artwork Value Estimate: $200,679,591.82

Artworks Sold: 7845

Highest Sale: $80,000,000.00

Average Sale: $6,969.99

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2. Beeple — $142m

Beeple is Mike Winkelmann, a graphic designer from Charleston, SC, USA who does a variety of digital artwork including short films, Creative Commons VJ loops, everydays and VR / AR work.

After he began releasing a set of widely used Creative Commons VJ loops he has worked on concert visuals for Justin Bieber, One Direction, Katy Perry, Nicki Minaj, Eminem, Zedd, deadmau5 and many more.

One of the originators of the current “everyday” movement in 3D graphics, he has been creating a picture everyday from start to finish and posting it online for over ten years without missing a single day.

Total Artwork Value: $142,409,179.19

Artworks Sold: 1346

Highest Sale: $69,346,250.00

Average Sale: $105,801.77

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3. XCOPY — $54m

They are the founder and lead designer of the studio Undream and creator of Archillect, an AI built to discover and share stimulating visual media. In the burgeoning NFT space, Pak has established themselves as a leader of striking artwork, novel token mechanisms, and evolving media.

Total Artwork Value: $54,679,591.82

Artworks Sold: 7845

Highest Sale: $1,758,615.15

Average Sale: $6,969.99

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4. Hackatao — $27m

Hackatao is an artist duo formed in Milan in 2007. ‘Hack’ for the pleasure of going under the skin and discovering what’s hidden inside; ‘Tao’ for Yin and Yang, their creative dynamic balance. After exploring sculpture, canvas, and different techniques, the duo began storing their work on the blockchain in April 2018. Hackatao quickly flourished in the crypto art scene and soon they were considered amongst the top artists pioneering the space. Their involvement in the crypto art scene and their contribution to its community — one of the most remarkable and special aspects of the space — are crucial.

Total Artwork Value: $27,413,569.25

Artworks Sold: 2241

Highest Sale: $899,087.50

Average Sale: $12,232.74

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5. Fewocious — $23m

FEWOCiOUS, whose real name is Victor Langlois, is one of the most successful and visible members of a growing community of queer crypto artists who are finding success in the modern gold rush that is the NFT market. In case you missed the whole Beeple phenomenon, an NFT is a unique set of digital files that are stored on a public blockchain and act as proof of ownership for an accompanying digital work. If you have the NFT of a digital work of art it means you have the original. Right now the buying and selling of NFTs is a multimillion dollar industry, and Langlois happens to be a bright spot in the middle of it.

Total Artwork Value: $23,305,813.26

Artworks Sold: 3188

Highest Sale: $831,116.48

Average Sale: $7,310.48

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6. Trevor Jones — $20m

Trevor Jones is a renowned painter and crypto artist. He originally graduated from Edinburgh University and Edinburgh College of Art with an MA (Hons) Fine Art with distinction in 2008. Shortly after, he was hired as the Director of Art in Healthcare, a not-for-profit providing art workshops for people with disabilities as well as lending high quality, original Scottish artwork from it’s prestigious collection to hospitals and other healthcare settings throughout the country.

As the crypto art space has taken off, so has Trevor Jones’ career. He has become one of the most successful and renowned artists in the space — NG is thrilled to welcome him back for his ‘FROM PALETTE TO CANVAS’ collection, his first since the legendary ‘Picasso’s Bull’ collection in 2020.

Total Artwork Value: $20,903,385.97

Artworks Sold: 5286

Highest Sale: $1,087,895.88

Average Sale: $3,954.48

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7. Maddogjones— $18m

Michah Dowbak, aka Mad Dog Jones on Instagram, is a Toronto based illustrator. His art is a selection of ideas passing through his brain and translated into the digital world. For his sci-fi artworks, the artist often draws inspiration from observing societies’ ever-increasing dependency on technology. Exploring themes of tech, love, and friendship, his art is a modern farewell card to the past. The creative process is elaborated and keen on details.

Total Artwork Value: $18,454,038.17

Artworks Sold: 1587

Highest Sale: $4,144,000.00

Average Sale: $11,628.25

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8. Slimesunday — $13m

Slimesunday features some of the most provocative yet brilliant artwork in the world. It is no surprise that he has had several works censored by Instagram for this reason. While true, it is the exact reason why we love Slimesunday’s work so much — it invokes a ‘wow’ response and instantly catches the viewers eye. It is certainly true with his NG collection as well and we are thrilled to host him! We also love his role in the collaboration between himself and SSX3LAU — they crushed it in their two NG collections.

Total Artwork Value: $13,666,692.03

Artworks Sold: 6789

Highest Sale: $1,333,333.33

Average Sale: $2,013.06

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9. Jose Delbo — $12m

José Delbo is an Argentinian comic artist. Although he started drawing for South American comic books like Pancho Negro, Batallas Inolvidables, Misterix and Rayo Rojo, he spent most of his career in the United States.

Total Artwork Value: $12,943,777.12

Artworks Sold: 3083

Highest Sale: $1,087,895.88

Average Sale: $4,198.44

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10. Videodrome — $12m

The legendary filmmaker David Cronenberg has made an NFT of his 1-minute film where he kisses a dead version of himself. The SuperRare auction is currently taking place. Currently the highest bid comes from Hackatao, an Italian art duo, for ‘The Death of David Cronenberg.’

Total Artwork Value: $12,246,100.41

Artworks Sold: 41

Highest Sale: $1,204,777.25

Average Sale: $298,685.38

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Info thanks to CryptoArt, numbers include the primary art sales, not estimated value on the secondary market sales, which is even higher.

WRITTEN BY

Joey Primiani

Co-Founder & CEO, Folio

Today, Folio mobile NFT platform aimed to make the experience of buying and selling digital goods much simpler and easier to use joins LA Launch House in the Web 3.0 Fall 2021 Class.

Since the beginning, we’ve focused on providing the best user experience possible. Whether we’re designing a new way to showcase artwork and artist profiles on mobile or onboard new users to crypto. Our homepage interface is clear and simple, and pages load instantly. Search and discovery for new artwork and artists for collectors is fast and easy. And when we build new tools and applications, we believe they should work so well you don’t have to consider how they might have been designed differently.

Launch House has expanded its physical and digital presence beyond a one-off project. The trio — Michael Houck, Brett Goldstein and Jacob Peters — announced that they’ve raised $3 million to expand their residency program, physically and digitally.

The seed round was led by Flybridge Capital Partners, with participation from Day One Ventures and Graph Ventures. More than 100 angel investors also put money into the company as well, including 60 early Launch House members and notable techies including Alexia Bonatsos, Balaji Srinivasan and Mike Duboe.

Launch House has grown to focus on a more cohort-based approach. Entrepreneurs are invited to take up a four-week, live-in residency at Paris Hilton’s former Beverly Hills Mansion, which the company has rented out. To date, over 200 people across eight cohorts have gone through the Launch House to bring their ideas to the seed stage.

We are looking forward to the partnership to grow Folio and making NFT accessible and easy to use for the masses!

Related article:

Launch House raises millions to launch houses (and the next big startups)

Folio is the world’s first mobile digital marketplace for art and NFTs. As a private invite-only creative community for artists, the platform allows easy search and discovery of exclusive digital art in a simple and elegant way.

Folio founders Joey Primiani, Silicon Valley entrepreneur and Googler who previously created Lady Gaga’s online super-fan community LittleMonsters.com, and Mirko Kiefer, seasoned blockchain entrepreneur and engineer, created the platform to give power back to the creators.

“NFT’s give the power back to the creators and make it much easier, and less intimidating for the everyday collector. It is disrupting traditional spaces in art, music and collectibles by unlocking special access to the super-fans and collectors.”

The platform is designed to cultivate a strong artist culture in a collaborative and safe environment where artists can easily sell and promote their work. Diversity is built into Folio’s foundation, as the app exists as a space for LGBTQ+ and underrepresented artists to be showcased.

As well as providing powerful tools for the collectors to find and support the artwork and artist they love. Creating an easy to use and intuitive wallet for all your digital goods to share.

Artists post their work, discover, collaborate and inspire. It enables artists to create beautiful portfolios and have their work featured. It is the “LinkedIn for Artists” to empower creativity.

Featured artists on the platform include Pol Kurucz, Zigor, Marc Hemeon, Antoni Tudisco and many more.

Folio is in private beta opening up, sign up for the waitlist. Follow Folio on Twitter, Discord and Instagram for updates.

About Folio

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Courtesy of Paris Hilton — Blake x Paris Collab

Other successful digital auctions include Paris Hilton’s NFT “Iconic Crypto Queen”, a digital art collaboration with artist Blake Kathryn selling for over $1.11 Million — Yahoo! Finance

Allow Paris Hilton to explain NFTs

Courtesy of Paris Hilton — Why I’m Excited about NFTs

About NFT’s

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are digital assets that represent a wide range of unique tangible and intangible items, from artwork to collectible sports cards to virtual real estate and even digital sneakers.

One of the main benefits of owning a digital collectible versus a physical collectible, like a Pokemon card or rare minted coin, is that each NFT contains distinguishing information from any other NFT and is easily verifiable. This makes the creation and circulation of fake collectibles pointless because each item can be traced back to the original issuer.

Unlike regular cryptocurrencies, NFTs cannot be directly exchanged with one another. This is because no two NFTs are identical — even those that exist on the same platform, game or in the same collection. Think of them as festival tickets. Each ticket contains specific information including the purchaser’s name, the date of the event and the venue. This data makes it impossible for festival tickets to be traded with one another.

Other key characteristics of NFTs include: Verifiable: Another benefit of storing historical ownership data on the blockchain is that items such as digital artwork can be traced back to the original creator, which allows pieces to be authenticated without the need for third-party verification.

Why are they important? NFTs have become hugely popular with crypto users and companies alike because of the way they revolutionized the art, gaming and collectibles space. Since November 2017, there has been a total of $2 billion+ spent on NFTs. NFTs are helping digital creators solve an age-old problem: creating value around digital assets that could otherwise be easily reproduced and shared on the internet an infinite amount of times.