
Kings of Leon just became the first band to release their latest album as an NFT, and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey recently put the platform’s first-ever tweet up for auction, also as an NFT. A day before, RTFKT Studios, creators of digital collectibles, released a drop of virtual sneakers in collaboration with Fewocious, which made $3.1 million in five minutes. Two weeks earlier, when Grimes released 10 pieces of NFT artwork through the online marketplace Nifty Gateway, the pieces - titled WarNymph Collection Vol 1 By Grimes x Mac - sold out in less than 20 minutes and made $5.8 million (a percentage of which was to be donated to the NGO Carbon180). “Holy f*ck,” tweeted the digital artist Beeple on March 11 when his The First 5000 Days NFT, in the form of a JPEG, sold at auction for a staggering $69.3 million, making him one of the most valuable living artists.
