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NFTs

Non-fungible tokens were a Web3 internet fad from 2021 until it fizzled out in 2023

Within its first year, Gallery Bawa has presented 12 solo exhibitions online. Photo: Gallery Bawa

Gallery Bawa teams up with Ahmed Mater on digital exhibition

ArtDecember 29, 2021

Singapore-based blockchain entrepreneur Vignesh Sundaresan paid $69.3 million to buy the world's most expensive NFT, 'Everydays: The First 5,000 Days', by artist Beeple. AFP

Why NFTs could be the perfect Christmas gift this year

MoneyDecember 23, 2021

Vodafone UK's auction also comes with a digital picture frame showing the mobile phone receiving the world’s first SMS in December 1992. Reuters

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World's first SMS auctioned as NFT to raise money for UNHCR

UKDecember 21, 2021

Diego Maradona's estate tokenised 10 items from his illustrious career. These included the ST DuPont pen, a signed shirt from the 1986 World Cup, a signed freestyle football and Maradona’s best-player trophy from the FIFA Youth World Championship in 1979. AFP

Dubai’s ColossalBit buys Maradona pen's NFT for $26,000

TechnologyDecember 15, 2021

Egyptian visual artist Aya Tarek attends the launch of her latest exhibition Token, which opened in Downtown Cairo's Kodak Passageway on Thursday. Photo: Marwa Benhalim

Aya Tarek launches Egypt's first art collection for an NFT marketplace

ArtDecember 11, 2021

Music manager Merck Mercuriadis believes NFTs will help to transform the music industry. AFP

NFTs' next hit may be music industry, former manager of Elton John and Beyonce says

MusicDecember 04, 2021

From Manhattan to Manila, people are turning their backs on Wall Street careers and medical school to seek their fortune in crypto by playing video games, such as Sam Peurifoy, 27, above. Bloomberg

Enter the metaverse: Where cryptocurrency, gaming and capitalism co-exist

MoneyNovember 30, 2021

Benyamin Ahmed has made more than $500,000 from creating non-fungible tokens. Photo: Imran Ahmed

How a 12-year-old coder says he made $600,000 by selling Weird Whales NFTs

MoneyOctober 18, 2021

NFTs are shaking up the digital art industry. Reuters

The case against NFTs

CommentOctober 07, 2021

An employee inspects rigs mining Ethereum at a cryptocurrency farm in Romania. Concerns are mounting that an acceleration in NFT trading could be detrimental to environmental safety. Photo: Bloomberg

Why NFT investors should help offset climate concerns when they buy digital art

MoneySeptember 28, 2021

Chloe Clem became a viral meme at the age of 2 thanks to her reaction that was caught on video

'Side Eyeing Chloe' meme to be auctioned as NFT with starting bid of $15,000

Arts & CultureSeptember 23, 2021

Simon Hudson, Dubai entrepreneur behind new app called Cheeze, at his home in Dubai Marina. Pawan Singh/The National. Story by David

How one company is helping UAE creatives earn more through digital art

MoneySeptember 05, 2021

Digital company The Fabricant sold a digital dress for $9,500

Metaverse style: the fashion houses vying to dress your online avatar

FashionAugust 29, 2021

Lionel Messi has launched his own NFT crypto art collection. Reuters

'Messiverse': Lionel Messi launches NFT crypto art collection

ArtAugust 20, 2021

Physical and Digital artwork by Helidon Xhixha on display at the Firetti Contemporary Gallery in Alserkal Avenue. Pawan Singh / The National

NFTs and physical artworks stand side-by-side in new Dubai show

ArtAugust 12, 2021

A man looks at digital paintings by US artist Beeple at a crypto art exhibition in Beijing in March. Non-fungible tokens have grown into a multibillion-dollar industry. AFP

Here are five NFT trends for investors to watch

MoneyJuly 29, 2021

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