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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

          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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