Nifty News: Ulbricht’s NFT bids top 261 ETH, Irishman producer funds movies w...
Polygon has ramped up its NFT gaming plans with GameOn partnership, Irishman producer launches NFT firm to fund movies, and the Silk Road founder‘s NFT drop has fetched bids higher than $1 million. Silk Roads lead to nonfungile tokens Bidding for a 1/1 NFT auction created by imprisoned Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht has surpassed 261 Ether (ETH), $1.17 million at the time of writing. The NFT depicts a hand-drawn illustration from Ulbricht of a psychedelic eye, and is part of a collection of writings and nine other artworks he created, some while in prison, that are included as part of the....
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