Cent NFT Marketplace Suspends Activity Due to Plagiarism Issues
Cent, one of the first marketplaces to allow people to sell tweets as NFTs, has suspended almost all of its activity due to plagiarism-related problems. According to its CEO and co-founder Cameron Hejazi, people keep selling NFTs of other NFTs or using content that is not owned by them originally to mint these tokens. The sale of tweet NFTs is still active. Cent Struggles With Unauthorized Use and Plagiarism Cent, one of the first marketplaces to allow users to tokenize tweets and sell them, has announced it is suspending almost all of its activities due to plagiarism issues. The....
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