Tattoo industry expands into the NFT space amid digital culture shift
Nonfungible tokens may be an option for maximizing monetization and exposure for a tattoo artists' work. Tattoos have been a universal phenomenon throughout the world for thousands of years, transcending cultural transformations and technological shifts. As the art continues to evolve, it has now taken steps into the nonfungible token (NFT) space in a bid to maintain relevant in an increasingly digital world. Known as Bang Bang in the tattoo industry, Keith McCurdy is one of the artists who hopes to merge the ethos of tattoo culture with disruptive technologies. He's using a new type of....
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