What Is an NFT?: The Forgotten Use Cases for Non-fungible Tokens (NFTs)

What Is an NFT?: The Forgotten Use Cases for Non-fungible Tokens (NFTs)

Over the past two years, NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, have taken over the conversations in the crypto market. These digital assets are welcoming the general population into the crypto space, with celebrities, athletes, and billionaires getting an opportunity to connect with their fans. While the “NFT” buzzword has been overused across mainstream media and social media platforms, many investors and holders of NFTs do not understand what NFTs are and why they were created. I could go as far as assuming that even the experts in the crypto space today don’t necessarily fully understand what....


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