What you should know before buying or selling an NFT in the US

What you should know before buying or selling an NFT in the US

As more and more individuals will seek to create and invest in NFTs, here is what you should know about them. Nonfungible tokens appear to be an idea whose time has come. Originally developed for use with collectible trading-card games, NFTs can represent almost any unique asset. Outside of the gamer context, the first NFT to gain widespread popularity was probably CryptoKitties, which were released back in 2017.Related: CryptoKitties’ Dieter Shirley on breaking Ethereum and NFTsCryptoKitties became so popular that at one time, CryptoKitty trading clogged the Ethereum network, setting....


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