Nifty News: IHOP bamboozles crypto users with ‘NFT,’ Logan Paul’s NFT falls t...

Nifty News: IHOP bamboozles crypto users with ‘NFT,’ Logan Paul’s NFT falls t...

The YouTube star’s huge loss on his NFT has been bumped up by a measly bid after he shared how much it had dropped in value since his purchase last year. American restaurant chain International House of Pancakes (IHOP) piqued the curiosity of Twitter users last week when it announced it would be “jumping on the bandwagon” and dropping its own ”NFT.” As it has turned out, its new “NFT” is neither nonfungible nor a token. The pancake chain’s initial announcement on Oct. 6, made to sound like it was entering Web3 with a nonfungible token (NFT) drop, was met with a mixed response. One Web3....


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