What are NFTs (and Why Should We Care)?
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🗓️ 20 April 2021
⏱️ 29 minutes
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| 0:31.2 | Thank you. From KQED Public Radio in San Francisco, I'm Mina Kim. |
| 0:47.3 | The non-fungible token, or NFT craze, which took off in 2020, appears to continue unabated. |
| 0:54.7 | An NFT of digital artist Beeple's work brought in $69 million at auction last month, |
| 1:00.5 | and other NFTs are being sold for similarly eyebrow-raising sums. |
| 1:04.9 | We talk with Jonathan Zittran about the NFT's future. |
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| 1:33.6 | This is Forum. I'm Mina Kim. Non-fungible tokens or NFTs are essentially digital certificates |
| 1:41.0 | of authenticity that attach to things like songs, photos, sports clips, and they |
| 1:46.6 | can command hefty prices, the most expensive so far, $69 million for an NFT of a digital |
| 1:53.1 | work by artist, Beeple. And demand for NFTs is showing no sign of declining, despite |
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