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Disaster Girl meme sells for nearly $500,000 Celine Castronuovo © YouTube/BuzzFeedVideo Disaster Girl meme sells for nearly $500,000 The original copy of a photo that went viral in 2005 and became known as the "Disaster Girl" meme has been sold as a nonfungible token (NFT) for nearly $500,000. Zoë Roth, the woman who as a child was captured in the photo smiling as a house burned in the background, sold the image at an online auction earlier this month. Roth, who is now 21, s...

I owe it all to Kevin Roose, a writer at the New York Times. In late March, Roose decided to offer one of his columns, specifically the column he was writing to explain NFTs, known as nonfungible tokens, to the highest bidder, with the proceeds going to charity. OK, what is an NFT? Let’s use Roose’s definition: “An NFT, in layman’s terms, is a new kind of digital collectible item that is stamped with a unique bit of code that serves as a permanent record of its authenticity and is store...

Mick Jagger is using NFTs to raise money for indie music venues The highest bid is currently $8,988, with 12 people having made an offer for the musical NFT. 13790 Total views News The Rolling Stones lead singer Mick Jagger is jumping into the nonfungible token craze to help independent music venues that have been adversely affected by the pandemic.  In an announcement from the music legend on Thursday, Jagger said he had started a 24-hour auction on Nifty Gateway featuring a nonfung...

A guide to publishers’ NFT experiments Publishers are still just window-shopping identity tech How Group Nine is planning its office return Media’s latest layoffs, top editor vacancies and more A guide to publishers’ NFT experiments NFTs (non-fungible tokens) are the media industry’s latest shiny new toy, and some media companies are minting more than a few pretty pennies by experimenting with the internet collectibles. These publishers are among the first to wade into this new, murky r...