The Hot NFT Market Non-Fungible Tokens, known as NFTs, recently made headlines with sales of individual tokens valued at millions of dollars, comparable to sales of fine art. Christie's– a "conventional" auction house – sold its first NFT, the piece "Everydays: The First 5,000 Days" by the artist Beeple – for a staggering $69 million. 1 Most NFTs sell from merchants without such established reputations. Traders should understand the value of intellectual property, or lack thereof, tied to NFTs. How NFTs Work – a Brief Overview NFTs are digital certificates, or "tokens" stored on decentralized ledgers popularly referred to as the blockchain. NFTs use software code, referred to as "smart contracts," to