Boy band ACE drop first K-pop NFT merchandise collaboration, but fans aren't happy — here's what has them upset
. Fans of K-pop group ACE were upset to learn this week that the band would be launching an NFT trading card merchandise collection, saying it could be bad for the environment. On April 19, The Worldwide Asset eXchange (WAX), announced it had teamed up with K-NFT, a new company set up to bring NFTs (non-fungible tokens) to the K-pop realm, to release digital collectibles starring the members of ACE, a boy band active since 2017. However, many of the band’s fans, known collectively as Choice, were unhappy about the NFTs’ launch and ACE’s collaboration with the crypto merchant WAX. An NFT...