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Remastered ‘nyan cat’ art sells for the equivalent of $605k – Engadget
Someone paid the equivalent of more than $600k to own a high-quality recreation of the ‘Nyan Cat’ art.
While the first Christie’s auction of digital artwork backed by NFT (non-fungible token) is still a few days away, one of the most notable sales in that world has already taken place. Chris Torres created the rainbow-streaming animation of Nyan Cat based on his own pet and uploaded it to YouTube in 2011, before recreating a high-quality one-of-one edition for this sale.
NFTs allow buyers to verify the single owner of digital items, and someone paid 300 Ether the cryptocurrency that runs on the…
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