Digital art moves to the big league after collage sells for $69m

Start getting used to the phrase NFT (non-fungible token)
Mike Winkelmann's Everydays: The First 5000 Days sold for a record $69 million.

Mike Winkelmann's Everydays: The First 5000 Days sold for a record $69 million.

The next big thing or a flash in the virtual pan? Digital art announced its arrival into the major league at Christie's in New York last week when an NFT (non-fungible token) was sold for $69.3 million. 

An NFT is a unique file that lives on a blockchain and can be owned by an individual. Beeple's Everydays: The First 5000 Days is an NFT. 

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