Billionaire Elon Musk appears to be selling a recent tweet of his as an NFT, or non-fungible token. “I’m selling this song about NFTs as an NFT,” Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, tweeted on Monday. In the Twitter post, Elon released a techno song with the lyrics: “NFT for your vanity. Computers never sleep.
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Sotheby’s is joining the nonfungible token craze through a collaboration with digital artist Pak. “We’ve been following the NFT space for some time,” Sotheby’s CEO Charles Stewart said Tuesday on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” where he announced the auction house’s partnership with Pak. The upcoming sale is set to launch next month. “This is new for
As more countries lift travel restrictions for those who have been vaccinated, the world is slowly opening to travelers again. Travelers without kids, that is. To date, no Covid-19 vaccine has been approved for use in children, said Dr. Sharon Nachman, chief of the pediatric infectious disease division at Stony Brook Children’s Hospital. Clinical trials
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As the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act was signed into law on Thursday by President Joe Biden, eligible taxpayers could receive their third stimulus payments as early as this weekend. Those with an adjusted gross income below $75,000 are eligible for the full $1,400 check, and married couples filing jointly below $150,000 will receive $2,800. When considering
People have really just scratched the surface when it comes to non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, Mike Winkelmann, a digital artist who goes by the name Beeple and recently sold a piece for $69 million, told CNBC on Friday. “I really think this is a technology that has just so many use cases,” Winkelmann said in
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A detail shot from a collage “EVERYDAYS: THE FIRST 5000 DAYS”, by a digital artist BEEPLE, that is on auction at Christie’s, unknown location, in this undated handout obtained by Reuters. Beeple | Christie’s Images Ltd. | via Reuters The buyer of the Beeple non-fungible token for $69 million was is a crypto investor who