Remember NFTs? The digital drawings of (mainly) cartoon monkeys that were bought and sold for millions in 2021?
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November 29, 2022
Despite the NFT implosion, artists still believe
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Éanna Kelly is a contributing editor at Sifted, and writes Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup. Follow him on X and LinkedIn

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