Digital Artist Beeple Has This to Say About the Metaverse

And I think the legendary NFT creator might be right

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You’ve heard of the metaverse, right?

It’s been a vague term thrown around by long-time crypto fanatics and now the mainstream media—thanks to Facebook changing their name to Meta.

If you’re not familiar with the word, it’s basically this…

The metaverse generally refers to the concept of a highly immersive virtual world where people gather to socialize, play, and work. — Merriam-Webster

Or maybe you’ve heard of the digital artist Beeple?

If not, then you’ll be surprised to learn that he sold a collage of his digital artwork through the world-famous Christie’s auction house—the first-of-its-kind digital art sale—for $69.3 million in early 2021.

At the time, Beeple’s Everydays: The First 5000 Days, was the highest amount an individual piece of NFT art sold for.

Well—that is—until NFT artist Pak sold his artwork titled The Merge on Nifty Gateway later in the year for $91.8 million.

For those unfamiliar with NFTs—they’re non-fungible tokens—minted or issued on the…