How to Sell Your Article as an NFT

A step-by-step guide to creating your first digital asset

Mehboob Khan
The Startup

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After selling his artwork for $69mil as an NFT, Mike Winkelmann, aka Beeple, became one of the most valuable living artists in the world. Before this sale broke the internet, a GIF of a cat with a pop-tart body was sold for $600,000. Twitter founder Jack Dorsey sold his tweet for $2.9 million as NFT. Kings of Leon are releasing their album as NFT. Even an Oscar-nominated movie will be auctioned as an NFT.

What is NFT?

NFT stands for Non Fungible Token. In layman’s language, it’s a unique digital asset that you can create, store and sell on the blockchain.

Some say that NFT is going to revolutionize the internet, others are saying it’s nothing more than a fad. What we know for sure is that the FOMO is pulling both investors and artists on the platform. Crypto investors with their digital currencies sloshing around want to grab a chunk of this new opportunity. And artists want to show their best work to get the most attention. More attention equals…

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Mehboob Khan
The Startup

Writing about the economics of new-age tech. Subscribe to my newsletter https://techtonik.substack.com/