An exclusive digital token of a New York Times column about blockchain sold for more than a half a million dollars Wednesday, making history as the news organization’s first sale of its kind.
The non-fungible token (NFT) of the Wednesday New York Times column titled “Buy This Column on the Blockchain!” sold for $562,737 after an auction for the one-of-a-kind digital token spurred more than 30 bids, the Times reported. The 14-megabyte token was sold on the online NFT marketplace Foundation and cannot be replicated or counterfeited, giving it considerable value.
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