NFTs History — From Rare Pepe to Beeple 69 Million Dollar NFT sale

and how are these NFTs changing the art world

Henrique Centieiro & Bee Lee
DataDrivenInvestor
Published in
4 min readApr 13, 2021

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Digital art wasn’t recognized as “real” art for many years. Painting, sculptures and installations were the “real” art, while digital art was seen as “second-tier” art. However, digital artists also spend a lot of time building their art and perfecting their skills, just like more “classical” artists.

For many years, digital art and digital artists were not paid the fair share for their work. Digital artists were more…

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