NFT stands for a nonfungible token, which in turn means an asset or token that is not interchangeable with others of its kind. NFTs have all the hallmarks of financial bubbles throughout history but with an added twist for the new century. Many collectors will have purchased NFTs as images to be admired, but many others would have acquired them purely as a way of doing business. There were legal questions about these digital assets, including copyright issues.
The best-known piece of NFT artwork is probably the Bored Ape Yacht Club by boss logic Australia. The way NFTs work is pretty solid, with defined rules and regulations. But it has always been challenging to determine who owns an NFT. The best way to say that is that NFT is a certificate of authenticity of ownership. The price exploded because people were hyped about NFTs being the next big thing.
A piece of artwork had 30,000 buyers paying almost $92 million for photographs. The two contenders for what ended this digital world of plenty market glut and scam the market glut. There are many NFT scams, but the biggest and probably most common is the rug pull. It is popular in crypto circles as well. There isn’t much interest in NFTs other than a small niche.