The market for non-fungible tokens is evolving
The Economist joins the fray by auctioning an NFT of our cover
JOURNALISM IS ABOUT telling a story, rather than living it. Yet sometimes these two realities collide. When a new technology shows promise, trying it out can help tell the story. In September we wrote that non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and the crypto infrastructure they sit on could in time transform finance and the digital economy. Our cover image that accompanied the article, inspired by “Alice in Wonderland”, shows Alice tentatively peering over the edge of the rabbit hole, into this weird new world.
This article appeared in the Finance & economics section of the print edition under the headline “Through the looking glass”
Finance & economics October 30th 2021
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