2020–2021
NFTs & Culture Wars
JPEGs, auctions, CC0 battles, gaming dreams.
Part 7
Chapters in this part
- 7.1 NFT boom & auctions From CryptoKitties to Beeple; galleries meet blockchains.
- 7.2 PFP era & brands Punks, Apes, and brands collide; licensing and CC0 debates rage.
- 7.3 Gaming & metaverse pitches Axie play-to-earn hype collides with tokenomics reality.
- 7.4 Big brands arrive Legacy brands buy studios and drop collections.
- 7.5 Rug pulls & wash trading Pixelmon “Kevin” and wash volume scandals sour the party.
- 7.6 On-chain art & DAOs Art Blocks, Nouns, PleasrDAO: culture via treasury keys.