NFT sales hit $25bn in 2021, but growth shows signs of slowing
Money spent on NFTs last year is about equal to that pledged at COP26 or World Bank funding for Covid vaccines
12 January 2022 - 19:51
From cartoon apes to video clips, sales of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) reached about $25bn (about R387bn) in 2021 as the speculative crypto asset exploded in popularity, data from market tracker DappRadar show, though there were signs of growth slowing towards the end of the year...
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