HOT CRAZE NFT MANIA

In the past year, an offshoot of cryptocurrency called NFTs — or nonfungible tokens — has become one of the world’s hottest topics, and in a year without inperson events, they’ve created a huge revenue stream for musicians and artists who’ve gotten in on the ground floor of this expanding market. While the dollar amounts may be mindboggling, the appeal is obvious: Whether these “digital safes” store images, videos, pieces of music, or luxury experiences, they can be tracked on a transparent network and can’t be replicated. Here’s a look at some of pop culture’s zaniest and most successful NFTs, and the total amount of money artists have earned from them.