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Why NFTs Are Having An Arty Moment

THE FIRST THING I TELL PEOPLE when I’m talking to them about NFTs and cryptoart is ‘don’t overthink it’.

When I first entered the space, I didn’t fully understand what I was doing. I had to learn by doing,” says Nigerian-born Prince Jacon Osinachi, a self-taught digital artist who found his voice using Microsoft Word.

Years before NFTs became a thing, Osinachi entered the cryptoart space in 2017 when he discovered the R.A.R.E Art platform.

“As an artist, I wanted to show my work beyond Instagram. I wanted to reach a wider audience,” he explains. “They were talking about something called cryptoart which means you put your art on the blockchain. A

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