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The $69 Million JPEG

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Mar 12, 2021

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An artist called Beeple just sold a piece at Christie's for millions. But it wasn't a painting... it was a kind of crypto. We speak with him and the others behind the first NFT auction. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.

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Mar 12, 2021

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