How to Use non-fungible token in a Sentence

non-fungible token

noun
  • Now, for the first time, NFTs (short for non-fungible tokens) of these works will be sold at an upcoming Christie’s auction.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Sep. 2023
  • The club plans to use NFTs (non-fungible tokens) in their fundraising efforts, an idea Duan spearheaded.
    Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 July 2023
  • Likewise, celebrities jumped at the chance to use their cachet to earn a quick buck, releasing their own lines of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), for example, or their own crypto coins.
    WIRED, 27 Sep. 2023
  • The game was supposed to allow players to purchase base egg non-fungible tokens (NFTs), or unique digital assets.
    Daysia Tolentino, NBC News, 5 Jan. 2024
  • Remember the digital artwork with a non-fungible token (NFT) that Christie's auction house sold for more than $69 million?
    Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2023
  • The company also sells backpacks, board games, books, non-fungible tokens and wallets.
    Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2023
  • The bad actors posted a fake offer for free non-fungible tokens (NFTs) with a link to a fake website designed to empty cryptocurrency wallets.
    Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 5 Jan. 2024
  • And as capital has dried up, the runways for some startups, especially those that specialize in non-fungible tokens, have run out.
    Byben Weiss, Fortune Crypto, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Crypto is still chilly, and this applies even more so to non-fungible tokens, those buzzy digital collectibles that auction houses like Christie’s were once selling for tens of millions of dollars.
    Ben Weiss, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2023
  • With the development of technologies such as [non-fungible tokens], HYBE is on the lookout for changes as major shifts are expected in the ticket industry.
    Hannah Karp, Billboard, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Blockchains are currently having a moment, thanks to the attention being paid to cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens (NFTs).
    IEEE Spectrum, 29 Dec. 2021
  • Although blockchain technology can help the entertainment industry in several ways, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have, in my opinion, the best product-market fit for easy adoption at the moment.
    Brian D. Evans, Rolling Stone, 17 May 2023
  • The industry continues to evolve, with digital media expanding to include non-fungible tokens (NFTs).
    Kim Pham, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Reddit’s Collectible Avatars, limited-edition personal profile pictures backed by non-fungible tokens, offer the perfect case study.
    Ryan Wyatt, Rolling Stone, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Schultz spent the majority of his most recent tenure trying to thwart Starbucks’s nascent union organizing drive and attempting to pivot to non-fungible tokens several months after everybody else.
    Tori Otten, The New Republic, 20 Mar. 2023
  • The Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday announced its first enforcement action against an issuer of non-fungible tokens, a corner of the digital-asset market that regulators had not yet touched.
    Dave Michaels, WSJ, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Digital art stored on the blockchain as a non-fungible token can be experienced physically through digital displays that allow viewers to observe or interact with the digital creations in the case of installations.
    Mark Tutton, CNN, 29 May 2023
  • Policies, legal contracts, and financial transactions that were traditionally the domain of governments, courts, and banks can be replaced with smart contracts, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and cryptocurrencies.
    Julia Ebner, WIRED, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Nineteen percent are currently invested in crypto and/or non-fungible tokens (NFTs) only.
    Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 30 May 2023
  • Digital assets can take many forms, including cryptocurrencies, stablecoins, and non-fungible tokens, and are often based on blockchain technology.
    Nisa Amoils, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2023
  • These investments are represented by non-fungible tokens (NFTs), digital assets on the blockchain, representing real estate pieces.
    Nick Kasmik, USA TODAY, 23 Aug. 2023
  • To commemorate the announcement, Coinbase released a new non-fungible token collection of, unsurprisingly, blue dots.
    Ben Weiss, Fortune Crypto, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Fungible cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin are also secured on blockchain technology, but a non-fungible token, unlike its fungible counterpart, represents a unique asset owned by a specific person, like a physical work of art.
    Rachel Rothman, Good Housekeeping, 9 Feb. 2023
  • From commemorative items to non-fungible tokens to fandom nostalgia, ticket-stub mementos are becoming obsolete.
    Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2023

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