Ariel Shapira, serial entrepreneur from Israel, writes monthly about crypto technology. He also discusses emerging technologies in the decentralized finance (DeFi), crypto and blockchain spaces, and their role in shaping the economy for the 21st Century.

Two main trends emerge when looking at the NFT economy in its recent evolution. On the one hand, a completely new market that allows various artists to join a new creator economy — the creators of Bored Ape Yacht Club, various types of pixel art creators and creative flickers such as the creator of long-necked women’s paintings, the sale of which brought the artist, only 12 years old, close to 1,394 Ether (ETH(at the time of writing, $6 million)