By: Minaal Yadav
7 August 2023
An NFT featuring digital tissue paper with flowers sold for $4,100, highlighting the quirky world of NFT sales. Charmin, the brand behind the toilet paper joined in, making waves as a unique entrant in the NFT market.
In an NFT twist, Richard Prince sold Emily Ratajkowski's unauthorised photo, so she defiantly bought it for $81,000. She later NFT-ed it as "Buying Myself Back," selling for $175,000, over double the original price.
In a pioneering move, Germany's Look Lab introduced the world's first digital fragrance NFT, 'Cyber Eau de Parfum,' in April 2021. Blending blockchain and aroma, artist Sean Caruso encoded the scent using near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS), creating a novel scent experience.
NFTs enable digital pet ownership, akin to digital scents. CryptoKitties and games like Axie Infinity offer unique virtual pets that can be bought, bred, and even compete, becoming valuable in the same monetary sense as real pets.
NFTs are making color ownership a reality. Unclaimed colors can now be bought as NFTs, like "Vampire Black" and "YouTube Red" on sites like tzcolors.io. You can own and trade these exclusive colors, adding a unique twist to the NFT world.
NFTs have reshaped weddings. Peter and Rebecca of St. Francisco married on the blockchain using a token called "Tabaat" via an Ethereum smart contract, replacing the traditional ring exchange.
Jack Dorsey, ex-CEO of Twitter, sold his first tweet for $2.9 million, kickstarting a trend of cashing in on tweets as NFTs. The sale of his tweet "Just setting up my twttr" on Valuables platform showed that even unconventional ideas can be lucrative in the NFT space.