Remember when NFTs sold for millions of dollars? 95% of the digital collectibles are now probably worthless.::NFTs had a huge bull run two years ago, with billions of dollars per month in trading volume, but now most have crashed to zero, a study found.

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    1 year ago

    correction… always were worthless.

    It’s always been a con game.

    Their so-called “value” was always determined by the ability of the person shilling it to make up bullshit. Literally the definition of a “confidence” game. Same problem as crypto in general. It’s only has value if you have confidence in the person shilling it. The moment that person loses the confidence of their marks, the entire thing crumbles to nothing because it isn’t backed by any real tangible assets.

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      1 year ago

      Sounds a lot like the banking system today lol.

      Edit: Idk why all yall turds down voted me. The u.s. dollar is literally not backed by any physical asset… look up fiat money and do research on the dollar.

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        Yes it is. It’s backed by the US’s economic power on the world stage. That’s how economies function.

        Crypto can be created or of thin air by literally any tech bro with a GPU. By definition that is literally worthless

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        1 year ago

        The u.s. dollar is literally not backed by any physical asset

        It doesn’t need to be, it’s backed by the need to pay taxes in USD.