# What is an NFT? Artists weigh in on latest money-making craze A local text copy of a third-party source linked from The Most Famous Artist headline archive. Inclusion preserves historical coverage; it does not independently confirm the source’s claims or imply that every linked source explicitly names or credits the artist. Status: partial — incomplete article text; only the retrieved portion is preserved. Original source URL: Retrieved source URL: Source title: What is an NFT? Artists weigh in on latest money-making craze Publication (archive label): Washington Examiner Source author: Kaelan Deese Source publication date: 2021-04-03T21:20:36+00:00 Original archive label: What is an NFT? Artists weigh in on latest money-making craze , Washington Examiner, April 2021 Original archive date label: April 2021 Archive entry: https://www.themostfamousartist.com/#press-b7ab1d40c35f Retrieved at: 2026-11-03T17:27:19+00:00 Body word count (whitespace-delimited): 76 Body SHA256: 6d98376f0c243543bfbd480b786bb1d7897ae792558bbdd144c0073e88635a94 Republished under rights confirmed by the site owner on 2026-11-03. Text formatting is simplified; images, video, and interactive elements are not reproduced. Historical archive date labels may differ from verified publisher metadata. ## Copy notes - Only the two opening paragraphs are publicly present before subscription prompts. Exact source-title match confirms article identity, but excerpt stops before TMFA discussion; must be labeled partial, never full text. ## Article text On March 21, an online auction closed selling the first-ever 2006 tweet by Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey as a non-fungible token for $2.9 million. To those not familiar with it, the idea of exchanging something as trivial as a tweet for a monetary amount might seem absurd, though the core value of non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, is determined by any amount a buyer is willing to pay for something they desire. Still, what is an NFT?