The NFT movement has slowly become the darling of the New York art scene. This was cemented at the early part of the year with the transcendent Christie's sale of the Beeple work.

The Man. The Myth. The Beeple.

For any lingering doubters, titans of the contemporary art market, such as Damien Hirst, jumping into the NFT market spoke to the many aligned movements that converged in this movement.

• Counter-culture
• Anti-corporate interests
• Egalitarism
• Humor/Irreverence

Damien Hirst. One of the top 10 highest grossing living artists.

These two trendsetters laid the foundation for a movement that continues to pick-up steam, despite the booms and busts of the cycles surrounding the cryptocurrencies used to transact the art. Increasingly, this is being done with stablecoins and removing much of the confusion surrounding the decentralization of art.