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NFTs aren’t a trade. They’re a property system. Before NFTs, digital culture had infinite distribution but zero ownership. Everything spread, nothing could be truly owned. Value went to platforms. NFTs changed that. Now culture can spread infinitely and be owned finitely. That’s a big deal. Especially for art, where value has always come from provenance, story, and cultural relevance. NFTs don’t change those, they upgrade them: - perfect, global provenance - infinite distribution without breaking ownership - borderless, liquid markets People keep waiting for NFTs to “come back.” But what’s actually happening is quieter: a parallel system for owning digital culture is compounding in the background. And most people will miss it. Because this isn’t about speed or hype like the first NFT cycle. It’s about owning pieces of the internet that matter. The real question isn’t if NFTs return. It’s how much of culture moves onchain and who owns it when it does.
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