AKU-2022-067

Various creators (documented in catalog)

Crypto Spring: Artifacts of the NFT Boom

2021

Mixed media, museum vitrine, archival inkjet prints

120 × 60 × 40 cm (vitrine)

Acquisition

Purchased, 2022

Curator’s Note

The vitrine contains nineteen objects acquired between March and November 2021: physical prints of NFT works, blockchain transaction certificates, hardware wallet devices, promotional merchandise from NFT marketplaces, and one framed email confirming the sale of a JPEG file for $69,346,250. The total purchase price of the vitrine's contents at their peak market values was approximately $847,000. The AKU acquired the collection in December 2021 for $4,200.