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NFT marketplace halts most transactions due to proliferation of fake and plagiarized tokens

Jack Dorsey’s ‘first tweet’ NFT sells for $2.9 million Dorsey donated the money to charity. K. Bell @karissabe March 22nd, 2021 Toby Melville / Reuters Fifteen years after Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey sent the world’s first tweet, the message has sold for nearly $3 million as an NFT. The winning bid came from Sina Estavi, … Continue reading NFT marketplace halts most transactions due to proliferation of fake and plagiarized tokens

Over 80 percent of NFTs minted for free on OpenSea are fake or plagiarized

OpenSea product lead resigns over use of insider NFT info for purchases The marketplace hopes to prevent further abuse through tighter controls. J. Fingas @jonfingas September 16th, 2021 Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images OpenSea isn’t wasting much time after its head of product was accused of exploiting insider information to turn a profit on non-fungible … Continue reading Over 80 percent of NFTs minted for free on OpenSea are fake or plagiarized