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DeviantArt finding 40,000 fake NFTs per month
So you got a great deal on your brand-new mutant ape yacht puppy NFT? But is it legit?
DeviantArt is now scanning 5 million NFTs a week. Every month, it's finding 40,000 stolen, infringing, fraudulent NFTs. In other words, the people minting the NFTs don't actually own the images in the first place ... somewhat ironically since the whole idea of an NFT is prove ownership.
NFTs are clearly the new gold rush (you have mine, right?) But where there’s gold, there’s thieves and opportunists, and apparently, that’s just as true of NFTs as crypto in general.
DeviantArt is the world’s largest art…
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