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15 Pieces of Apple History That Hit the Auction Block for Big Bucks
You don’t become one of the largest tech companies on the planet without leaving a trail of artifacts in your wake. While many of Apple’s former products and ventures may have been lost to time, others have been scrounged up by antique collectors and enthusiasts to be auctioned off for some huge returns. Everything from…
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The First Edit to Wikipedia Is Being Auctioned as an NFT
Another day, another piece of internet history being turned into a wildly expensive NFT. This time, that historical remnant comes from Wikipedia; on Friday, Christie’s Auction House announced it would be auctioning off the first edit made to the platform more than 20 years ago.
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8 Money Toilets
A ferocious bidding war over a misshapen chicken nugget concluded at $US99,997 ($128,256) in the wee hours of Friday morning. Doesn’t seem weird at all, in a world where people are spending millions of dollars for blockchain tokens backed only by words. But wait, is this a sign of a healthy economy, us walking around…