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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Philippa Snow

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Are nfts really art | History Defined

Lazy Lion NFTs
Join our club … a ‘roadmap’ showing forthcoming Lazy Lion NFTs. Photograph: @LazyLionsNFT

In January, a clip from The Tonight Show featuring Jimmy Fallon and Paris Hilton went viral: not because either had said anything particularly interesting or scandalous, but because the interview was so uncanny in its content and its style. In the video, Hilton, who looks like a telegenic, radioactive Barbie in a lime green cocktail dress, is discussing Bored Ape NFTs, the popular crypto images that have been selling for a minimum of $200,000 since their first release in April 2021.

“I’m so happy I taught you what they were,” she informs Fallon in a voice a little lower than her usual characteristic purr.

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