Comment on Steamboat Willie, the first Mickey Mouse cartoon, is now public domain. It's also now a top-traded NFT.

Infernal_pizza@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Enough people to give a public domain cartoon a $1.2 million trading volume.

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  • Infernal_pizza@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I literally can’t think of a worse use for that money. Even $1.2 million worth of literal shit could be used to fertilise plants or something

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    • gedaliyah@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      This just turns into greenhouse gases and unearned feelings of superiority.

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  • halm@leminal.space ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    (Theoretical trading volume) 🤣

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• gedaliyah@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Drug dealers trying to hide their money and college dropouts?

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  • Duamerthrax@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Drug dealers just use crypto and cash out immediately. Nfts are too volatile. I doubt any are using it to hide money.

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