NFTs offer the promise of scarcity and authenticity for digital goods. NFTs aren’t the only way to create scarcity and authenticity online — trusted, centralized entities such as banks (and platforms such as Twitter and Apple) do it within their verticals, and blockchain tech is evolving to address myriad environmental and security concerns. So the... See more

NFTs are not securities, and thus perfectly legal as commodities. They are more like artwork or souvenirs, whose prices also fluctuate. Just because a signed photograph of Kanye West gets more valuable if West is more famous doesn’t mean it qualifies as a stock. But $APE is much closer to a security, because it’s not an artwork; it’s money. It’s al... See more