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Edward Snowden Sells an NFT of His Face for $5.4 Million

April 20, 2021Delta MediaLeave a Comment

Edward Snowden is a whole lot of things: NSA whistleblower, ex-computer intelligence consultant, activist… pricey non-fungible token? This last accolade is garnered thanks to the news that Snowden’s NFT, an artwork of his face constructed out of pages of a U.S. appeals court decision about the mass surveillance program he helped expose, has sold for […]

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