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<h1>Are NFTs Dead?</h1> The term 'NFT' has received a lot of backlash recently and in some ways rightly so, there have been many worthless NFT projects that are nothing more than overpriced JPEGs, but this does not mean that an NFT technology has no value. NFT technology is here to stay. Despite the naysayers in traditional media and investment circles, several factors indicate that non-fungible tokens will be a key part of the web3 infrastructure. confusion about the true purpose of an NFT only helps to perpetuate a negative narrative. This article will explore why people hold this belief and counter it with evidence of why NFTs are here to stay. <h2>A Problematic Narrative</h2>Why the FUD? (fear, uncertainty, and doubt) The answer lies in two main reasons: ignorance and greed. Many people don't understand how NFTs work, so they assume they must be scams. Additionally, many people see NFTs as an opportunity to make quick money by investing in worthless tokens. As a result, these individuals are quick to spread FUD about NFTs to manipulate prices and earn a quick profit. The overused term "NFT project" is only further muddying the waters and offers no real definition of what the founders of a project are trying to achieve. A great example of a solution to this can be seen in Fifa+ Collect's latest project. They have avoided using the label of NFT altogether and instead focus on highlighting all the benefits that web 3 technology provides their collection. Instead of shouting about yet another generic NFT project, FIFA stated that the project is "A verified digital collectible is a one-of-kind officially licensed keepsake with unique ownership authenticated by the blockchain. Typically, a verified digital collectible can be purchased, sold, and traded on a marketplace."What is an NFT?First, up the generic answer, NFTs are cryptographic assets with unique identification codes that make them different from one another. You can't trade or exchange them like you would be able to do with fungible tokens such as cryptocurrencies. Fungible tokens are identical to each other and act as a means of commercial transactions. But what makes NFTs special? NFTs are unique data containers that are publicly verifiable and immutable, allowing the holder to keep their identity private while proving ownership. the truth is most people won't see the big deal in this description. but for people that understand the war on privacy, and those that work on the technical side of royalty/commission distribution, community development, and sales &amp; marketing NFT technology is a game changer, but only when understood as a very specific tool amongst a whole host of things that make up web3. <h1>What makes an NFT valuable?</h1> An NFT doesn't add value in a monetary sense, it can only prove value. Many of the things we already hold as valuable in our lives can now be proven more fluidly. no paperwork, no dependence on a central system, and more privacy for the individual. Let's explore some of the ways that NFT technology will cause major upheaval. <h2>Art.</h2>Before we get into the benefits it's really important to note that art is often at the forefront of societal change, and even though NFT technology won't turn everyone into art collectors, it could lead to other cultural changes on a global scale. The world of digital art has been one of the first to wholeheartedly adopt NFTs. The ability to own a piece of digital art that is provably rare and can be resold at a later date is extremely appealing to both buyers and sellers. In the past, digital artists have had to rely on platforms like Etsy or Redbubble to sell their work. These platforms take a cut of the profits, and the artist has no way of knowing if their work is being sold second-hand or how many copies have been made. With NFTs, artists can sell their work directly to buyers and know that the art is genuine and no counterfeit copies are floating around. <h2>Memberships and Loyalty Programmes</h2>NFTs can be used to represent memberships and loyalty program benefits in a way that is much more secure and efficient than traditional methods. For example, a gym could use an NFT to confirm&nbsp;a monthly membership, which would give the holder access to the gym's facilities and services. The NFT could be stored on a blockchain-based loyalty program platform, which would allow the gym to offer discounts and other benefits to members that hold the NFT. This system would be much more secure than traditional methods, as it would be very difficult for someone to counterfeit an NFT membership. It would also be more efficient, as the gym wouldn't have to keep track of physical membership cards or worry about them being lost or stolen. <h2>Tickets</h2>NFTs can also be used to track tickets for events such as concerts, festivals, and sporting events. The ticket could be stored on a blockchain-based platform that would allow the event organizer to keep track of ticket sales and resales. This would be a more secure and efficient way to sell tickets, as it would be very difficult for someone to counterfeit an NFT ticket. The event organizer would also have the ability to offer discounts and other benefits to people that hold the NFT ticket. For example, the organizer could give holders of the NFT ticket early access to the event or special seating. <h2>Personal Records</h2>NFTs can also be used to represent other types of assets, such as property deeds, birth certificates, and driver's licenses. The possibilities are endless, and it will be interesting to see how NFTs are used in the future. Blue-Chip Companies Incorporating NFT TechnologyStill not convinced? let's look at some of the blue-chip companies branching out into blockchain and NFT technology. Nike, Adidas, Tiffany, Gucci, Walmart, McLaren, FIFA, UFC, Samsung, Coca-cola, Mcdonalds, Ticket Master, eBay, Shopify, and Time Magazine are some of the most well-known businesses investing in NFTs. Some of these companies are still building behind closed doors and some have already had success with their investments, with Nike reporting $183.69 million in total NFT sales and $90.59 million in royalties. Adidas reported $10.95 million combined with $4.75 million in royalties, while Tiffany has reported $12.62 million in NFT revenue. Gucci has made approximately $11.56 million in NFT sales, and Time Magazine has released its first complete issue as a non-fungible token. Nickelodeon also created a Slimy Seconds marketplace where consumers may purchase their preferred Nickelodeon animated series as NFTs. <h1>In Summary</h1>In the eyes of flippers trying to make some quick cash, NFTs are dead (at least for now), However, The benefits of using NFTs are clear. They are more secure and efficient than traditional methods, and they offer a degree of privacy that is not possible with other types of assets. As the use of NFTs grows, we will likely see more innovation in the ways they are used. So far, we have only scratched the surface of what is possible with NFTs.

The term 'NFT' has received a lot of backlash recently and in some ways rightly so, there have been many worthless NFT projects that are nothing more than overpriced JPEGs, but this does not mean that an NFT technology has no value.

NFT technology is here to stay. Despite the naysayers in traditional media and investment circles, several factors indicate that non-fungible tokens will be a key part of the web3 infrastructure. confusion about the true purpose of an NFT only helps to perpetuate a negative narrative. This article will explore why people hold this belief and counter it with evidence of why NFTs are here to stay.

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<h2 class="ql-align-center">From Duchamp To Du-blockchain</h2> This is the first ever interview with the persona and force-de-fqery that is, Fuck You Buy Me. To protect the voices of the guilty we opted to take written form over a podcast.(FYBM) named as a possible spin on the Goodfellas movie line “Fuck you pay me”.To get a surface understanding of FYBM, it's easy to imagine them using the same silver tongued movie charm when shilling their art.Business bad? Fuck you, buy me. Oh, you had a fire? Fuck you, buy me. Place got hit by lightning huh? Fuck you, buy me."As we scratch past the cruddy veneer of the persona in this interview, it becomes apparent that FYBM is more than just the alter ego of an artist poking fun at his peers, people, and behaviours in the space. There's an intelligence in the work that holds a dirty mirror up to us all.Side note. The use of the F word, although frequent in this interview has still been massively decreased, however if you have a sensitivity to naughty words this article isn't for you. READER BEWARE! <h1>The Interview&nbsp;</h1> WB - A lot of your art seems to be a satirical commentary on the motivations and struggles behind digital art, NFTs and everything in between, what inspired you to step forward and become the voice of the digitally jaded?&nbsp;FYBM - I was born a year ago, on the 6/6, after the death of the cryptoart boom and the rise of the fqing arrogant collectors telling artists how to do their own fqing shit. It was too much, and some punk fucker telling them to fuck off was overdue, letting the grand delusions of what is good art and what is an art collector fqing rot and fqing burn.One of my early fqing products says "NOT A COLLECTOR, A fqing CUSTOMER". Nuff fqing said. To answer your fqing question, I'm both Batman and the fqing Joker, and a fqing necessity.&nbsp;WB - Your wallet tells a story of being interested in code art. Is this something personal to you or do you just like cool shit?FYBM Very early on in FYBM's story, I developed a specific taste for something I would later coin as "fqing dirty".&nbsp;WB - What is fqing dirty?&nbsp;FYBM - Something that tastes like dried blood, smells like rust, sounds like fqing distortion turnt to 11. Some code products elevate this dirty taste to the digital fqing dirty, where glitched out pixels, extreme datamosh and generative mayhem give birth the digital native flavour of what "fqing dirty" is. It's more about that fqing esthetic, attitude and energy than an interest in fqing code.WB - What are your views on Tezos since HEN and what it could evolve into?FYBM - Tezos wins by being fqing dark mode by design, and often leaving the stats out of the way to throw the fqing digital dirt right in your face. Mix that with cheap flippers and low standards of entry and you have the crypto equivalent of a fqing Berlin STD-fest club. I don't read the fqing future. As long as some dark corners of Tezos continue to smell like fqing piss and cheap whisky, I'm in. Someone's gotta find a way to curb the fqing spam NFTs tho.Last year open sea apparently took a grant from Tezos to integrate the tezos blockchain onto Opensea. Reading between the lines it looks like OpenSea didn't go through with the integration. Do you see any chance of this happening in the future and if so what impact do you think it will have on tezos based art? -&nbsp;FYBM - Seeing how quickly they put that Solana hiccupchain on OpenShit, I'd be fqing mad if I was Lord Tezos. The future is fqing crosschain anyway, and there's nothing inherently bad in BrokenSea laying its shit on Tezos. If I had any fqs left to give, I'd say I hope the "energy of Tezos" (whatever the fuck that is) doesn't change, but if it does it wasn't worth fqing shit anyway, so whatever.WB - Any artists we should be looking out for that have really stood out to you?&nbsp;FYBM -&nbsp;In my search for the fqing dirty, I almost became a stan account for that die with the most likes, but the fucker is already making ripples and living his dirty best life, so let's dig up others. I can, dig Mike Three's shitposting and memeing skills, and randomly namedrop Autocannibal, Empress Trash, XPHYEE, ukheyhoo, ZafGod, or the recent Quitters and Gaspard de la Guerre, and make the rest of them lynch mob me for stopping there.WB - Its rumorored that you have a public persona, and that Fuck You Buy Me, is only one part of you, you as a whole. Care to offer any clues on who your better half is and which marketplaces you feature on? -FYBM &amp;? -&nbsp;From my two halves, fuck you and fuck that question.WB - that's offered a lot of insight. Any comment on the rumor that you are X-Copy?&nbsp;FYBM - If I were you, I'd ask X-COPY about the fqing rumours that he's Fuck You Buy Me.&nbsp;WB - That’s offered some clarity! Your upcoming drop has a lot of similarities to NIfty gateways varying mechanics. Any chance of seeing you there in the future? -&nbsp;WB - You might get the call after this drop. Do you have any reply to the people offended by your use of colourful language?FYBM - Dear gentlefucks, outstanding citizens, guardians of the Shakespearean legacy, utterly civilised elite of the Internet, connoisseurs of the finest thesauri and Grand Commanders of the Order of the Holy Language - Even Twitter allows me to a exist, so I'm good fun for the whole family. Zuckerberg rated. Fuck you very much.WB - The art of Marcel Duchamp is about the idea behind the art being more important than the medium. Example R.Mutt. I get those vibes from your body of work and persona. Do you have any thoughts on that?FYBM - Yeah, just just the fact that I choose to call artworks "products" and collectors "customers" to fuck up the delusions of grandeurs about art is literally a duchampian move.That was the motive behind his ready-mades. Also making artworks of urinals is very fuckyoubuyme-esque, if I dare say so myself.WB - agreed! leveraging his role as magazine publisher and position, as exhibition holder to break down the elitist narrative of art, and what defines it.I feel like The Urinal could be any other object and the art would still be sameFYBM - Clearly! Allegedly, these objects were chosen to be not beautiful nor ugly, just mundane, indifferent things, moving away from strong emotions of attraction or repulsion. A lame-ass door or a fqing chair would have served the same purpose.I also think that besides storytelling and personaplaying, part of my shit is in the collectors/customers themselves. They are encouraged to be fqing flippers through high royalties, instantly adopting cussing, and enjoying the rekt and loser culture, with a dash of fqing fin dom. What NFTs bring to this kind of performance act is a connected and active collector-audience, something that was impossible at Duchamp's time, but today i’m sure he would have actively fucked with degen anons as well.The irony is that me, being undercover closer to old ideas of conceptual and performative art, is in a way at odds with the cryptoart market, that values innovation, but also eye fqing candies over most things. Proper generative art with new relevant esthetics but deprived of any semblance of concept, conscience of a larger art history or much to tell.As the epitaph on&nbsp;the gravestone by&nbsp;@Littorina_torea&nbsp;says, "I saw beauty in pure shit", and there's a beauty in the fact people can value whatever shit they want for whatever reason. And there's fqing beauty in me being able to write their art collecting shit is ridiculously boring and insignificant, from my own arrogant standards.WB - It's interesting that you say crypto art. I think the more focus goes into the idea rather than the end result then possibly the prefix will be dropped for the most part in the future!FYBM - Yeah, for someone who claims to not be a fqing artist and just a NFT dealer/maker, that's pretty ironic.&nbsp;But as much as I can enjoy a good brainfuck, when you go all the way to extreme levels of ideation over substance, it becomes lazy cash grabs parading as clever shit. I care about the fqing dirty product as much as the fqing banter that goes around it.WB - On that note would you like to take this opportunity to shill your latest cash grab before we part ways?FYBM - Fuck yes. 3 NFTs: an open edition, 10 editions as a ranked auction, and a CC0 1/1, all in the spirit of getting rekt properly. Classic products that will age so fqing well they will all go to zero as planned. It's happening on the fuckersary, the 6/6, celebrating 1 year since I minted my 1st fqing FYBM piece. I think it's my best drop yet because all are instant genius classic worthy of my fqing hubris, tailor-made for the fqing bear market, with maximum memetic fuckery. Be a good customer, buy my fqing products, fuck you very much.<h1>Links</h1><h2>DropHook</h2><a href="https://drophook.io/FuckYouBuyMe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">https://drophook.io/FuckYouBuyMe</a><a href="https://drophook.io/WeBeeNFT" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">https://drophook.io/WeBeeNFT</a><h2>Twitter</h2><a href="https://twitter.com/FuckYouBuyMe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">FuckYouBuyMe (@FuckYouBuyMe) / Twitter</a><a href="https://twitter.com/DropHook_" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">DropHook (@DropHook_) / Twitter</a><a href="https://twitter.com/webeenft" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">We Bee NFT (@webeenft) / Twitter</a>

As we scratch past the cruddy veneer of the persona in this interview, it becomes apparent that FYBM is more than just the alter ego of an artist poking fun at his peers, people, and behaviours in the space. There's an intelligence in the work that holds a dirty mirror up to us all. we also ask the question that everybody wants to know the answer to.

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<h3>Overview</h3><ul><li><a href="https://opensea.io/collection/dalekblocks" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">DALEKBLOCKS</a></li><li><a href="https://opensea.io/collection/spacemonkeychaosclub" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">SPACEMONKEY CHAOS CLUB</a></li><li><a href="https://opensea.io/collection/landofthelostspacemonkeys" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Land of The Lost Spacemonkeys</a></li></ul>Each features a unique, hand-drawn, extremely colourful character known as ‘Space Monkey’. A very hard character to miss and even harder to ignore! Each collection currently resides on the OpenSea marketplace with ever increasing demand. Over Daleks career and time in the NFT space, he has amassed a following of over 13.5k people on twitter and nearly 60k on Instagram.In this article we’ll learn more about Dalek, his iconic character, where it all started, and his upcoming generative project, NEOGEN SPACE MONKEYS!!<h3>Who is Dalek?</h3>James Marshall, better known as Dalek, is an American artist who’s been creating art for over 25 years. James was born to a military family in New London, Connecticut and in his younger years he moved around a lot, finishing high school in Japan, then living in Hawaii briefly before returning to the mainland USA. James currently resides and creates in North Carolina.<h3>Artwork</h3>Although Dalek is most well known for the Space Monkey character, he is also known for his photography, murals and illustrations. Dalek’s unique style is inspired and driven by his love of Japanese pop culture, the “vibe” of the punk scene, street art and cartoons.In 2001, after realising he still needed some articulation when it came to his own work, Dalek started an apprenticeship with the renowned Japanese painter, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takashi_Murakami" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Takashi Murakami</a>, which greatly informed his own studio practice, colour mixing and other disciplines crucial to his process.In 2007 he found himself withdrawing from the Space Monkey character and at one stage wanting to dissolve it all together. The result of this was layers of geometric shapes and explosive colours which became a larger driving force in his work. To this day he continues to explore the push and pull dynamics of opposing forces, the play between rigidity and fluidity.Upon introducing Space Monkey to the NFT world, many people instantly fell in love with his unique character and style. Since then Dalek’s focus has been on building a strong community and delivering them high quality and innovative pieces of art based around Space Monkeys. Dalek continues to grow due to embracing many other communities and working hard to help develop this space as a whole.<h3>Space Monkey Origins</h3>James maintains that the Space Monkey is not a monkey at all, but instead a mouse. It’s his concept of a human being lost in a growing sea of technology and convenience. The Space Monkey was first rendered in 1995, on a wall in Connecticut and grew to become Dalek’s alter ego, a medium through which he expressed his emotions, ideas and concerns.<img src="http://localhost:3000/assets/images/news/drophook-blog-images-dalek-2.jpg">Dalek has partnered up with Doodle Labs to deliver an incredible generative collection of his artwork to the blockchain! Doodle Labs brings artists and brands to the Ethereum blockchain through the generative minting process. Each collection that drops on the Doodle Labs platform is created by an artist or brand, similar to how Art Blocks is a platform made up of various collections. Doodle Labs uses the generative minting technology that Art Blocks created. The animated element of these pieces add a final touch of pure finesse!Dalek’s Neogen Space Monkeys project is all about fluidity, community, and getting incredible art into the hands of his fans. A concept that Doodle Labs back fully and actively seek in the projects they partner with. This high level of expectation from both Dalek and Doodle Labs means this is a project you’ll want to pay close attention to!<ul><li>Drop date: End of January — exact date TBA</li><li>Total Supply: 8,888</li><li>Whitelist supply: 4,444</li><li>Whitelist price: 0.08 ETH</li><li>Public sale supply: 4,444</li><li>Public sale price: 0.15 ETH</li></ul>To find out more about Whitelist spots and stay updated on the exact drop date, visit the Doodle Labs <a href="https://discord.com/invite/doodlelabs" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">discord</a>.<h3>Accolades</h3>Dalek’s work is critically acclaimed and has featured in numerous publications, articles and magazines such as The <a href="https://www.wsj.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Wall Street Journal</a>, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The New York Times</a>, Juxtapoz, and more. He has also participated in numerous solo and group shows throughout the US, Asia and Europe, has painted a number of murals and completed a variety of commercially-commissioned work for companies including <a href="https://www.nike.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nike</a>, <a href="https://www.hurley.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hurley</a>, <a href="https://www.americanexpress.com/nl-nl/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">American Express</a>, <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/nl-nl/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Microsoft</a>, and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dalek2020/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a>.<h3>Dalek Links</h3><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/DALEKSPACEMONKY" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/dalek2020/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a></li><li><a href="https://shopdalek.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Website</a></li><li><a href="https://linktr.ee/dalek" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Linktree</a></li></ul><h3>Neogen Space Monkeys Links</h3><ul><li><a href="https://twitter.com/doodlelabs_io" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://doodlelabs.io/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a></li><li><a href="https://neogenspacemonkeys.doodlelabs.io/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Website</a></li><li><a href="https://discord.com/invite/doodlelabs" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Discord</a></li></ul>Be sure to follow <a href="https://twitter.com/DrxpHook?t=tTtpK4aa0rqGaFol8C59uQ&amp;s=09" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">DropHook on Twitter</a> to stay on top of your NFT game!

Overview Dalek is the artist and creator of: DALEKBLOCKS SPACEMONKEY CHAOS CLUB Land of The Lost Spacemonkeys Each features a unique, hand-drawn, extremely colourful character known as ‘Space Monkey’. A very hard character to miss and even harder to ignore! Each collection currently resides on the OpenSea marketplace with ever increasing…

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