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Mixed fortunes of celebrities who leapt on NFT craze

Sports, film and music stars have all flocked to the NFT market to buy pictures of apes, endorse corporate partners or even launch their own art collections.

Even as the crypto sector suffers a rout with sales and values plunging and scams proliferating, celebrities continue to sign up to the craze for so-called Non-Fungible Tokens.

When art collectors chucked NFTs worth millions in the garbage

When digital artist Robbie Barrat handed out free NFT coupons at Christie's four years ago, most guests dumped them in the bin, not realizing they would soon be worth millions of dollars.

Barrat, then still in his teens, had been invited by the London auction house to talk about the rise of online art.

NFT collection aims to save endangered bees in Turkey

A social-responsibility project has been launched to mitigate the threat of Turkey's recurring wildfires and protect the country's diverse coastal regions.

By bringing together the right stakeholders for a common cause, the "Beeing Hope" project seeks to heal Turkey's fire-scorched ecosystems, protect endangered bee populations and help resuscitate local pine honey production.

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