Crypto Blockchain Industries said the sale of the NFTs had
raised more than $250,000 for United At Home, a charitable
organisation co-founded by Guetta.
Non-fungible tokens (NFTs), a type of digital asset, have
exploded in popularity this year, with NFT artworks selling for
millions of dollars.
Shares in Crypto Blockchain Industries jumped 21.7 percent to 43
euros in early trading, compared to their debut price of 2 euros,
giving it a current market capitalisation of around 830 million
euros ($935.33 million).
An NFT is a digital asset that exists on a blockchain, a record
of transactions kept on networked computers. The blockchain
serves as a public ledger, allowing anyone to verify the NFT's
authenticity and who owns it.
NFTs are usually bought with cryptocurrencies or in dollars and
the blockchain keeps a record of transactions. While anyone can
view the NFT, only the buyer has the status of being the
official owner – a kind of digital bragging right.
Crypto Blockchain Industries added on Monday that it had
conducted sales of the cryptocurrency 'Crystal'.
Guetta, who has worked with artists such as Rihanna, Snoop Dogg
and Justin Bieber, has won two Grammy Awards and has more than
50 million record sales to his name.
($1 = 0.8874 euros)
(Reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta, Editing by Louise Heavens,
Kirsten Donovan)
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