Buddhist digital amulets set trend

By Agence France-Presse

Jul 10, 2021 1:00 am

BANGKOK, THAILAND: Karmic fortune has arrived to the digital art market with a kaleidoscopic splash of colors and the face of a revered Thai monk offering portable Buddhist good luck charms to tech-savvy buyers.

Sales of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) - virtual images of anything from popular internet memes to original artwork - have swept the art world in recent months with some fetching millions of dollars at major auction houses.

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