TECH TALK X
Demystifying NFTs

Wednesday, 23 February 2022
5.00 PM CET
Duration: 60 min

 

Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) are increasingly considered modern-day collectibles – and their market is skyrocketing. With a sale price of US$69.3m, the third-most expensive work from a living artist ever sold is an NFT. In 2021, the estimated value of NFTs on the Ethereum blockchain totalled US$40.9bn while the global art market was worth US$50.1bn. Deep dive into the space and learn about the use cases of NFTs as well as business and legal challenges with industry experts Peter Evans (Managing Partner, Platform Strategy Institute), Isabelle Bonnet (Partner, Blockchain Solutions), Nathalie Braz (Law professor, University Sorbonne Abu Dhabi) and INSEAD Professor Pavel Kireyev.

Further reading

Making Sense of the NFT Marketplace, by Pavel Kireyev and Peter C. Evans, Harvard Business Review, November 18, 2021

The Non-Fungible Token Bible: Everything you need to know about NFTs by Devin Finzer, OpenSea Blog, January 10, 2020 

Isabelle Bonnet

Partner, Blockchain Solutions

Nathalie Braz

Professor of Law, Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi

Peter C. Evans

Managing Partner, Platform Strategy Institute

Pavel Kireyev

Assistant Professor of Marketing, INSEAD