Emily Yang aka pplpleasr never thought she’d be an online celebrity. But in 2021 an NFT version of a digital ad she did for Uniswap sold for $525,000 to a DAO of her fans, and now she’s among the most famous NFT artists. She speaks to Dan Roberts and Jeff Roberts about the rise of NFT art, the traditional art world taking it seriously, NFT haters, and which NFT marketplaces can beat OpenSea.
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