Stolen NFTs & the Most Instagrammed Museums

Good morning. ☁️ Today, the world’s most Instagrammed museums, the women of Art Povera, and how some

Mar 17, 2021 • View in browser

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A number of users have taken to Twitter claiming they had their NFTs stolen by hackers on Nifty Gateway, with little recourse to get them back. An analysis ranked the world’s 20 most Instagrammed art museums based on the number of related hashtags for each museum.

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