It’s time to move on from Bored Ape Yacht Club. It’s bad for nonfungible tokens (NFTs). It gives critics ammo and distracts from the technology, which is where the real value lies.
For those on the outside looking in, NFTs are nothing more than overpriced monkey JPEGs — or whichever choice of animated animal profile picture is in the firing line.
O.C. Ripley is the lead content creator for Curio DAO, an NFT community on the Ethereum blockchain. He is also the editorial manager at Tech & Authors and has been active in blockchain since 2017.