It's amazing that someone paid six figures for a cryptographically-assigned virtual cat. I would ask though, is this the future of art collecting? Or, a by-product of the crypto hype wagon?
It's both a product of crypto-hype and one of several futures of art collecting.
Except the value of a CryptoKitty or Rare Pepe is unlikely to continue to be worth anything in a few years, because let's be honest, it's not very interesting art.
That's your opinion. Art is a matter of perception.