It’s amazing how the media can be manipulated so easily.
NFTs weren’t really a thing until someone did a media splash (some random artist). From a splash it turned into a story. Then the old non-tech people get scared/FOMO, so they of course have to write something up. And if big news sites are talking about it, it must be real news!
About 10 people could have just ignored the bullshit and NFTs would be some niche thing that no one ever heard about. I wish more newsrooms had the self-confidence to filter out obvious bullshit. See also: all the metaverse nonsense Facebook spun up to distract everyone from their huge moral failings.