Non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, are artworks created on the blockchain with unique encryption codes that can be validated for authenticity and ownership.
An NFT might be anything from digital art to a whole song or album. Fashion designers have also embraced the NFT trend.
Listed below are the 50 Best NFT Ideas & Examples which are Cool, Weird & Wonderful:
1. Beeple’s “Everydays – The First 5000 Days”
Beeple, Mike Winkelmann sold his artwork “Everyday’s – The First 5000 Days” in 2021. As the highest price so far paid for an NFT, this transaction fetched $69.3 million.
The piece is a true labor of love; the piece is a compilation of five works of art Winklelmann has collected every day for 5,000 days since 2007.
Even today, Winkelmann continues the project with the help of software such as Cinema 4D and Octane. The college was sold by Christie’s in the country’s first-ever exclusively digital NFT auction.
Despite the rollercoaster ride, the sale ended with the third-highest price ever paid for a living artist’s work. As a point of interest, the sale price works out to $13,860 per piece or a pretty sweet day rate.
2. Memorabilia Belonging To William Shatner
William Shatner has a career that spans more than 60 years.
As part of his collectibles collection,
he released a series of NFTs made up of many of the photographs he took throughout his distinguished career. In just nine minutes, he sold 125,000 units.
3. VeeFriends
Gary Vaynerchuk is the serial entrepreneur behind VeeFriends. Besides serving as Chairman of VaynerX and CEO of VaynerMedia, Gary Vee is also the creator of VeeFriends.
In short, VeeFriends are tickets to Gary V’s multi-day super conference, to which only VeeFriends token holders are granted access.
World’s first ticketed NFT conference, VeeCon, in September in Atlanta. Token holders of VeeFriends tokens come together during VeeCon to build lasting friendships, share ideas, and learn together.
4. Genesis – Trevor Jones & Jose Delbo
Genesis was a five-part series that sold in 2020. This bat-depiction is one part of that series.
It is a collaboration between comic book artist José Delbo and Trevor Jones and was created from a pencil and ink sketch that was interpreted in oil on canvas to create a duo.
This piece won the NFT Awards’ Best NFT Art award, which sold for $111,377 – a record price at the time.
https://opensea.io/assets/0x5d32e097999bd45f86953abe2b3bf11b4b7ef2ee/2800100001
5. Gucci Ghost
There is nothing more outrageous than the Gucci Ghost. The hand-drawn ghost was not created by Gucci but by artist Trevor Andrew, who worked across various disciplines.
With his various interpretations of the Gucci Ghost in various art forms – including neon lights, pop art prints, and sculpture installations – Andrew has carved out quite a niche for himself.
On NFT’s market in February 2021, the shivering GIF-ghost sold for $3,600.
https://niftygateway.com/itemdetail/secondary/0x4140783cc1ba30653a0777126b122931e233ba14/1300010027
6. Fyre Festival Logo
The fake festival scam, immortalized in a Netflix documentary released in 2019, left swathes of the rich in distress because of its apparent money grab.
An NFT of the festival’s logo was sold in March 2021. Among the most controversial art sales in NFT history, the $122,000 price tag indicates the symbol has become an important part of cultural history.
Its story is what makes us love this NFT artwork. Moreover, NFTs themselves are not without controversy.
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/mar/25/ja-rule-nft-fyre-festival-artwork
7. Jack Dorsey’s First-ever Tweet
On March 21, 2006, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey sold the first tweet for nearly $3 million in a non-listed transaction.
Mr. Dorsey said the money raised from the NFT sale would be converted to bitcoin and then donated to a charity organization called Give Directly, distributing cash to people in poverty.
8. Andrés Reisinger’s Virtual Design Objects
Andrés Reisinger, an Argentinian designer, found an exclusive niche for his work – he sells furniture in the form of NFTs.
One of his most expensive pieces sold for about $75,000 last year. Although these are virtual furnishings you cannot use physically, they can be placed into virtual environments like Decentraland or Minecraft.
https://www.dezeen.com/2021/02/23/andres-reisinger-the-shipping-digital-furniture-auction/
9. RTFKT’s Digital Sneakers
Fashion is making big waves with RTFKT. Even though his NFT sneakers will never be worn, people are still willing to pay $10,000 for a pair.
In the March of 2021, RTFKT sold a pair of sneakers he made with Ferocious. Both artists collected $3,1 million in sales in a matter of minutes.
https://www.theverge.com/22833369/nike-rtfkt-nft-sneaker-shoe-metaverse-company
10. Taco Bell’s Charitable NFTs
As part of the NFT craze, Taco Bell created a series of GIFs and images based on their menu items.
Within a few minutes of the launch, they sold out their tokens. The tokens were priced modestly at $1 each.
Even though they haven’t generated many revenues, they have certainly created a lot of buzz online.
A significant part of all proceeds was donated to the Taco Bell Foundation, which supports its charity work.
https://cryptoslate.com/taco-bells-nft-collection-features-chainlink-themed-crypto-art/
11. The Origins Of The Internet
The World Wide Web was invented by Sir Tim Berners-Lee in 1989. Approximately 30 years later, he sold the original 9,555 lines of source code for $5.4 million as an NFT.
In addition to the World Wide Web source code, Sir Berners-Lee also contributed some other goodies to the NFT, which was auctioned off at Sotheby’s.
There’s no need to worry – the buyer doesn’t now own the internet. In reality, it’s like they’ve bought the Declaration of Independence-they own a crucial part of human history.
12. CryptoPunks
NFTs are well known for their CryptoPunks. As part of its 2017 giveaway, Larva Labs created and distributed 10,000 CryptoPunk NFTs as randomly generated coins, which anyone can redeem with an Ethereum (ETH) wallet.
As a result, CryptoPunks’ value skyrocketed on the secondary market.
The cheapest CryptoPunk currently costs over $100,000, and over $1 billion has been exchanged in the NFT series. CryptoPunks has attracted investors ranging from Jay-Z to Visa to Odell Beckham Jr.
https://larvalabs.com/cryptopunks
13. Artificial Intelligence
A blockchain-based artificially intelligent NFT (iNFT), this NFT is based on the Ethereum blockchain.
Alice is her name, and she learns and develops her characteristics as you speak with her. She is also extremely creepy.
For example, Alice is asked: ‘What does living on the blockchain feel like on the promotional video?’ In response, she says, “I feel like a digital goddess, able to take any form I choose”.
Alethea, a company that built the iNFT, recently raised $16 million in funding to continue development and build infrastructure for artificially intelligent NFTs in the future. As a result, we’ll likely see more iNFTs in the future.
14. The World’s First Athletic Career Token
Oleksandra Oliynykova – a Croatian tennis player – auctioned off a small section of her arm last year.
This NFT was bought on OpenSea for nearly $5,000 and gave the owner the right to tattoo whatever they want on the small portion of her arm.
According to Oliynykova, this NFT will greatly appreciate value throughout her tennis career. In addition, the buyer now owns a small area that may one day be showcased at Wimbledon, the Australian Open, or the Olympics.
15. Paris Hilton’s Planet Paris
Paris Hilton is an unexpected proponent of the NFT movement. Her ideas about NFTs have appeared in articles, she has appeared on Jimmy Fallon’s Tonight Show, and she even authored an NFT series.
Developed in collaboration with Blake Kathryn, Planet Paris features short videos that earned Hilton over $1 million in sales.
https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/paris-hilton-nfts
16. Bad Luck Brian Gets Lucky
In case you didn’t notice by now, the NFT space reflects internet culture, emphasizing the funny, the irreverent, and the iconic.
So it shouldn’t be a surprise that memes have begun selling as NFTs. Internet sensations have been dominating the web for a long time.
Now they’ll get the chance to profit from their fame. Since 2012, Kyle Craven, better known as Bad Luck Brian, has been trolled online.
Though the photo became iconic, he eventually sold it for $36,000 in March.
https://foundation.app/@badluckbrian/foundation/4263
17. Louis Vuitton video game
In the luxury sector, brand recognition and exclusivity are crucial, so entering the NFT world made perfect sense.
However, Louis Vuitton’s entrance into the world of NFTs was unique. The team developed a video game called Louis: The Game, where players can find hidden NFTs by completing challenges. Beeple is the artist behind 10 of these hidden NFTs, which you might recognize from his $69 million artwork featured at the top of this list.’
18. Bored Ape Yacht Club
Like CryptoPunks, the Bored Ape Yacht Club is an algorithmically generated community of unique avatars.
Designed by Yuga Labs, Bored Apes represent more than possessing a collectible. An Ape token can also double as membership in a virtual club filled with other like-minded Apes.
Bored Ape NFTs sold at Sotheby’s for $24.4 million, while the club donated $850,000 to the Orangutan Outreach charity.
https://boredapeyachtclub.com/#/
19. Sotheby’s First Virtual Location
If you’ve never heard of the metaverse before, it’s an interconnected digital world that combines virtual and physical realities.
So why is this relevant to NFTs? Decentraland, a company leading the metaverse market, has tokenized everything in their game, from usernames to in-game wearables to real estate.
An auction house with one of the world’s largest fine art portfolios has opened its flagship location in the Voltaire Art District.
As part of the gallery, players can explore the NFTs that Decentraland has for sale, or they can wander into the block of the land itself.
https://decentraland.org/blog/announcements/sotheby-s-opens-a-virtual-gallery-in-decentraland/
20. $200k LeBron Dunk
Baseball cards, autographed merchandise, and NFTs are alike. These items are rare, tradeable, and collectible.
Therefore, it was only a matter of time before sports memorabilia became part of the NFT market. Last year, NBA Top Shot sold a video clip of LeBron James dunking for an astonishing $210,000.
21. Tom Brady’s Signature
In the NFT sphere, the NBA isn’t the only player making waves. Similarly, DraftKings is discontinuing high-value digital sports memorabilia.
Instead, the marketplace on their website features autographs from Tom Brady, Simone Biles, Tony Hawk, and more.
As with NBA Top Shot, DraftKings’ NFTs have become increasingly popular. To meet the demand, both companies implemented virtual waiting rooms.
22. Burning Banksy
Burning an NFT is the same as destroying it in the world of NFTs. Burning one NFT is commonly done to create scarcity and increase the value of other NFTs.
Injective Protocol, a blockchain company, took burning NFTs to a new level last year. They purchased a $95,000 Banksy painting named Morons and burnt it.
They filmed the artwork being burned and, you guessed it, marketed it as an NFT.
https://injectiveprotocol.com/
23. New York Times Article
Journalist Kevin Roose authored an essay about NFTs for the New York Times during the peak of the NFT craze in March 2021.
The piece had one unique feature: it was auctioned off as a nonfiction text. Much to Roose’s astonishment, the story sold for $560,000 at auction.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/26/technology/nft-sale.html
24. Charlie Bit My Finger
Charlie Bit My Finger is one of the most famous viral films, with over 880 million views on YouTube. The developers removed the video from YouTube 14 years after it was posted and placed it on the blockchain.
At an auction, the original footage was sold as an NFT for a whopping $760,000. According to the family, the money will be used to cover the university expenses of the two young boys.
https://www.charliebitme.com/#/
25. Coca-Cola NFTs
Is the new branded merchandise NFTs? Coca-Cola appears to believe so. In May, they held an auction for several NFT treasure boxes featuring a branded jacket worn in Decentraland.
In addition, all purchases included a Coca-Cola refrigerator that was completely stocked. In Decentraland, the company even held a ‘can-top’ party with music, giveaways, and a Q&A session.
Over $575,000 was raised during the 72-hour auction, entirely donated to Special Olympics International.
https://www.coca-colacompany.com/news/coca-cola-nft-auction-fetches-more-than-575000
26. Crypto Stamps
You might be surprised to learn that the Austrian postal service was one of the early adopters of NFTs.
However, given that the NFT area is the new frontier for industries that have traditionally relied on collectability, it’s no wonder that stamps, along with baseball cards and artwork, made our list.
As a result, Austriaische Post AG released the world’s first blockchain stamps in 2019.
The project has been a huge success, with hundreds of thousands of Crypto Stamps sold and Austrianische on its third edition of the stamps.
27. Axie Infinity
Axie Infinity is causing a stir with its play-to-earn (P2E) concept, which allows players to earn real money.
It’s been quite popular in recent months, especially in underdeveloped nations, because who doesn’t want to make money playing video games?
The game is built around buying, breeding, and training Axies to send into a fight, and Pokémon-inspired it.
The Axies are NFTs, and via combat, players can earn SLP, a cryptocurrency that can be sold for real money on a secondary market.
28. Vee Friends
VeeFriends have rocketed in value on the secondary market alongside CryptoPunks and Bored Apes as the few NFT avatar series that has taken hold in the NFT community.
Gary Vaynerchuk is the brainchild behind VeeFriends. In a word, they are NFTs inspired by the qualities that Vaynerchuk admires in humans.
They include the Insightful Irish Terrier, the Sensible Sommelier, and the Prudent Polar Bear.
Like Bored Ape Yacht Club tokens, VeeFriends extends beyond just an image. In this sense, they represent a community of like-minded people.
In addition, purchasing a VeeFriend lets you attend VeeCon annually, a multi-day conference hosted by Vaynerchuk that emphasizes business, marketing, creativity, and entrepreneurship.
29. Carbon Negative NFTs
You’ve likely come across articles about the environmental consequences of NFTs during your research.
Imogen Heap, a British artist, created the first NFTs, which her company branded as carbon negatives as a reaction to this situation.
As a result of the sale, heap donated a portion of its proceeds to the carbon capture company Nori, thus removing 20 tons of carbon from the atmosphere.
https://www.dezeen.com/2021/05/12/imogen-heap-nft-firsts-collection/
30. Self-destructing NFT
As long as we’re talking about environmental activism, Two Degrees is a No-Fly Zone that will ignite if global warming exceeds 2 degrees Celsius.
The NFT was created by Terra0 and represents a scan of a forest in southern Germany. The NFT is connected to a system that tracks NASA’s annual average temperature report.
If the global average temperature reaches two degrees above pre-industrial levels, it will release heat. Likewise, we may lose these NFTs due to climate change, as we may lose real-world forests.
https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2021/natively-digital-a-curated-nft-sale-2/two-degrees
31. CryptoCrisps
A piece of art depicting CryptoCrisp, a virtual flavor designed by Vasya Kolotusha.
A limited-edition 1080*1080 MP4 file of the “flavor” shows animations of golden Pringles cans with Crypto-themed chips. All proceeds from the sales of these pieces go directly to the artist.
https://rarible.com/token/0xd07dc4262bcdbf85190c01c996b4c06a461d2430:322068?tab=owners
32. Mark Cuban’s Inspirational Quote
Mark Cuban, the billionaire entrepreneur who made a fortune in the dot-com bubble, has forayed into web 3.0 by getting involved with NFTs both behind the scenes and in the spotlight.
Cuban has invested in Alethea’s iNFTs, launched his own NFT platform called Lazy, and considered putting NFTs into ticketing for his NBA team, the Dallas Mavericks, as previously mentioned.
This year, he also made his own NFTs, including an encouraging quotation that sold for $1,700.
33. Digital Furniture
Andres Reisinger, an Argentinian designer, offered ten pieces of virtual furniture as NFTs. Surrealist furniture, many of which Reisinger refers to as “impossible items,” is made to fit into any metaverse.
Five of the goods came with the promise of true-to-life replicas. Owners of the other NFTs, on the other hand, can simply exhibit them in their virtual homes or keep and sell them.
https://www.dezeen.com/2021/02/23/andres-reisinger-the-shipping-digital-furniture-auction/
34. Elon Musk’s Unsold NFT
During a recent tweetstorm, Elon Musk offered to sell a non-fungible token (NFT) based on one of his tweets.
It included the song “NFT for your vanity.”. The computer never sleeps. It’s true. It’s guaranteed.”
35. Grimes’ WarNymph
Elon’s hesitation did not stop his ex-partner, Grimes, from selling her own NFT series titled WarNymph.
In this series, tech-pop is combined with science fiction and Greek mythology to create a surrealist artistic masterpiece.
Within 20 minutes, the artist had raised $5.8 million, of which a portion was donated to an environmental nonprofit.
36. Pet Rocks
The EthereumRocks NFT stands out even within the world of NFTs. In reality, these are just JPEGs of cartoon rocks that are sold for millions of dollars as NFTs.
The cheapest EtherRock was sold in September for around $2.2 million, while another was priced at around $1.5 million.
37. Gourmet NFTs
Have you ever thought about immortalizing and monetizing your mom’s famous lasagna recipe? Fortunately, you can rely on GourmetNFT.
The GourmetNFT marketplace lets professional, and home chefs upload their recipes to the blockchain and sell them as non-fungible tokens.
38. Steve Aoki’s NF-TV
For a long time, Steve Aoki has been a strong supporter of NFTs. He teamed up with Stoopid Buddy Studios to develop the first blockchain-based episodic series.
The team hopes to usher in a revolution in the broadcast and streaming industries by allowing viewers to buy and own the programming they watch.
39. Testing Testing 123
An NFT of the word ‘test’ appeared to have been created in Microsoft Paint sold for an incredible $270,000 on FTX in September.
FTX, a cryptocurrency exchange, recently opened the NFT marketplace. The Testing Testing 123 NFT was issued by the CEO, Sam Bankman-Fried, to test the new marketplace, and one lucky bidder purchased the JPEG for the price of a small house.
https://ftx.us/nfts/token/291222296035270197
40. Non-fungible Twig
A non-fungible twig, which is truly a twig collected from the ground in New York City, was auctioned off by Between Two Naps, a luxury company for dog accessories. It’s billed as the first NFT for dogs in the world.
https://www.betweentwonaps.com/shop/p/twig
41. Doge
Last year, the famous photograph of a Shiba Inu dog named Kabosu – AKA Doge was sold as an NFT for $4 million.
As a result, the Doge became the most valuable meme on the planet. She deserves it because she’s a wonderful dog.
42. The NFT No One Will Ever See
In creating an NFT that no one can ever access, artist Rhea Myers pushed the limits of NFT art.
A tokenized contract titled Secret Artwork (Content) proves ownership over the artwork, but the actual artwork will remain a secret to the public and its owner for eternity.
This NFT is hard for us to understand, but someone believes it – it is sold at auction for $63,000.
43. Smells Like Blockchain
A Berlin-based company called Look Labs developed the world’s first digital fragrance.
This company created artwork using molecular wavelengths recorded from a real perfume called Cyber Eau de Parfum. Then, as part of the NFTs, they put ten editions of the digital fragrance up for auction.
https://www.dezeen.com/2021/04/08/look-labs-digital-fragrance-nft/?tab=history
44. Non-Fungible Jokin’
The world of NFTs is even expanding to include stand-up comedy. The Jambb marketplace features comedians’ jokes, sets, specials, and memorabilia in the form of NFTs.
In addition, Jambb has the unique selling point of offering full rights to the clips they are selling as NFTs. As a result, jokes can be uploaded to YouTube by audience members, and advertisers can profit from them.
They’re planning a world premiere comedy special for NFT. It was NFT’s debut motion picture. With VUELE, the film industry is being challenged with NFTs.
One of their first projects is the early release of Anthony Hopkin’s latest movie Zero Contact via NFTs.
On VUELE, you can watch the movie in its entirety, along with behind-the-scenes footage and never-before-seen footage.
45. NFTree
Treedefi offers the first NFTs backed by real trees planted all over the world. Here, you can purchase an NFT, and Treedefi will plant a tree in your name, tracking its birthday, characteristics, and carbon dioxide absorption.
You can even follow the trees’ diaries. For example, an NFTree was planted in Kenya, expressing how pleased it is to have been planted.
46. Kings Of Leon’s When You See Yourself
Kings of Leon, an American rock band, released their latest album as an NFT. Kings of Leon sold almost 7000 copies of the NFT album and six golden tickets granting owners four front-row seats at every Kings of Leon concert for life.
https://www.billboard.com/pro/kings-of-leon-nft-sale-2-million-sales-crew-nation/
47. XCOPY
XCopy, a digital artist and crypto enthusiast based out of London, has sold 1,917 pieces of NFT and averages $23,489.89 per sale.
Their work can be described as death-themed or dystopian, featuring a lot of loops and flashing images.
All-Time High in the City, his Super Rare piece, sold for $4,358,359.20. It may represent Charon, the ferryman who transports the souls of the dead to the Underworld.
48. FEWOCIOUS
Young artist Fewocious is leading a Renaissance in NFT. A surrealist digital artist, the 19-year-old is taking the NFT and crypto world by storm.
The young artist has more than 100,000 followers across Instagram and Twitter and has sold 3,189 NFT pieces, with an average sale price of $8,329.24.
One of his most famous works, “Nice to Meet You, I’m Mr. MiSUNDERSTOOD,” depicted a sobbing character – seemingly from a children’s show while bright colors encircled his body.
The pieces vary in design, containing monochromatic segments and colors, and they remind me of a fourth-grade diorama constructed with a shoebox and lots of shiny wax paper.
It comes with a canvas of 30×30 inches, oil paint, and gloss varnish. Presently, Fewocious is working on a clothing drop and other projects.
https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/a36878931/fewocious-crypto-nft-art-christies-profile/
49. Pak – Finite
Pak is a superstar in digital art and responsible for some of the best NFTs around, but he is also quite the mystery.
As an anonymous artist, no one knows who Pak is, but he’s one of the top-selling artists in the NFT arena and counts Elon Musk among his admirers.
Finite is an undulating, mesmerizing 3D render in the style of many of his catalog of works – dark and moody. There’s no denying the beauty of this work, and it must have been so appealing to the buyer that they shelled out an impressive $809,789.40 for it in March 2021.
https://nftartgallery1.com/pak-finite/
50. Nyan Cat
Nyan Cat is a unique online artifact from the decade of 2010. The video’s creator decided to transform it into an NFT and auction it off for its tenth anniversary.
As a result, the video was sold for a stunning 300 ETH, which is currently equivalent to around $852,300.
