NFT trend reaches new pinnacles as digital Bitcoin art garners coveted Christie's auction

The non-fungible token trend that has been sweeping across the crypto markets has been called a fad by many, but the recent listing of a Bitcoin-centric digital piece on a Christie's auction seems to validate that digital artwork is real artwork - despite what many say.

Each piece is physical and backed by an NFT token, which verifies the artwork's ownership and provenance, allowing all of its ownership transitions to be easily tracked and verified by future buyers.

This recent auction may have significant implications for the NFT space as well, as it seems to venerate that tokenized artwork does have a place within the traditional industry.

Bitcoin art listed on October 7th Christie's auction.

"Block 21" - a piece of physical art from Gentilli that is backed by an NFT - will be auctioned today at Christie's.

The pieces all pay homage to the benchmark digital asset and was Gentilli's way of creating something of "Real cultural value" that incorporates key aspects of Bitcoin.

"The core idea of the project was, 'How do you make something of real cultural value within the Bitcoin sphere? [] And for me, the thing I kept coming back to was this code base, because it's really the very basis of Bitcoin culture."

Christie's auction provides gravitas to the NFT trend.

That being said, there are a plethora of fantastic artists producing high-quality digital art that incorporates all of the elements that provide physical art with value.

The fact that one of the most revered auction houses in the world is now listing NFT-backed Bitcoin-centric artwork is a sign that there is room for digitalization in the world of physical art.