id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt www-nytimes-com-612 Crypto token of New York Times column sells for $560,000. - The New York Times .html text/html 478 39 77 Business|Crypto token of New York Times column sells for $560,000. Crypto token of New York Times column sells for $560,000. Crypto token of New York Times column sells for $560,000. An NFT collector who goes by the handle @3fmusic placed a last-minute winning bid of 350 ether. A one-of-a-kind digital collectible item created out of a New York Times technology column sold for more than $500,000 in an auction, the first such sale in the history of the newspaper. The winner of the auction, an NFT collector who goes by the handle @3fmusic, placed a last-minute winning bid of 350 ether, a digital currency, which translates to roughly $560,000 at Wednesday's exchange rates. In addition to the Times token, their collection on Foundation also includes such works as "The result of 2020," an image of a sad-looking Kermit the Frog, and "Mushy's Midafternoon Nap," an image of a cartoon toadstool sitting on a log. © 2021 The New York Times Company ./cache/www-nytimes-com-612.html ./txt/www-nytimes-com-612.txt