The latest Vogue Business Newsletter explains why brands are burning experimental NFTs

Vogue Business discusses a new (digital) way for brands to manipulate prices, leveraging scarcity, with examples of different fashion and beauty brands: “a key feature of blockchains and NFTs is that they can't be changed, replicated or deleted, allowing for authenticity, ownership and scarcity. So, what happens if a luxury brand — many of whom are now experimenting with NFTs — wants to change or eliminate an NFT they’ve put on the market? They can burn it.” (full article available online upon subscription)

La Pyramide, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. 1968–⁠73. Rinaldo Olivieri (1931–⁠1998). 2025. Photograph: François-Xavier Gbré

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