From Crypto To Christie’s: How Beeple Put Digital Art On The Map—And Then Catalyzed Its Market

After breaking Crypto Art records in December, Beeple will become the first artist to auction a purely digital, NFT-backed artwork at a major auction house, which will be open for bidding Feb. 25 - Ma

Beeple's 'Everydays – The First 5000 Days,' is the first purely digital artwork backed by a nonfungible token to be offered by a major auction house. BEEPLE/CHRISTIE'S

This story originally appeared on Forbes.

For many, the weekend of Dec. 11-13 was just another December weekend, but for digital artist Mike Winkelmann—better known as “Beeple” or @beeple_c…