NFTs
Brooklyn’s Crypto-Hipster Hotspot Gears Up for an NFT Rebound
- Williamsburg is home to a Bitcoin-powered bathhouse, NFT mural
- Spirits are rising at small businesses tied to digital assets
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From a local pizzeria that recently began accepting Dogecoin to mounting commissions for additions to a sprawling mural of images based on nonfungible tokens, this year’s rebound in the cryptocurrency market is creating buzz in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn.
The neighborhood, which is also home to a bathhouse that uses heat from crypto-mining rigs to warm its pools and a gym where the price of Bitcoin is regularly hand-written on the wall, has morphed into somewhat of a brick-and-mortar proxy for the mood of a market that’s as famous for its busts as its booms.