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While headline-grabbing NFT sales dominate the news, a quieter but far more consequential shift is reshaping the art world: blockchain-based authentication for physical and digital artworks. Through phygital NFTs, mobile verification, and near tamper-proof provenance records, The Fine Art Ledger is helping galleries, artists, and collectors solve longstanding challenges of trust, fraud, and documentation—bringing secure, accessible authenticity to the heart of the art market.

The Fine Art Ledger visits renowned media artist Refik Anadol in his Los Angeles studio to explore how data, neuroscience, and advanced algorithms converge in his immersive digital artworks. From Materializing Memories to large-scale public installations, Anadol’s work transforms brain data into mesmerizing visual experiences that redefine contemporary art.

Maintaining accurate provenance records is a critical responsibility for any art collector — whether you're managing a few treasured pieces or an extensive private collection. Provenance is more than paperwork. It's a documentation of legacy, ensuring your artwork is recognized for its authenticity, value, and historical significance.

Art Authentication is an age-old problem and far from an exact science. How can NFTs help with art Authentication. FAL is pioneering the way

Physical Art NFTs are here with The Fine Art Ledger, redefining how artists and collectors mint, authenticate, and manage both physical and digital artworks on the blockchain. Powered by Polygon, FAL enables gas-free, wallet-free NFT minting tied directly to real-world art through NFC and QR technology—bringing secure provenance, ownership, and immersive mobile experiences to the future of fine art.

It is not always clear what an NFT actually represents, or what is purchased with a Non-Fungible Token. NFT due diligence is essential

As NFTs flood the art world, value is too often confused with hype. This article unpacks what NFTs actually are—digital records whose worth depends entirely on metadata, rights, and structure—and why understanding what you’re really buying is essential for collectors and institutions alike.

As the NFT boom accelerates and promises to upend the art world, a closer look reveals a more nuanced reality. What exactly are collectors buying when they mint a token—and how does blockchain truly intersect with digital and physical art ownership?

Nearly two years after the SEC’s last substantive guidance on digital assets, regulatory clarity around blockchain tokens remains elusive. As utility tokens stalled under securities scrutiny, Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) have surged into the spotlight—driven by digital art, booming secondary markets, and headline-making sales. This post examines NFTs through the lens of the SEC’s Howey framework, questioning whether NFTs may raise securities law concerns and arguing that contin

The Fine Art Ledger launches Art Recognition™, enabling anyone to identify artworks and access their full story with a simple snap of a mobile phone camera. Using image recognition, blockchain authentication, and mobile interactivity, the feature connects physical art to rich digital content, certificates of authenticity, and provenance—instantly, on any device.

Art the gift that keeps on giving. How The Fine Art Ledger uses technology to improve access to fine art and fine art information using art

Virtual reality is simply a game changer, and potentially a game changer for art...once you experience it, there is really no going back.

Deprived of human interaction and beset with almost ubiquitous social distancing rule and regulation, the fine art world is going virtual.

Using the Fine Art Ledger's in-Experience purchase or bid feature, patrons can real-time, purchase or bid on fine art works via Zoom

The Fine Art Ledger provides exciting opportunities for fine artists to secure, catalog and authenticate their art.

The Fine Art Ledger recently in Blue Bite press release highlighting the use of Near Field Communication (NFC) and blockchain for Fine Art.

Fine Art Galleries : Key Features of The Fine Art Ledger's Mobile Fine Art Experiences and the Benefits for Art Galleries.

Tap, tag, and discover. The Fine Art Ledger’s contactless NFC technology brings fine art to life on your mobile phone—delivering real-time artwork details, blockchain authentication, and interactive experiences with a simple tap.

There needs to be this statement of definition clearly delineating utility token from security token. Blockchain regulatory reform.

Facebook’s proposed Libra cryptocurrency ignited a rare moment of bipartisan alarm on Capitol Hill. During David Marcus’s 2019 congressional testimony, lawmakers struggled not only with the technology itself, but with a deeper concern: whether Libra represents innovation—or a direct challenge to sovereign currency and regulatory authority.

Expert opinion in the authenticity of works of fine art is a critical component of the fine art markets.Have experts had a change of heart?

Using our proprietary, integrated system, we are piloting use of Near Field Communication (NFC) for immersive mobile fine art experiences

On May 9th, 2019, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) put a number of questions to rest in its CVC guidance

The Fine Art Ledger introduces fine art transfer functionality on its asset-based blockchain platform, enabling direct, fractional, and joint ownership of physical and digital artworks. Using proprietary non-fungible Art Title Tokens (ATT™), collectors can securely transfer authenticated title without intermediaries, with ownership immutably recorded on the blockchain and reflected in real-time certificates of authenticity.