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We are now stoked to introduce a brand-spanking new, hugely exciting feature to our Mobile Fine Art Experiences™ (MFAX): augmented reality.

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 provides exciting opportunities for fine artists to secure, catalog and authenticate their art.

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.

Blockchain holds enormous promise for fine art, but tying physical artworks to digital ownership remains a core challenge. This article explores asset-based blockchain models, the Oracle Problem, and how NFC technology enables secure, direct ownership of fine art on the blockchain.

A lifelong art collector reflects on how memory, provenance, and trust shape the collecting experience—and why blockchain technology is uniquely suited to solving age-old challenges in fine art authentication, title, and ownership. This personal journey reveals how those insights led to the founding of The Fine Art Ledger and a new vision for the future of art collecting.

The sale of fine art prints and multiples carries significant risk, from falsely limited editions to outright fraud. Buyers often rely on Certificates of Authenticity, yet these documents are frequently incomplete, non-compliant, or unverifiable. This post explores the legal requirements governing fine art certificates—particularly under California law—the consequences of non-compliance, and how blockchain-based authentication offers a more transparent, reliable solution for

The End of the ICO Honeymoon With the Initial Coin Offering (ICO) 'honeymoon' brought to a slowdown by US regulatory action, the true effect of the ICO boom has been laid bare. 2017 saw the peak in ICO activity, with issuers raising substantial funds on the back of tokens minted with nothing underpinned other than the bold promises of management and a unique digital token. In essence, these ICO investors invested in nothing more than tokens rendered authentic and unique by b

The Fine Art Ledger announces its partnership with Universal Art Gallery, a leading Los Angeles fine art framing studio known for exceptional craftsmanship and personalized service. Together, they aim to elevate the fine art collecting experience by connecting artists, collectors, and blockchain-enabled limited editions with museum-quality framing expertise.

With Digital Editions, The Fine Art Ledger is disrupting the way fine art multiples are sold, owned, and collected. Introducing Digital Editions on The Fine Art Ledger The Fine Art Ledger will be offering select works for sale in digital form. This is one feature of the Fine Art Ledger's platform that we are launching first. In Digital Editions, we are able to demonstrate the power of fine art blockchain. What Is a Digital Edition? A Digital Edition is like a print edition