Summary: <p>Twenty months since the start of the pandemic, economic recovery has been uneven at best. This week, On the Media takes a look at one sector that’s been booming: cryptocurrency and, in particular, NFTs. Hear how a technology invented to give artists more control over their work has become a tool for speculators hoping to win big.</p> <p>1. Anil Dash [<a href="https://twitter.com/anildash">@anildash</a>], CEO of Glitch, helps explain the origin of NFTs. <a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/nft-origin-story-on-the-media">Listen.</a></p> <p>2. OTM Correspondent Micah Loewinger [<a href="https://twitter.com/MicahLoewinger">@MicahLoewinger</a>] attends an NFT auction featuring Carlos Matos, one of crypto's most unlikely proponents. <a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/meme-known-cryptocurrencys-biggest-scam-now-nft-on-the-media">Listen</a>.</p> <p>3. Anil Dash [<a href="https://twitter.com/anildash">@anildash</a>] on his ambivalence of what has come from his creation. <a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/nft-inventor-reckons-industry-he-created-on-the-media">Listen.</a></p> <p><em>Music:72 Degrees and Sunny by Thomas NewmanEye Surgery by Thomas NewmanHorizon 12.2 by Thomas NewmanOkami by Nicola Cruz<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--HGt-BO4XQ">Bitconnect Carlos Matos (What Is Love) by Psychol</a>Penguins by Michael HurleySolice by Scott Joplin<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emcT185BXMQ">Carlos Matos (Take On Me) by Memeski</a>Bubblewrap by Thomas NewmanVie En Rose by Toots Thielemans</em></p>
