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The Buzz 1: \u201cNFTs are not just for digital art\u2014and their popularity is growing. Now The Economist is experimenting with an NFT, to raise money for a good cause. \u2013 One candidate for the Oxford English Dictionary\u2019s \u201cWord of the Year\u201d for 2021 will surely be \u201cNFT\u201d. Non-fungible tokens\u2014cryptocurrency chits which represent digital images or videos\u2014have been around since 2014, but took off in popularity in March [2021] when Christie\u2019s, a British auction house, sold an NFT of \u201cEverydays\u2014The First 5,000 Days\u201d, art by Mike Winkelmann, for a cool $69m.\u2026On October 25, The Economist will auction off the cover of our issue from September 18: Alice in Wonderland embarking on a journey into the world of decentralised finance (DeFi)\u2014in which NFTs form part of the foundation of the digital economy.\u201d [economist.com] The Buzz 2: \u201cLike it or not, the music industry has embraced NFTs \u2026In March 2021, the album heralded as the first to be released as a non-fungible token was Kings of Leon\u2019s barrel-scraping When You See Yourself\u2014and people who bought the shiny new digital widget got their actual copies of the record as old-fashioned MP3s and vinyl records. Snoop Dogg announced his newly acquired Death Row Records, a hip-hop brand venerable enough for the Super Bowl halftime show, would become the first NFT label. [pitchfork.com] The Buzz 3: \u201cSotheby's offers a curated array of NFT's from Digital Art, Luxury, Collectibles, Sports and Pop Culture\u2026In 2021, records were broken: the most expensive Bored Ape Yacht Club ever sold in October 2021 for $3.4M\u2026the second most expensive Cryptopunk ever sold achieved $11.7M.\u201d [sothebys.com] Within the next couple of years, some of our favorite establishments or even community groups might start to implement this technology to better interact with us. What kinds of new possibilities will be created with NFTs for both the creator and us, the consumer? We\u2019ll ask Connor Borrego, Amina Touati and James Shannon for their take on The Future of Your Digital Identity: All About The NFTs?