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As Web3 increasingly embraces poetry as an art form, Ana Maria Caballero proposes curation as disruption
Verse is revered, but it isn’t transacted in a way that reflects its contribution to culture. Books containing dozens of meticulously sculpted poems sell for $14.99, if at all. For better or worse, society establishes the commercial valuation of its objects through their exchange. Indeed, the US tax code treats cryptocurrencies as property, triggering a tax when coins are bought and sold. No taxable event occurs while holding — trade pronounces value. Western systems of valuation are inadequate, but if you zoom out far enough they gain some logic. Van Gogh died a pauper, but, today, his…
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