Indonesian student's selfies fetch US$1 million in NFT sales

After learning about blockchain technology, Sultan Gustaf Al Ghozali decided to upload selfies to OpenSea. PHOTO: SCREENGRAB FROM OPENSEA via The Straits Times/ANN

SEMARANG (Indonesia), Jan 15, 2022 (AFP): An Indonesian college student has become an internet sensation after trade in the digital rights to his selfies fetched more than US$1 million on a platform for non-fungible tokens.

Sultan Gustaf Al Ghozali, who studies computer science at a university in the central city of Semarang, has taken a picture of himself sitting in front of his computer almost every day for the last five years.