Generative Art Timeline · Chapter 10: On-Chain Era (2020s)

2021

Mark Cuban Enters NFTs

Event

A white Lazy.com interface displays a grid of nine NFTs beneath an All NFTs heading.
Lazy.com’s NFT display interface, March 2021. Interface: Lazy.com. Screenshot published by NFT Culture, March 28, 2021. Artworks shown remain attributed to their respective creators. Image source.

While ultimately not a mainstream success, Cuban’s NFT viewing gallery, Lazy, demonstrated the Web3 and NFT world’s rapid rise in prominence, especially after the March Beeple sale. Cuban purchased Lazy less than two weeks after Beeple’s record-breaking sale.

Text by Peter Bauman. Generative Art Timeline, Le Random, fact-checked September 2026.

People

Mark Cuban, Mike Winkelmann (Beeple)

Movements

NFT Art

Filed under

Ideas
celebrity, collecting, market, NFT Art
Technologies
NFTs, Web3
People
Mark Cuban, Mike Winkelmann (Beeple)
Organisations
Lazy.com

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