Four years ago, someone paid $69 million for this JPEG image. Today, it is valued at around $19,000. Still, there is no regret, as the buyer considers it a piece of history, not an investment.

The hype around non-fungible tokens (NFTs) has diminished, and it may never return in the same way. But perhaps that is the point: art is not about price charts, but about what it means to you.