Having made money out of something is not an intellectually relevant argument.

NFTs are snake oil, the fact that some get away with that stuff and a nice payout does not change the idiotic premise of the thing.

It's basically the same as investing in startups the vast majority fail. But 1% make a lot of money.

Startups make money by providing a useful service. NFTs do nothing but make money for a few and lose money for the majority. They’re useless grift fodder.

I would say a large portion of tech startups are actually bad for society in the long run.

It's only a "crime" if I lose money doing it!

No, it’s still a crime because somebody always loses money, somebody who simply came in line after you. The line could’ve broken before you so you got lucky