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Laya Mathikshara: Meet the teen digital artist who made $1 million through NFTs

by Amrita Priya | Feb 13, 2024

(February 13, 2024) Who would have imagined that art could be sold as NFTs (non-fungible tokens), creating new opportunities for artists, particularly digital ones, to earn money and transforming the art world like never before? One example is Laya Mathikshara, a...

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