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An amber innovator pushes a patent NFT bearing an engineering drawing onto collapsing bridge supports.
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Blockchain in IP finance: the lesson of patent NFTs

IP-backed finance · Part 3

Patent NFTs promised a liquid market for intellectual property. The collapse of IPwe shows why the true value of distributed ledgers lies in durable evidence, not tradable tokens.

Marco Barulli · 27 October 2026 · 7 min read