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Takashi Murakami said he might step back from NFTs but stay involved in different ways, Krapoplis is set to debut on FOX this month and an NFT artist won a multi-million dollar contract dispute. Murakami to wind back from NFTs Acclaimed Japanese contemporary artist Takashi Murakami says he may not release anymore nonfungible tokens moving forward, after first jumping into the market in late 2021. Murakami is a world-renowned artist that has a career spanning back to the late 1980s. He has released two NFTs collections to date, firstly with the Clone X collection in partnership with RTFKT in December 2021, and then with the Murakami.Flowers collection in May 2022. Speaking with The Guardian in a Sept. 20 interview at the Asian Art Museum as part of his new solo art exhibition dubbed Unfamiliar People, Murakami simply stated: “Maybe I’m done releasing NFTs.” Murakami.Flowers NFTs. Source: OpenSea Murakami.Flowers in particular proved to be a challenging project for the artist, as he d...