最新报道:According to Bijie.com, British auction giant Christie's is closing its digital art division, which specialized in handling NFT sales, on September 9th, merging its operations into the broader art category. A Christie's spokesperson stated that the auction house will continue to sell digital art, including NFTs, but will now be categorized within the broader 20th and 21st century art category. Christie's has a significant influence in the NFT sector, having auctioned numerous digital artworks, including Mike "Beeple" Winkelmann's "Everydays: The First 5000 Days," which sold for $69.3 million in March 2021. Christie's previously launched its NFT auction platform in September 2022 and established a dedicated cryptocurrency real estate team in July. According to the Art Basel & UBS Art Market Report released in April 2025, the global art market continues to decline, with global art sales falling by 12% in 2024, totaling US$57 billion, and the total public and private sales of auction houses falling by 20% to US$23 billion.