--- title: "Geniuses Selling NFTs That Just Happen to Come With Free Weed" description: "There is truly nothing that feels more 2022 than purchasing a $75 NFT and receiving 3.5 ounces of weed dubbed \"Space Rocks\" in return." date: "2022-09-28" modified: "2022-09-28" authors: - name: "Maggie Harrison Dupré" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/mharrison" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/geniuses-selling-nfts-free-weed" categories: - "Blockchain" - "Future Society" - "NFTs" tags: - "nfts" - "non-fungible tokens" - "the digest" --- # Geniuses Selling NFTs That Just Happen to Come With Free Weed ![There is truly nothing that feels more 2022 than purchasing a $75 NFT and receiving 3.5 ounces of weed dubbed "Space Rocks" in return.]() *\Image: Getty / Futurism\* ## Point of Sale There's truly nothing that feels more 2022 than purchasing a $75 NFT and — as an oh-so-incidental gift at purchase — receiving a nice lil' baggie of weed. Which, [per *Curbed*](), you can apparently do now at an unnamed gallery on New York City's Rivington Street. Don't hate the player, hate the game. ## Perfect Crossover If anything, this *is* a unique way of tying a digital asset to a physical one. You could do worse — plenty of people pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for a digital image of a bored ape and *don't* also get weed, or anything besides clout. Some of those Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) buyers are also [Jimmy Fallon specifically](), which is just insult to injury. Getting stoned and also not being Jimmy Fallon? Put that way, this is an absolute steal. Run, don't walk. We kid, Jimmy. But in all seriousness, the NFT-to-gray-market-weed crossover somehow makes a lot of sense. Two legal but mostly unregulated markets, each trying to figure out exactly how to function sans turmoil in burgeoning market environments. And like the gallery on Rivington Street, other small-scale NFT operations — which, unlike celeb-beloved BAYC, might have trouble tethering their worth to clout alone — could benefit from incorporating an in-demand physical asset of the kind. There's also something to be said about the shared aesthetics of the broader NFT market and that of convenience stores — both uniquely unnatural in an eerie but somehow comforting way, with a lot of neon, a hefty amount of innuendo, in the sort of vibe that signals that some kind of energy drink or extremely specific candy is close by. After all, classic bodega favorites like [Arizona Iced Tea]() and [M&M's]() already boast Bored Ape collaborations. As the phenomenon that is weed bodega continues to expand, operators — and, to that point, anyone trying to make a name in the NFT space — might want to take note. Anyway. Where was that gallery? **READ MORE:** *[The Tacky Weed Bodega Is Everywhere (for Now)]()* \[*Curbed*\] **More on NFT oddities:** *[Celebrities Smacked down over Shilling NFTs Without Legal Disclosures]()* ## Author At Futurism, I've reported extensively on the rise of AI as a cultural and business force shaping the media industry, and more broadly how those dynamics are changing how we all consume and share information and relate to one another. I'm also fascinated by public health policy and ethics, the role of emerging tech in politics and governance — and the powerful people and forces at those intersections — climate change, and the environment. My investigation on Sports Illustrated's use of AI-generated authors with fictional biographies won a 2024 Mirror Award for "Best Story on Media Coverage of Artificial Intelligence in Journalism and the Media" from Syracuse University's SI Newhouse School, I contributed to Niemen Lab's 2025 Predictions for Journalism series, and I've discussed my work for Futurism during appearances on NPR, CNN, the BBC, the CBC, and more. I grew up in rural Pennsylvania and attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where I played Division I field hockey for the Minutewomen as a midfielder. Since then, I've lived in New Orleans, Louisiana and Manhattan, New York. I spend my free time running, reading, perusing archival fashion, and searching for the world’s best negroni. I also have a debonair tuxedo cat, Westley, who's named after "The Princess Bride." ### Author social links [Bluesky]()