People on the West Coast are largely driving the conversation around crypto art, with Middle America showing the least interest

People on the West Coast are largely driving the conversation around crypto art, with Middle America showing the least interest

Interest in crypto-based digital assets is primarily focused in the West Coast, while middle America seems to have been left out of the conversation, according to data from bitreporter.com, a site dedicated to analyzing blockchain trends.

The digital assets, known as non-fungible tokens or NFTs, have picked up steam in the past few months. Last year, NFTs accounted for a $250 million market, according to a report from tech tracking company L'Atelier BNP Paribas and nonfungible.com. In the past 30 day alone, NFT marketplaces have generated over $1 billion in revenue, according to CryptoSlam.

Last week, digital artist Beeple sold a crypto art piece for a record breaking $69.3 million.Many musicians have also capitalized on NFT mania, bringing in millions of dollars in a matter of hours.

Last month, nearly one million people tweeted about NFTs, according to bitreporter.com. The states that tweeted the most about the digital assets include California, Oregon, and Washington.

"It's not surprising that NFTs are seeing interest peak on the West Coast, especially in regards to NFT art and the implications it has for the art world in general," a spokesperson from bitreporter.com told Insider. "California in particular is known for its 'first mover' adoption of new tech, art,