It looks like in the last few years NFTs have asserted their dominance in the economic growth forefront, globally. Their best yet record in the global market was last year, 2021, when they reached unprecedented heights, crossing $41 billion. With their current trajectory, they are set to break that by the end of this year. As more people are finding their space in this ever-expanding use case of an online trading platform called NFT. Crypto is not a new concept, but trading assets are a new arena even within the online sector. At least successfully marketing themselves as a trading platform has been a feat.
How NFTs reinvent themselves as time goes on
Their adaptability and hospitality are unmatched. They have since integrated many industries into their working model. Under their unlimited creative and executive freedom they provide monetization of online content. Which otherwise would be less achievable, gives hope for the young and bold creators and artists to take reigns in it. Additionally, they only have been in practice and existence for the past few years. And this factor gives other technologies a run for their money. As they haven’t been able to penetrate the market as well and swiftly as NFT have.
NFTs & blockchain
NFTs are non-fungible tokens. The tokens are non-fungible. One asset cannot be equal to another in equivalency. Unlike cryptocurrencies which are also blockchain native. These tokens asserted with a particular value go through a process called minting.
Minting is a process of recording and authenticating the digital assets existence in the blockchain. This is important because once minted the asset remains forever in the blockchain. And they are always in possession by a single person at a time. Through many trading and exchanges of owners. Though the objects change owners, the original creators can draw up smart contracts along with the inception of the NFTs. Every time NFTs are traded in secondary marketplaces, they rake up royalties for the creator.
Exclusivity and utility factor of NFTs
The NFTs have a tight grip on how they present themselves. They present as higher echelon luxury assets that are really scarce in existence. This is true to an extent. The reason for their unprecedented rise in recent years are the aspects of the real-world art trading world they possess. On the promise of originality and rarity, NFTs function. And NFT provides those factors in spades with the added advantage of impeccable security.
Their utility factor is the real-world applications of their existence. They are now developed into objects that go beyond the purpose of online viewing and consumption. The recent trends in the sector are ticketing, digital art, gaming – metaverse aspects, entertainment, and virtual real estate, etc. The ticket NFTs are brilliant marketing strategies. To sell exclusive passes to VIP events and parties. The metaverse elements are the augmented reality spaces that are used up by people in the social media, gaming, and community spaces.
Looking to the future
As evident by their rise in numbers in the global market revenue generation. The expanding platform is set to host a much larger group of new participants. Those who dare to venture into the highly consequential platform of online asset trading.