NFT adoption

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Loyalty, Memberships and Ticketing: How NFTs Will Bring About Mass Adoption
The conversation around NFTs has shifted from speculation to utility. Now, major players have opted to use NFTs to power loyalty, membership and ticketing services, signaling positive signs for mass adoption.
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Music Albums as an Asset Class
NFTs enable 6 major shifts in the music industry, which could lead to new investment opportunities for clients of financial advisors.
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From Nakamigos to Magamigos: The Tricky Relationship Between the Meme Economy and NFTs
Speculative NFT project Nakamigos has recently broken into the NFT spotlight, spawning copycat projects such as Magamigos and Nakamigas that capitalize on the trend. But while meme projects may offer short-term gains, they rarely offer long-term value and ought be scrutinized.
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Bitcoin Ordinals Can Lift the Entire Crypto Ecosystem
The arrival of the Ordinals Protocol, which allows for the creation of Bitcoin NFTs, has coincided with a big jump in the price of Bitcoin. Add that to the SEC's exemption of Bitcoin from the label of security, and we see a bullish bitcoin picture emerging.
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Bitcoin NFTs Challenge the Blockchain’s Largest Use Case: Money
The Bitcoin community has been abuzz with conversations around how Ordinal Inscriptions could signal a technical improvement to NFTs. But the increased fees and transaction speeds associated with them could stifle Bitcoin’s primary use case as a medium of exchange.
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What’s Next for NFTs?
Stories from this week suggest that brand involvement and entertainment partnerships are likely paths forward.
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The Art World Underestimates the Power of NFTs
NFTs will bring about a profound structural shift in how art is created, enjoyed and sold.
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Polygon’s NFT Market Demonstrates Signs of Significant Increased Adoption, but Not Growth in Sale Volume, Nansen Data Shows
Amid a crypto winter exacerbated by the FTX fallout, first-time and returning buyers have reached all-time highs in Polygon’s non-fungible token market. Yet, sales volumes are near all-time lows.
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Reddit NFTs Show People Like Crypto When They Don’t Know It’s Crypto
Reddit avatars are topping OpenSea charts this week.
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Starbucks Odyssey Program to Offer Digital Collectible Stamps in NFT Form
Starbucks Odyssey Program to Offer Digital Collectible Stamps in NFT Form
Starbucks (SBUX) is set to begin a non-fungible token-based (NFT) loyalty program called Odyssey that allows customers to purchase and earn digital collectible stamps in the form of NFTs that offer benefits and immersive experiences. “The Hash” panel discusses what this means for the growing market of NFT adoption.
Starbucks Odyssey Program to Offer Digital Collectible Stamps in NFT Form