Nonfungible Token (NFT) gross sales are nonetheless within the gutter since their increase in reputation final 12 months – and FTX’s chapter has accomplished nothing to assist their prospects.
Weeks after the alternate’s collapse, NFT volumes have plummeted to a 16-month low.
- In keeping with information supplied by Dappradar, NFT buying and selling exercise hasn’t seen such lows since July 2021, when OpenSea – the world’s largest NFT market – was the one main buying and selling venue on the town.
- Volumes soared near $4 billion within the following month, with most quantity nonetheless pushed by OpenSea.
- Whereas LooksRare started gaining traction in early 2022, it shortly fell out of favor because it competed for market share with a number of rivals in a quickly shrinking market.
- In November, Magic Eden was the one NFT market tracked by Dappradar to see elevated gross sales, netting $94 million in volumes in November in comparison with $58 million in October.
- In the meantime, OpenSea volumes declined from $226 million to $174 million, and X2Y2 fell from $145 million to only $69 million.
- OpenSea was compelled to lay off 20% of its workforce in July on account of a mix of macroeconomic pressures and crypto’s cyclical bear market. Its monopoly within the NFT market has largely diminished since that point.
