A new report from Juniper Research analyzed that metaverse-related nonfungible tokens (NFTs) will experience an increase in transactions from 600,000 transactions in 2022 to 9.8 million by 2027.
It has been reported that one of the top catalysts to push NFT adoption will be those linked to metaverse use cases, according to the study. This niche of NFTs will be the fastest growing in the next five years.
However, a good indicator for brands such as Gucci and Adidas, which have already adopted the technology for wearables in the digital universe, this data shows that consumers want their digital assets to have value beyond the monetary. This is also backed up by a recent report from Ripple (XRP), in which the company surveyed major financial institutions on NFT interest. The NFTs of most interest were music-related.
The report said that music NFTs often involve multi-utility, aside from accumulating value in a wallet, such as exclusive artist content and fractional stakes in song rights. Juniper says the data from the report is based on a “medium scenario” for adoption. Although these digital assets offer new growth and profit avenues, the report cautions vendors to act wisely due to the amount of NFT scams available on the market.
Likewise, since the boom took off in 2021, there have been a number of reports involving NFT scams, most surrounding the security of NFTs in crypto wallets and pump-and-dump schemes.
Solana (SOL) announced its plans to combat spam NFTs. The network plans to introduce a burning feature in its Phantom wallet that would allow users to weed out any spam NFTs sent by scammers.
Thus, the current bear market state of the crypto has also been a catalyst for wiping out projects that don’t have long-term sustainability and utility.
Source: Cointelegraph
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