We attended the Israeli Crypto Conference (ICC) yesterday, and noticed many interesting points that we thought would be beneficial to share with our community. Cryptocurrency conferences were once a booming industry, with thousands of attendees and new projects popping up every day, each looking to capitalize on the growth of the industry. However, since the market downturn, many of these conferences have changed in a number of ways, for better and worse.
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One of the most noticeable changes is the number of attendees. In the past, even tiny conferences were packed with people eager to learn and showcase the &lsquo;latest and greatest&rsquo; cryptocurrency projects. However, in the last half year or so, attendance has dwindled as many of the hype-driven projects have failed to deliver on their promises. As a result, only the most dedicated and committed crypto enthusiasts are attending these conferences, leading to smaller crowds and a much more focused atmosphere.
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Another change is the type of projects that are being presented at these conferences. In the past, many of the projects that were featured or participated in these conferences, both as attendees and speakers, were more focused on making a quick profit than on building a sustainable and long-term project. However, now that the market has significantly cooled down, only the most promising and well-thought-out projects are able to gain traction and maintain attention at conferences. This has led to a shift towards more serious and professional projects, which are focused on building real-world solutions and providing value to the community, something the crypto and NFT space desperately needs.
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Despite these changes, cryptocurrency conferences play an important role within the industry. They provide a valuable platform for projects to showcase their work and connect with potential investors and partners. Additionally, conferences provide a valuable opportunity for the community to come together, share ideas, and discuss the latest developments in the world of cryptocurrency.
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All in all, cryptocurrency conferences have changed significantly since the market downturn, becoming less of a marketing ploy and more of a real tool for real projects to expand. Attendance has declined, and the focus has shifted towards more serious and professional projects. However, these conferences remain an important part of the industry, providing a valuable platform for projects to showcase their work and connect with the community.
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After attending this year&rsquo;s Art Basel in Miami, NFTrade&rsquo;s co-founder and CEO, Ori Levi, made a point that sums up this article well:
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"In challenging market conditions, the hype and speculation dies down, and only the most dedicated and serious projects with long-term outlooks can continue to grow and establish their value proposition. This makes cryptocurrency conferences during this period more appealing for builders, providing a valuable platform for serious projects to showcase their work and connect with the broader community of project teams and end users.&rdquo;

After our latest crypto conference, we dive into conferences as a whole and how the bear market has changed them

Is the Bear Market ‘Good’ for Cryptocurrency Conferences?

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We are excited to announce our 7th mainnet integration, allowing anyone to easily and seamlessly buy, sell, and p2p swap NFTs on SKALE&rsquo;s Calypso NFT Hub! SKALE is building a network of blockchain networks, with Calypso serving as the focal point for SKALE&rsquo;s NFT ecosystem. The best part? ZERO gas fees on all transactions, so users do not have to worry about excess costs associated with transacting on other networks such as Ethereum. Now, end users, creators, and developers can access all of their NFTs throughout the SKALEverse in one place - NFTrade.
<h2>So, What is SKALE?</h2>
The SKALE Network provides developers with a Layer-2 scaling solution for Ethereum-based applications, allowing them to bypass Ethereum's mainnet congestion by migrating development off of the main chain and onto one of the adjacent SKALE sidechains. By using independent, dApp-specific SKALE blockchains, similar to Avalanche subnets, SKALE enables the deployment of decentralized applications in a high-throughput and cost-effective manner. SKL, the native utility token of the SKALE Network, allows developers to create these new sector and dapp-specific blockchains. Additionally, SKL tokens can be used for platform governance and SKALE staking.&nbsp;
With SKALE, developers can create low-latency, high-throughput elastic sidechain networks, which are interoperable with Ethereum. In addition to resulting in potential performance improvements, SKALE enables Ethereum-built dApps to compete with more traditional Web2 applications in terms of cost, latency, and throughput. Not only can SKALE increase application scalability on Ethereum's mainnet, but SKALE Network's sidechains can also provide network congestion relief.
For many of our users, this may be the first time you interact with SKALE, so we teamed up to create guides to walk you through the entire process, from adding the network to your wallet, bridging funds, and starting your NFT journey on SKALE. Check out all of the SKALE-related NFTrade guides here: <a href="https://skale.space/blog/how-to-use-nftrade-on-skale" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://skale.space/blog/how-to-use-nftrade-on-skale</a>

NFTrade Launches Live Integration on SKALE Calypso NFT Hub

Although recently overshadowed by the drama surrounding the downfall of FTX, NFT creator royalties have been one of the recent hot-button issues of the industry. With protocols like SudoSwap, LooksRare, and X2Y2 creating or adding a feature that allows buyers to easily bypass creator royalties, many are arguing the pros and cons of these types of applications, and how other platforms should respond. So, what&rsquo;s the right way to approach this?
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<h2>Who Should Decide, the Creator or the Buyer?</h2>
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When thinking of some of the core tenets of blockchain and decentralization, code is law, meaning if some platforms have the ability to bypass royalties for buyers, then they should be able to. But what does this mean for creators as a whole? In our eyes, there are strong arguments on both sides, and some ecosystems will obviously split to zero royalty fee marketplaces based on user preferences, but we believe the creator should dictate the intricacies of their collection, not third-party platforms.&nbsp;
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Eliminating royalties for artists, developers, and creators detaches future profit potentials from long-term project success, which could disincentivize creators to stay attached to their projects in the medium to long term. This is exactly the opposite of what the industry needs; there are already enough pump-and-dump and &lsquo;get rich quick&rsquo; projects, and removing creator profits from long-term success can exacerbate this problem even further. Everyone needs to eat, and this includes buyers, sellers, and creators. This is especially true with free mints, as creators only have one option if royalties are removed, which is to save a portion of their collection to dump on the market further down the line (if the project ever becomes successful). This creates a high-risk circumstance for creators, not allowing them the chance to offer their products for free, eliminating earning a small percentage of each sale from the project they put blood, sweat, and tears into creating.
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At the end of the day, creators are responsible for the ecosystems they created on their own terms, and the buyer should respect those decisions or not partake in that ecosystem. Although technologically possible to remove this feature from projects, we believe that incentives need to be correctly aligned across all stakeholders for medium to long-term success, with the creators being some of the most important stakeholders (if not the most important) to potential future success. This can only be done if the creator has a say in the settlement process within their ecosystem, and also continuously rewards the growth and robustness of their project.&nbsp;
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We spoke with some of our industry partners, and they had varying views, with some refusing to give their opinion publicly, as they do not want to be perceived as &lsquo;controversial&rsquo; or anger people who believe in one side of the argument over the other. One of our partners who commented on this had a very similar outlook to us, acknowledging the technological possibilities of bypassing royalties, but understanding that it may not be best for the growth and sustainability of the NFT ecosystem.
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&ldquo;Web3 is still in its early days. We&rsquo;re seeing people experiment with all sorts of business models. For some things like royalties, the technology hasn&rsquo;t fully caught up, so enforcing them becomes more of a social convention. I think that projects and artists have the right to set their own rules, and we &mdash; as businesses and collectors &mdash; should do our best to support them.&rdquo; - Sandy Carter, SVP and Channel Chief, Unstoppable Domains
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Regardless of which side of the fence you stand on for this argument, one thing is clear, we should do everything we can as a community to encourage creators and help them build with long-term and sustainable models in mind.

We dive into NFT creator royalties and whether or not buyers should be able to bypass them.

Leave Creator Royalties up to the Creators

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Domain names provide a much more convenient digital identity than a slew of random numbers and letters that make up a user's cryptocurrency wallet address. There are a variety of available domain names across the sector depending on your chain or use case of choice, and now, through our partnership with Unstoppable Domains, we are proud to support all of them! Not only can you buy, sell, and p2p swap your Unstoppable Domains NFTs on NFTrade, but you can also use them to log in and interact on our multi-chain NFT marketplace. With our humanity check integration, you can also prove your true identity without giving up any personal data, providing a world-class and simplified solution for all NFTrade users.&nbsp;
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<h2>Blockchain Interactions Just Got a Whole Lot Easier</h2>
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By using an Unstoppable Domains NFT for your crypto identity, you get easy access to all of your NFTs and cryptocurrencies across all chains with one simple-to-use web3 username. This streamlined process makes it super straightforward to interact with others via blockchain, as you no longer have to worry about inputting an incorrect wallet address.&nbsp;
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You can also effortlessly connect your wallet from all of our supported chains on NFTrade by using a singular Unstoppable Domain name, meaning you can seamlessly buy, sell, swap, and earn NFTs without any wallet addresses needed, removing stress and uncertainty from the equation. And it doesn't end there; check out some exclusive .nft domain names that you can only purchase on NFTrade!&nbsp;
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<h2>Humanity Check: Prove Yourself While Controlling Your Data</h2>
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Controlling and retaining sovereignty over your data is extremely important, and as one of the first marketplaces to integrate Unstoppable Domain's Humanity Check feature, we are proud that our users can get the best of both worlds when it comes to verification without sacrificing your personal data. When logging into NFTrade using your Unstoppable Domain NFT, go through humanity check to prove it's really you! No data is shared with third-party providers unless you give them permission.
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<h2>Free Domain Name NFTs for NFTrade Users&nbsp;</h2>
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We're super excited about this integration, and to celebrate, we have teamed up with Unstoppable Domains to allow NFTrade users to mint their very own Unstoppable Domain names completely for free! The claiming process is very simple; to claim your free domain name, click the wallet tab on NFTrade and click 'Unstoppable'. This will prompt a new login window, which you can use to log in to any domain you currently own, or to claim a free one by clicking "Get a Free Web3 Domain". This will take you to a new page allowing you to claim ANY domain that contains at least ten characters and ends with two or more numbers. No gas or payment of any kind is required - this one is on us! Enjoy your new domain and buy, sell, swap, and utilize them within the NFTrade marketplace.
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<h3>About NFTrade</h3>
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NFTrade is a decentralized multi-chain and blockchain-agnostic NFT platform. NFTrade is an indexer of all NFTs across all of their integrated chains, hosting the complete NFT lifecycle and allowing anyone to seamlessly create, buy, sell, swap, farm, and leverage NFTs across different blockchains. Using NFTrade, anyone can gain access to the entirety of their NFT, unlocking the total value of the NFT market.
 
<h3>About Unstoppable Domains</h3>
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Founded in 2018, Unstoppable Domains is a Web3 domain name provider and digital identity platform working to onboard the world onto Web3. Unstoppable Domains offers Web3 domains minted on the blockchain that give people full ownership and control of their digital identity, with no renewal fees. With Unstoppable Domains, people can replace lengthy alphanumeric crypto wallet addresses with a human-readable name and log into and transact with apps, wallets, exchanges, and marketplaces. The company was named by Forbes as one of America's Best Startup Employers in 2022.

NFTrade integrates Unstoppable Domains and its Humanity Check feature

NFTrade and Unstoppable Domains Launch Official Partnership 

NFTrade and Unstoppable Domains Launch Official Partnership With .nft Domain Names

Illuvium is a 3D open-world game that tasks players with apprehending creatures called Illuvials. Created by a AAA gaming studio, each Illuvial represents a unique NFT that holds real-world value. The collected creatures are used to battle other players, complete player-versus-environment quests, and more. Each creature will belong to one of four unique classes (fighter, rogue, psion, or empath) and affinities (water, fire, earth, air, or nature). Creatures that match classes during battle will pair better together than ones that do not.&nbsp;
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Starting out, players take on the role of a hunter that's looking for the majestic Illuvials in a variety of environments. As they progress, players will uncover more areas of their map and be able to engage in fast travel and other unique abilities that enhance gameplay and earning potential.
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Illuvium Land plots are some of the highest NFTs on IMX - check out the full collection on NFTrade here: https://nftrade.com/collection/illuvium-land

An overview of Illuvium, a 3D open-world game that tasks players with apprehending creatures

IMX Gaming Ecosystem Overview - Illuvium

Gods Unchained is a P&amp;E card game that gives players absolute ownership over all their in-game assets. The game is entirely free to get started, and players earn cards by simply playing. Best of all, said trading cards are NFTs that possess real-world value and can be traded at any point. With almost 30 million NFT cards and counting, Gods Unchained offers one of the most dynamic and robust digital trading card ecosystems on the market.&nbsp;
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Unlike many 'play-to-earn' games in the ecosystem, Gods Unchained is free-to-play, with earning potential not only limited to paying customers. Through true ownership of in-game assets, anyone can monetize their Gods Unchained gameplay at any level, from beginner to expert.
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<h2>How to Play Gods Unchained</h2>
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Starting the game is simple. A player chooses one of six Gods that they want to align with during gameplay. Then, they choose one of four God powers. Once chosen, players are pulled to a shuffling phase; then, they're ready for gameplay. Users build their decks and strategically play against other players to win. The idea is to build a powerful deck of thirty cards that need to be used to outsmart opponents. Finding rare cards is where the most real-world (and in-game) value lies.&nbsp;
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With its easy-to-understand mechanics, fun gameplay, deep lore, and earning potential for players, Gods Unchained is positioning itself as the trading card game to beat both within the Immutable X ecosystem and the broader crypto graming ecosystem at large.
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You can check out the Gods Unchained collection on NFTrade here: <a href="../../collection/gods-unchained">https://nftrade.com/collection/gods-unchained</a>

An overview of Gods Unchained - a trading card game reigning as the most-played game on IMX

IMX Gaming Ecosystem Overview - Gods Unchained

Immortal Game has a rule setup that is completely identical to one of the oldest and most popular board games of all time, chess, and Immortal is giving it a new spin using blockchain technology. To win, you must facilitate a checkmate with the opponent's king. The difference between Immortal Game and chess is that players begin with 1-4 immortals and 9-12 traditional chess pieces. Players are tasked with choosing where they put their immortal pieces. During gameplay, immortals have quests they must complete to earn in-game rewards. Each immortal represents a unique NFT.&nbsp; 
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Players purchase one immortal to begin gameplay. They can only have up to four immortals playing in any one game, but it is possible to own more than four altogether. There are four leagues in the game where players compete and earn rewards. The more exclusive a league is, the more opportunity to win rewards. Players can also complete in-game tasks to earn extra tokens.
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Immortal Game is supported by some of the top professional chess players globally, spicing up possibilities in the chess world and adding a brand new level of gamification and monetization. Check out all Immortal NFTs on NFTrade and start your journey!

An overview of Immortal Game - a play-and-earn chess game

IMX Gaming Ecosystem Overview - Immortal Game

IMX Gaming Ecosystem Overview Immortal Game

On Thursday 20th of October, Andrew, CMO of Tokoin and Advisor for Frontera joined Harrison, Head of Growth and Strategy at NFTrade for a Twitter Space going over Frontera's success in this bear market. Frontera has maintained a robust community and millions of dollars of NFT trading volume even in a bear market. Below you can find a recap of their conversation!
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Harrison: Could you give the listeners a brief introduction of you?
Andrew:&nbsp;Yes, thanks so much for inviting me today. So brief introduction of who I am, I'm Andrew, currently the CMO of Tokoin and also an advisor to the Frontera project itself. I've been involved in most of the starting days of Frontera until currently. NFTrade has been a very supportive partner since the beginning of the launch ever since I've to know Harrison, and then we've been building a great partnership thus far.
Harrison: Could you tell us more about Frontera and how you started?
Andrew:&nbsp;So Frontera itself started as a play-to-earn game when we released the characters (8888 of them) and we sold out in about 30 minutes or so which is a huge achievement for us and then we also had great volume on NFTrade itself. We are also releasing our game at the end of November / December. We hope to launch that very soon and after that, we will be focusing more on building an NFT ecosystem as a whole where users can use our NFTs.
Harrison:&nbsp;What's very interesting about Fronterra too is we've been supporting the project for a while and we have a lot of volume on our marketplace, but you also have your own native marketplace, so I think it goes to show how widespread the ecosystem is and the importance of having liquidity on multiple exchanges and the interaction and interoperability between these applications.
Harrison: What most excites you about NFT gaming?
Andrew:&nbsp;The first thing about NFT gaming I would like to say is, unlike traditional gaming, we give the rights to the players themselves, so that is something that excites me in the world of NFT gaming whereby usually you have to go through like publishers and also the game creator themselves don't get much of the portion from the users, so by having NFT gaming the economy is built on sharing which prioritizes the holders, the users, the gamers themselves and also the creators themselves. What also excites me about NFT gaming is the technology that's always evolving around NFTs and their use cases, we take on a level of decentralization.
Harrison:&nbsp;Yeah, I think you hit on all of the most important parts, the interoperability, the decentralization, putting gaming back into the hands of the end users and I think that's why a lot of people and a lot of developers are really excited about the possibilities that NFTs offer.
Harrison: What makes Frontiera different from other play-to-earn or NFT-based games?
Andrew:&nbsp;So when we created Frontera we wanted it to be a platform and a game where users are free to create earn and own their NFTs also while having fun doing what they love to do, playing the games that they love to play and what makes us different from other play to earn games is probably at the very beginning at the start we always have the backing of two great blockchain companies that utilize our token itself from the get-go when the game launches. Building the liquidity for a token is not easy but we have these two great blockchain companies to support us with multiple talents across the board to actually utilize the token and this gives us more space and also more leeway for collaboration throughout their partners to operate even more into our ecosystem and to develop even better product going forward even extending more than play to earn itself; that's what we are aiming to do, we are building NFT ecosystems on top of the play to earn.
Harrison:&nbsp;Yeah, makes sense, I mean, you're able to tap into already established ecosystems with your token network so that allows you to take it to the next level and introduce it into that user base as well as expand on different use cases.
Andrew:&nbsp;Yes, that's right, we've seen a lot of good feedback and they've been guiding us throughout this bear market. They've been assisting for almost four or five years now so it's great to have this experience and also the backing of these companies.
Harrison: How is Frontier being able to retain your community interest and activity even during these challenging market conditions?&nbsp;
Andrew:&nbsp;Yeah, so coming back again to this point, actually we love to collaborate, so the more collaborations, the more community sharing, supporting each other from Tokoin to Frontera, we are one whole ecosystem, we are one whole big family, so I think that's why we were able to retain the community interest and activity even throughout this challenging market. Because we have strong supporters, we have strong footing and foundations and in the crypto space, I believe it's still very early, and in a way, competitors need to support each other as a whole. We don't see enemies and stuff like that, so it's all a collaborative effort. We are here to build the blockchain space as a whole and activity space as a whole, we want to take this collaborative effort to the next level as well. I guess that's kind of secret and how we were able to retain the community interest and activity around this challenging market.
Harrison:&nbsp;So how do you plan to sustain the in-game crypto economy for your users? Because a lot of popular games, even something like Axie have struggled with it heavily. So how does our plan to approach that?
Andrew:&nbsp;This leads back to why we chose a very strong foundational token as our in-game utility and reward system. Right, so you see, for other games, the tokens focus on the game itself. So in a way, there's not much use case outside of their ecosystem, but what we do is that we take an already existing token that is already well established to the point where the token is used in their own ecosystem, for a larger ecosystem in DeFi and payments and stuff like that. So your gaming token in Frontera, your reward token, and your utility in Frontera itself doubles as a utility token in the Tokoin ecosystem. You can go over to the Tokoin DeFi to stake and gain passive income. That's how we sustain our economics because that's a use for the tokens outside even of Frontera.
Harrison:&nbsp;Yeah, that's great. Again, that kind of goes into interoperability where, unlike Axie which relies on continuous unlimited growth and demand, with Frontera you have an outside ecosystem to use your token so you have the demand coming in from multiple angles. I think you'll probably see other games also use that model where they use already established ecosystems to boost trap their own.
Harrison: If we continue to see a bear market for the foreseeable future, will the Frontera strategy change at all? And if so, how would it change?
Andrew:&nbsp;So in the crypto market, we as a company need to exercise fast and forward-thinking. So yes, there might be a change if the bear market is hitting even worse than this but I think for now we would like to really stick to our fundamental belief to actually build a play-to-earn game that is sustainable and also an ecosystem that is sustainable inside this ecosystem as a start and then expanding upwards in the future. So for now, I don't think in the near future that three to four years from now we are going to change strategy because we do believe that NFTs and DeFi are going to stay in this whole blockchain industry.
Harrison: Do you think NFTs and cryptocurrencies will be viable for the future of gaming?
Andrew:&nbsp;Yes, it will, I really do believe it will because you can see even big companies like Disney that are exploring blockchain technology itself. It's a very efficient technology, that's what we believe. It's not going to replace Fiat or anything, but it is a layer to stabilize the global economy as a whole. That's why I truly believe in it. So, yes, it will be vital to the future of gaming and the future of our financial system.
Harrison: What's next for Frontera? What should we be looking out for?
Andrew:&nbsp;Okay, so next for Frontiera, we haven't announced this to the community yet but we will be announcing an official novel very soon. So we'll have a game feature up and running by mid of December. That's the first step that we want. And prior to that, a week before that, we will be releasing a very exclusive season two on our platform. More details will be shared through our social, be ready for it because I think this will be one and the final exclusive season that we will do in a long run in the foreseeable future. So that's what we're going to do. That's what we do. And after that, the year after we'll be probably building back into the NFT ecosystem that I mentioned. So we'll be building more collateral for NFTs to take the Frontera NFT utility itself beyond just play to earn. For example, you can actually take your Frontera NFT to stake to borrow some tokens and the future is just expanding. So what we want to do is kind of combine the whole NFT and DeFi ecosystem inside the Frontera platform itself while we still play play-to-earn games. So it will be a fun perspective of gaming and also there's a financial ecosystem in front of it.
Harrison:&nbsp;Very cool. Yeah. We're excited for season two and happy to continue supporting you there and looking forward to what you guys are releasing. Thank you so much, Andrew, for joining the chat and for coming on, appreciate it and looking forward to continuing working together and seeing what we can continue to build together.
Andrew:&nbsp;Thank you so much for having me Harrison, feel free to invite us again for a such chat. We'll love to build the NFT ecosystem with you guys as well.

Even in this 🐻 market, Frontera has sustained major community interest, generating consistent NFT volume. We will get into this and more!

How Gamers Can #BeatTheBear - Frontera Twitter Space Recap

NFTrade Blog | Frontera Twitter Space Recap

Do you have what it takes to control the universe? If so, PlanetQuest might just be the game for you. Built on ImmutableX and backed by some of the most prominent names in the crypto space, PlanetQuest allows users to discover and own planets all around the universe, each one uniquely defined by set traits and characteristics. Unlike many &lsquo;traditional&rsquo; games, the entire storyline of PlanetQuest is player-driven, a powerful tool within the Web3 ecosystem that puts control into the hands of users, not just the developers behind the creation process.&nbsp;
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<h2>About PlanetQuest:</h2>
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The Empire, the Federation, and the Union are the three factions that rule over PlanetQuest and call it home. Every faction has its own ideology, which frequently puts them at odds with one another. The Universal Council brings factions together to address issues that endanger everyone.
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In PlanetQuest, the main gameplay takes place on both player-owned and unowned planets, all of which are driven by state-of-the-art procedural technology. All parts of PlanetQuest&mdash;exploration, battle, trading, and construction&mdash;are fueled by planets and their conquests. Players receive quests from both well-known personalities and unknown ones as they explore. These dynamic missions could face them against deadly creatures or even Explorers from rival factions.
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Player gear of various levels is available to all, and can be found, built from pieces, or bought from other players to customize gameplay opportunities. This gear ranges from Explorer Suits to plasma guns, and from recon drones to singularity grenades. With the ability to personalize their loadout to better suit the requirements of their team and goal, players can enjoy a variety of completely unique gameplay possibilities.
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PlanetQuest gives players the freedom to explore the universe and perhaps even generate some income while doing so, giving users direct control of planets, guilds, and equipment. Everything you possess in PlanetQuest is actually yours to retain, sell, or trade, with all buying and selling available to take place on NFTrade.&nbsp;

An overview of PlanetQuest - a multiverse-expansive exploration, discovery, and survival game

IMX Gaming Ecosystem Overview - PlanetQuest

Leading up to our Immutable X integration on October 24th, we are highlighting the top games within their ecosystem! We are starting off our overview with Cross the Ages, a multi-chain play-to-earn NFT card game taking place in a dystopian world. Let&rsquo;s get into it below.
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<h2>Cross the Ages&nbsp;</h2>
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Cross the Ages is a free play-to-earn (P2E) game that allows users to enter and collect digital cards (NFTs). The game setting is a dystopia that represents the merging of the science fiction world with fantasy. The game aims to combine the nostalgia of physically collecting cards with the modern-day appeal of living in our own virtual world. With Cross the Ages, the lore runs VERY deep (an essential aspect of long-term success), with a series of seven novels based on the exciting world set for release. The books have already begun to release and can be accessed on their site; others will continue to emerge over the next seven years.
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Built on IMX, Cross the Ages allows users to seamlessly bridge their cards from Polygon to IMX and back, ushering in a cross-chain world that will help the NFT gaming sector thrive as value accrues across different chains and ecosystems. Not everything is available yet for players, but interested users can request early access and get their packs now so they can prepare for the full launch.
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Public launch and esports competitions are slated to begin before the end of the year, so make sure you start preparing your deck to take over the world! And make sure to stay tuned for subsequent card collections and novels, with &lsquo;Mantris&rsquo; and &lsquo;The Rift&rsquo; card collections launching in March and October of 2023.

An overview of Cross the Ages, an NFT card game built on IMX.

IMX Gaming Ecosystem Overview - Cross the Ages

In the last NFT bull run, we saw a plethora of play-to-earn and NFT-based games hit the market, many of which were suffering from the same problem. They built out their infrastructure, designed everything to a T, and established a community, but with the rising prices of transaction fees, making all aspects of the game 'on-chain' became nearly impossible, ESPECIALLY for Ethereum collections. Ethereum is a 'layer 1', meaning it's a base layer protocol, and using optimizing protocols built on top of it, known as 'layer 2' solutions, a lot of these inherent problems around transaction speed and costs can finally be mitigated once and for all.&nbsp;
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With this in mind, given our thesis that crypto gaming will be the logical next step for the gaming industry at large, we wanted to work with industry leaders looking to solve this problem directly. With our next integration, we think we found that exact partner, and are thrilled to announce our launch with Immutable X on October 24th! Immutable X is a layer 2 scaling solution for Ethereum specifically focused on gaming, offering the Ethereum development community and user base the ability to launch the applications they've created with significantly faster transactions and ZERO gas, killing two birds with one stone.&nbsp;
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<h2>So, Why Immutable X?</h2>
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Ethereum is the leading smart contract platform by a long shot, but its current infrastructure is not currently scalable enough to handle the throughput necessary for mainstream games. For a game to be fully on-chain, meaning each interaction is recorded on the blockchain and is therefore immutable, transactions need to be almost instantaneous and very cheap, two aspects the Ethereum mainnet is not able to offer.&nbsp;
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Immutable X works by implementing Zero Knowledge Rollup (ZK-Rollup) technology, which works differently from 'conventional' blockchain transactions. Instead of individually adding transactions to the blockchain, ZK-Rollups batch multiple transactions and processes them off-chain before their on-chain verification, saving processing power and costs associated with using the Ethereum blockchain. The transaction data is then posted on the Ethereum blockchain for final confirmation. This saves gamers time, money, and energy wasted using other blockchains, but does not sacrifice the decentralized consensus of the Ethereum network. No longer will gamers have to worry about $1, $10, or even $100+ transaction fee costs, and they can still own, use, and monetize their gaming assets.
&nbsp;
<h2>The Immutable X Ecosystem</h2>
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Many of the projects available on NFTrade are games or gaming-focused, and considering Immutable X is the gaming-based scaling solution for Ethereum games, it is a perfect fit for us. You've probably heard of some of the top games in the Immutable X ecosystem, like Gods Unchained and Illuvium, but this is just the tip of the iceberg. There are a variety of flagship games across various genres that have already launched or are preparing to launch on Immutable X, and they will all be available for buying and selling on NFTrade! One such example is Immortal, a chess-based game with a twist. Not only is it backed by some of the biggest names in chess, but it presents new challenges for established and novice players alike, all while letting gamers own all aspects of their gameplay and in-game assets.&nbsp;
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<h2>The IMX Token</h2>
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The IMX token is the native cryptocurrency of the Immutable X ecosystem, providing utility and governance for the network and its participants. Users can earn IMX tokens by contributing to the platform and trading NFTs through Immutable's NFT trading rewards. IMX is used to pay fees, incentivize users, and vote on governance proposals and can be used within liquidity pools or for staking. The IMX token allows for decentralization and community governance to take place within the ecosystem.
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<h2>The Immutable X Rewards Program</h2>
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Not only is Immutable X building an incredible ecosystem, but they also want to incentivize early network usage, so NFT traders can now get rewarded in their native $IMX tokens for trading on the layer 2 protocol. You will need to ensure you have a registered wallet connected to an NFT marketplace (like NFTrade) and buy or sell NFTs equating to at least $10 or more on eligible collections. The more daily volume, the higher the rewards! This program will be available to all NFT traders that trade with Immutable X NFTs on NFTrade - find out more info <a href="https://www.immutable.com/trading-rewards">here</a>.
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<h2>More to Come</h2>
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There are a ton of reasons to be excited about the possibilities that Immutable X unlocks for gamers of all types, and we are excited to be a part of this journey to provide the marketplace infrastructure needed to help this growing ecosystem thrive!

NFTrade Integrates Immutable X: A Gaming-Focused ETH Layer 2

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 The moment you have all been waiting for has finally arrived - the release of our upgraded NFTrade 2.0! The TLDR is: new features, new chains, and new UI/UX, but this is just the start. Let's get into the meat of NFTrade 2.0 below so you can see how you can get the most out of our updated NFT marketplace.
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Below are some of the highlights:</h2>
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NFT marketplace aggregation - Amazon allows users to see listings from stores and sellers all over the world, with products sold by Amazon itself, as well as from other stores and unrelated affiliates. This aggregation of goods lets users compare the availability and price of a specific product, and with our marketplace aggregation, we are introducing something similar to the NFT space. Starting with OpenSea integration and expanding to additional NFT marketplaces, users will be able to browse different NFT listings from a variety of marketplaces, all from a single hub. No need to open 10000 tabs in your browser to track separate listings; you can access everything in one easy-to-use platform.
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Multi-purchase NFT cart - With the current bear market, gas fees have declined, but they can still add up to a big chunk of your total purchase if you're not careful. With our NFT cart, you can purchase as many NFTs as you like from a specific chain in a single purchase, increasing ease of use and decreasing the overall gas fees and time spent conducting transactions.
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Advanced NFT Statistics - Our cutting-edge analytical features give users a deeper understanding of their favorite collections and the broader NFT market. There are many new analytical features available, such as viewing the entire and up-to-date history of all collections, tracking the historical floor price of collections, comparing top collections and their trading volumes, and much more. NFT insights and tracking just got a whole lot more advanced.
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New user experience and user interface - With our new UX and UI, browsing and using NFTrade is smoother than ever before. From tip to tail, we've updated all user-facing experiences on our site, ushering in a brand new design that fits with our boundary-pushing applications. We've also added new UX-related features requested by our community, like a revamped homepage that is easier to navigate, and the ability to switch between light or dark modes.
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Additional blockchain integrations - The integration of six blockchains and three wallets that we currently host is just the beginning. Our goal is to integrate at least three more chains and three more wallets by the end of October. One of the chains (which will be released by name very soon) is rapidly fighting its way to the top of the NFT market by volume and users, and we're thrilled to work with their development team and ecosystem of gaming partners to make accessing their NFTs as easy as possible. Moreover, more wallet integrations will expose us to a broader range of crypto-native users.
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Sweeping the floor - Did somebody call a janitor? Sweeping the floor of your favorite collections is now available with the click of a button. Our 'Sweep the Floor' button allows you to buy as many NFTs within a collection at the lowest possible price. Want to ape into the next up-and-coming collection or stock up on your already established favorites? Easily purchase as many NFTs as you'd like!
 
Multi-chain order book and NFT limit orders - If you are a seasoned trader within any asset class, you understand the importance of understanding the true liquidity depth within that asset class. In this respect, NFTs are not much different than other assets, but users could never get the full picture of the buy-side and sell-side interest. Now, with NFTrade's multi-chain NFT order book, we are bringing a much needed view into this nascent asset class, allowing for much more traditional technical analysis to be utilized for NFTs.

NFTrade 2.0 is LIVE!

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Announcing our latest partnership with Clashub, an upcoming multi-chain digital card game initially launching on Avalanche. Although Clashub does not have any actual NFTs minted from within their ecosystem, they have already established cooperations with over a dozen NFT collections across various chains. As a strategic partner of Clashub, we will verify all of their partner NFT collections that are used to create NFT cards within the game.
Regardless of the chain used to mint the collection or the type of NFT, if the collection is usable within the Clashub ecosystem, then their users can rest assured that they can interact with the NFTs of their choice on the NFTrade platform, allowing for easy access to everything in one place. Once a user owns an NFT from one of the compatible Clashub collections, they can then use it to generate unique cards within Clashub.
We look forward to working with Clashub and their community of projects to make their gaming ecosystem as accessible as possible for all potential users.
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">About NFTrade</h2>
NFTrade is a decentralized multi-chain and blockchain-agnostic NFT platform. NFTrade is an indexer of all NFTs across all of their integrated chains, hosting the complete NFT lifecycle and allowing anyone to seamlessly create, buy, sell, swap, farm, and leverage NFTs across different blockchains. Using NFTrade, anyone can gain access to the entirety of their NFT, unlocking the total value of the NFT market.
<a href="../../">Website</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/NFTradeOfficial">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://t.me/nftrade">Telegram</a> | <a href="https://discord.com/invite/SESqfsyw8k">Discord</a> | <a href="https://medium.com/@NFTrade">Medium</a> | <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/nftrade/">LinkedIn</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/nftradeofficial">Instagram</a>
<h2 style="text-align: left;">&nbsp;</h2>
<h2 style="text-align: left;">About Clashub</h2>
Clashub is an NFT card game that can offer a Play2Earn system in its token economy for all launched or upcoming NFT collections on Avalanche.

NFTrade and Clashub Partner for NFT Marketplace Support

NFTrade and Clashub Partner

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If you&rsquo;re an NFT creator or project developer, we have a fantastic opportunity for you! We are happy to announce the launch of the NFTrade Showcase, an opportunity for NFT projects of all shapes and sizes to tap into the NFTrade team for any topic they need assistance with! This is not an incubator program, but we are happy to provide our expertise to help incoming projects grow and thrive!
At NFTrade, we are always happy to support new projects. Whether it&rsquo;s connecting them with big NFT and crypto players in the space, providing advice based on the multitude of projects we&rsquo;ve worked with, setting up their own NFT marketplace, helping with marketing and strategizing, or anything else, we want projects to have the opportunity to thrive!
Now, you can showcase your next big project to the NFTrade community, working directly with the best of the best to maximize your impact! Follow these simple steps and you can be the lucky winner of the NFTrade NFT Showcase! Whether you are big or small, have launched or are in pre-launch, are a game, collection, or utility NFT, we want all projects to have an equal chance for support.
How does it work?
You just need to complete these simple steps:
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<li style="text-align: left;"> Submit this <a href="https://forms.monday.com/forms/5af035ffbf0daa98143a49a32b7f18e4?r=use1">form</a> to enter for your chance to be chosen.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;"> Share a tweet with your community (including your collection link on NFTrade if the collection is launched) and notify them about your participation in the NFTrade Showcase.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;"> Include the hashtag #NFTradeShowcase in your tweet and tag us @NFTradeOfficial.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;"> If your collection is already launched, have at least 500$ in trading volume on NFTrade.</li>
</ol>
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We will randomly pick a project in September as our first NFTrade Showcase candidate. The winner will then be able to choose an option on how he wants to be supported: marketing through our socials, project review on our blog page, placement on the main page on NFTrade, an intro with some of our partners, analysis of your project and advice for consistent growth, an AMA session, help with NFT marketplace development, a giveaway through our $NFTD farm and more! These are just a few examples of how we can help, but we are willing to work directly with the project to determine the most impactful options.
Everyone has an equal chance to win and be presented through the NFTrade Showcase; here&rsquo;s your sign to grow!
Gooooood luck, and see you at the top!
<h2>&nbsp;</h2>
<h2 style="text-align: left;">About NFTrade</h2>
NFTrade is a decentralized multi-chain and blockchain-agnostic NFT platform. NFTrade is an indexer of all NFTs across all of their integrated chains, hosting the complete NFT lifecycle and allowing anyone to seamlessly create, buy, sell, swap, farm, and leverage NFTs across different blockchains. Using NFTrade, anyone can gain access to the entirety of their NFT, unlocking the total value of the NFT market.
<a href="../../">Website</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/NFTradeOfficial">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://t.me/nftrade">Telegram</a> | <a href="https://discord.com/invite/SESqfsyw8k">Discord</a> | <a href="https://medium.com/@NFTrade">Medium</a> | <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/nftrade/">LinkedIn</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/nftradeofficial">Instagram</a>

NFTrade Launches the ‘NFTrade Showcase’ to Bolster Projects of All Shapes and Sizes

NFTrade Showcase

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As one of the only multi-chain creation hubs AND marketplaces for NFTs, we want to make the onboarding process as easy as possible for all, including the multitude of artists getting involved in the NFT market for the first time! We have already outlined the easy minting process on NFTrade (follow this guide for a step-by-step walkthrough:&nbsp; <a style="color: #34495e; text-decoration: underline;" href="https://medium.com/@NFTrade/how-to-create-an-nft-on-nftrade-94239608648a">https://medium.com/@NFTrade/how-to-create-an-nft-on-nftrade-94239608648a</a>), and now, we want to verify incoming artists as certified creators to make their experience even better.
The process is easy; once you show us you are the original owner and creator of the NFT collection, we add another level of verification for you and your NFT customer base!
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Once your collection is minted, fill out the simple questionnaire below in order to get started on the verification process! Once you have received the official artist badge, we will reach out to confirm the verification.
You can access the artist verification form <a style="color: #34495e; text-decoration: underline;" href="https://forms.monday.com/forms/9cd451781ac307d3877c9abe5f361f60?r=use1">here</a>
Please fill out the form below, and send us an email at services@nftrade.com if you have any questions!

How to Become a Verified Artist on NFTrade

How to Be a Verified on NFTrade

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Using NFTrade, minting your NFTs is easy as following a few simple steps, with no advanced blockchain knowledge required. Our drag-and-drop interface makes it one of the most accessible creation hubs on the market, and in just a few minutes, you&rsquo;ll be minting your very own NFTs!
<h1 style="text-align: left;">Step 1 &mdash; Go to NFTrade&rsquo;s creation hub</h1>
Go to <a style="color: #34495e; text-decoration: underline;" href="../../create">https://app.nftrade.com/create</a> or click &lsquo;Create&rsquo; from the menu.
<h1 style="text-align: left;">Step 2 &mdash; Connect your wallet</h1>
After reaching the &lsquo;Create&rsquo; page, the first thing you need to do is connect your browser wallet to NFTrade. You do this by clicking &lsquo;Connect Account&rsquo; in the upper right-hand corner of the website. You can find a guide on how to connect a wallet in the link.
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The &lsquo;Connect Account&rsquo; button is in the upper right-hand corner.
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<h1 style="text-align: left;">Step 3 &mdash; Choose your blockchain network</h1>
You can create NFTs on any support chain available on NFTrade, with the current options being: Ethereum, Polygon, Avalanche, BNB Chain, Moonriver, and Moonbeam. More are coming very soon!
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Network options are also in the upper right-hand corner.
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<h1 style="text-align: left;">Step 4 &mdash; Upload your file</h1>
It can be any unique image / video / audio file in different formats JPG, PNG, GIF, WEBP, MP4 or MP3. Please note that its size should not exceed 30 Mb.
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The &lsquo;Choose File&rsquo; button on the &ldquo;Create&rdquo; page.
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<h1 style="text-align: left;">Step 5 &mdash; Enter the name, description, properties, and values of your NFTs</h1>
Properties are categories, like color, shape, body, mood, background, clothes, eyes, hat, etc. depending on the collection. You do not need to add properties if you don&rsquo;t want, as this is an optional step to differentiate collectible NFTs within a specific collection. Values are attributes that make your NFT unique and rare. You can add unlimited properties.
NOTICE! You will not be able to add or edit your NFT information after the creation.
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Examples of &lsquo;Properties&rsquo; on the &ldquo;Create&rdquo; page.
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<h1 style="text-align: left;">Step 6 &mdash; Choose the collection where your NFT will appear</h1>
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If you don&rsquo;t have a Collection, create a new one by clicking &lsquo;+&rsquo;. It can be simply &lsquo;(Your Name&rsquo;s) Collection&rsquo; if you didn&rsquo;t plan a specific one. Every NFT must be a part of the collection. You can&rsquo;t miss this step, as the collection address is where the NFTs are minted.
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<h1 style="text-align: left;">Step 7 &mdash; Confirm creation</h1>
Tick off that you&rsquo;re the original owner of the intellectual property and agree with NFTrade&rsquo;s Terms &amp; Conditions. Then, click &ldquo;Create&rdquo;
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<h1 style="text-align: left;">Step 8 &mdash; Go to your wallet and confirm creation</h1>
You need to have enough funds to pay the gas fee. The amount of gas you need to pay will be visible before confirmation. If creation fails, it means the low gas limit. Increase it and try again. NFTrade doesn&rsquo;t charge platform commission for NFT creation.
It may take some time to send data to the blockchain and finish the transaction.
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Example of gas estimation for collection creation on Polygon in MetaMask Wallet.
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<h1 style="text-align: left;">Step 9 &mdash; Set the price of an NFT in your account</h1>
Your NFT has been created! You can set the price of your NFT after creation.

How to Create an NFT On NFTrade

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As an NFT indexer, NFTrade supports EVERY NFT across all of our integrated chains, making it extremely easy for users to find and view all of the NFTs they hold. To see the NFTs within your crypto wallet, you just need to follow a few easy steps to confirm your assets. Below are the steps you need to follow:
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1. Go to nftrade.com and connect your wallet in the top right corner.
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2. After you connect, choose the blockchain network you would like to interact with.
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3. After you&rsquo;ve connected to your preferred blockchain, click the drop-down menu of your wallet address.
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4. Click on &lsquo;My NFTs&rsquo; to view the NFTs you own within that specific wallet address.
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5. You can now view all of the NFTs you own within your wallet on the chain you&rsquo;ve chosen!
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It&rsquo;s also easy to view your wallet&rsquo;s NFTs directly from our website URL, all you have to do is follow this simple formula in the URL section of your browser:
https://nftrade.com/users/(insert chain)/(insert wallet address)
So, for example, the collection page above is locatable using the following address:
<a style="color: #34495e; text-decoration: underline;" href="../../users/bsc/0x1ec0ca872696fef3f96b9928ff5a86e317a6d510">https://nftrade.com/users/bsc/0x1ec0ca872696fef3f96b9928ff5a86e317a6d510</a>
If I wanted to view the Avalanche NFTs that were owned by this wallet, I would just have to change the network in the URL to the following:
<a style="color: #34495e; text-decoration: underline;" href="../../users/avalanche/0x1ec0ca872696fef3f96b9928ff5a86e317a6d510">https://nftrade.com/users/avalanche/0x1ec0ca872696fef3f96b9928ff5a86e317a6d510</a>
You now have all the tools you need to view any of your NFTs across all of our integrated chains on NFTrade &mdash; enjoy!

How to View Your Wallet’s NFTs

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Planet IX is an NFT-based strategy game set in deep space, allowing players to rebuild a struggling planet Earth to its glory! Planet IX is also one of the hottest games in the Polygon NFT gaming ecosystem, and we are thrilled to collaborate with them to reward our user bases with NFT prizes!
For the next week, from Thursday July 21st at 2pm UTC to Thursday July 28th at 2pm UTC, Planet IX and NFTrade users will be able to compete for a variety of genesis AOC badges that anyone can win! There will be two categories where users can compete to win prizes, with participants being randomly chosen to win from anyone who completes the tasks for eligibility.
The first grouping is for ANY user who completes at least one or more buy, sell, or trade transactions on NFTrade from a Planet IX NFT collection. Out of all users who achieve this, 25 will be randomly chosen to win a Bronze AOC badge. The second grouping is for any users who complete five or more NFT buys, sells, or trades in a Planet IX collection on NFTrade. For this group, 20 Bronze AOC badges, 5 Silver AOC Badges, and 1 Gold AOC Badge will be distributed randomly to eligible participants. Finally, the user who completes the most NFT transactions from Planet IX collections on NFTrade will win a Gold AOC Badge, giving users exclusive access to win these badges for free!
The eligible collections you can transaction with to participate in the competition are as follows:
<ul style="text-align: justify;">
<li style="font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" aria-level="1">Planet IX - Assets: <a style="color: #34495e; text-decoration: underline;" href="../../assets/polygon/0xba6666b118f8303f990f3519df07e160227cce87">https://nftrade.com/assets/polygon/0xba6666b118f8303f990f3519df07e160227cce87</a></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" aria-level="1">Planet IX - Genesis Corporations: <a style="color: #34495e; text-decoration: underline;" href="../../assets/eth/0xba6666b118f8303f990f3519df07e160227cce87">https://nftrade.com/assets/eth/0xba6666b118f8303f990f3519df07e160227cce87</a></li>
</ul>
We are pleased to work with the Planet IX and Project Galaxy teams to turn this exciting competition into reality. At the end of the seven day campaign period, a snapshot will be taken to determine all wallet addresses that are eligible to win prizes. At this time, users will have 48 hours to claim their NFT competition voucher through Project Galaxy&nbsp; (https://galaxy.eco/NFTrade/campaign/GCZqpUtPKU), with the prizes randomly distributed to winners at the end of the campaign.
We look forward to continuing our collaboration with Planet IX, and are excited to see how we can grow together!
<h2 style="text-align: left;">&nbsp;</h2>
<h2 style="text-align: left;">About NFTrade</h2>
NFTrade is a decentralized multi-chain and blockchain-agnostic NFT platform. NFTrade is an indexer of all NFTs across all of their integrated chains, hosting the complete NFT lifecycle and allowing anyone to seamlessly create, buy, sell, swap, farm, and leverage NFTs across different blockchains. Using NFTrade, anyone can gain access to the entirety of their NFT, unlocking the total value of the NFT market.
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">About Planet IX</h2>
Planet IX is an online game based on Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT) built on the Polygon network. The multiplayer strategy game takes place on the titular planet. Planet IX is a metaverse; by connecting real-world geolocations to user generated virtual environments, Planet IX works as a bridge between the digital and the physical world. These environments can be claimed, bought, sold, and will eventually be customizable. Players trade their Planet IX land (PIX) to create Territory NFTs in an effort to rejuvenate the land, and restore life on the planet.
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NFTrade and Planet IX Launch Trading Competition with AOC Badge NFT Prizes

Planet IX Trading Competition

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2021 was an incredible year for NFTs, with many project launches and billions of dollars pouring into this new asset class. However, with the overall downtrend of the cryptocurrency market, NFTs have followed suit. This is evident from the overall drop in trading volume and liquidity of many projects across the board.
Ethereum, the most crucial chain in NFTs, has experienced a significant dip. Its native coin sank to a low of $990 from an all-time high of $4,864 late last year. It is now fighting to stay above the $1,000 mark. Solana often touted as a faster, cheaper Ethereum alternative, hasn&rsquo;t been spared either. The coin is currently trading at around $35. This is down from an all-time high of $258 in November 2021.
Overall, this is perhaps the first real bear market felt in the NFT space. Floor prices have tanked, and buyers, owners, and sellers are frustrated. As a result, many have panicked and decided to liquidate their NFTs at throwaway prices.
Truthfully, the situation may not get better anytime soon. In fact, many NFT projects will most likely die during this bear market. However, there will always be projects that rise to the top, and this &lsquo;crypto winter&rsquo; doesn&rsquo;t mean it&rsquo;s impossible to survive. There are several things you can do as an NFT creator and/or investor to keep your project and investments going.
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<h1 style="text-align: left;">Surviving as a Creator</h1>
The first thing you want to do is keep a cool head. Don&rsquo;t let the fear of a crash overwhelm you. This will help you avoid making rash moves, which you should never be making in the first place. You will instead be able to maintain a focus on your long-term goals and make decisions that benefit your projects in the long run. You&rsquo;ll also want to take a few pages from the book of NFTs like Crypto Punks and Bored Ape Yacht Club. These NFTs are fairing relatively strongly in the bear market. They&rsquo;re still valuable, and the floor prices haven&rsquo;t dropped, at least not significantly. Why?
You might say that these NFTs are very popular. But that&rsquo;s only part of the equation. They also do better because their NFTs have extremely strong communities with shared goals. These features encourage people to hold on to the NFTs rather than sell them.
So, you want to;
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Double Down on Utility</h2>
The original NFT hype was mostly about collectibles. As a result, many projects were launched to give people unique digital assets. But while such NFTs enjoyed considerable initial success, they&rsquo;re hit hardest by the bear market.
This is because these types of NFTs are really nothing more than collectible JPEGs on a blockchain. Their central premise was owning something unique whose value was expected to increase with time. They were essentially collectibles based on speculative value. And when the market started turning sour, speculation became much harder.
Thus, they stopped attracting buyers, and their prices dropped. At the same time, owners panicked and tried to sell for cheap. This drove their prices further down. As a result, such NFT projects are on the brink of collapse.
So, if you want your NFTs to survive the bear market, they must have some utility. They should be more than unique digital assets, and if collectibility is the main source of utility, then an extremely robust community is the minimum you should see. For that to happen, the owner should enjoy privileges or rewards they would otherwise miss without the NFT.
There are two ways you can go about it; confer real-world benefits or focus on the interoperability and cross-pollination of these NFTs and their communities. The best approach is a combination of both, where holders get unique experiences in the real world and the &lsquo;metaverse&rsquo;. This will give your NFTs intrinsic value. Therefore, owners will have a reason to hold. Such value may even attract fresh investments and potential buyers to your project.
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Establish an Active Community</h2>
Establishing a community gives your NFTs a better chance of surviving the bear market. However, this community has to offer more to its members than just a sense of belonging. It should consist of like-minded individuals who support, teach, and help each other grow. So, even if your NFTs drop in value, owners still have an incentive to hold because of the benefits of having a strong and supportive community. If valuation generation is the main proposition of your NFT collection, you&rsquo;re probably NGMI (not gonna make it).
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<h1 style="text-align: left;">Surviving as a Collector and Buyer</h1>
Like creators, NFT purchasers shouldn&rsquo;t let fear drive them out of the market. This is especially true if you&rsquo;re holding what could be considered &lsquo;blue chip&rsquo; NFTs. A &lsquo;blue chip&rsquo; NFT is essentially a token that has been tried and tested, showing resilience in its price and utility. In this case, you don&rsquo;t want to focus on the short-term price of such assets. Instead, look at their long-term value proposition.
The bear market is also a good buying opportunity. As the saying goes, &ldquo;the time to buy is when there&rsquo;s blood in the streets.&rdquo; Most NFT projects have seen a price reduction. So if you&rsquo;ve been monitoring a project that you genuinely believe in, this may be your best opportunity to buy and get involved. However, given how volatile NFTs can be, you may want to avoid high-risk projects.
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<h1 style="text-align: left;">Conclusion</h1>
After almost a year of exponential growth, the NFT space is experiencing its first true bear market. This is a tough time for buyers and creators of NFT projects. However, it&rsquo;s still possible to survive and thrive, especially with a long-term mindset.
As a creator, you want to double down on creating utility and building a community. And as a buyer, look at the long-term value of your portfolio and avoid overly speculative NFTs. You should only buy into projects you believe in or those with a history of delivering.
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<h2 style="text-align: justify;">About NFTrade</h2>
NFTrade is a decentralized multi-chain and blockchain-agnostic NFT platform. NFTrade is an indexer of all NFTs across all of their integrated chains, hosting the complete NFT lifecycle and allowing anyone to seamlessly create, buy, sell, swap, farm, and leverage NFTs across different blockchains. Using NFTrade, anyone can gain access to the entirety of their NFT, unlocking the total value of the NFT market.
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How to Survive a Bear Market

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Since NFTs took off in 2021, we&rsquo;ve seen the creation of exclusive NFT clubs, record-breaking purchases, and the establishment of wildly successful NFT creations and marketplaces.
This growth has allowed artists, developers, and traders to flourish on the blockchain. It has also inspired many enthusiasts to launch their own NFT collections. If you&rsquo;re one such artist or developer, choosing which blockchain to run your project on is one of the most critical decisions you&rsquo;ll have to make.
So, what do your options look like?
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<h1 style="text-align: left;">The Best Blockchains for Your NFT Project</h1>
<h1 style="text-align: left;">Ethereum</h1>
Ethereum is the largest and most popular blockchain for NFTs (and all DeFi applications). It&rsquo;s the protocol behind the ERC-721 token, a standard commonly used to create NFTs. It forms the foundation for most existing NFTs, and many more upcoming projects plan on using it.
Some of the most popular NFT collections are on the Ethereum blockchain. These include the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC), Otherdeed for Otherside, Crypto Punks, Doodles, Clone X, and newer collections like Moonbirds and Goblin Town.
Building NFT projects on the Ethereum blockchain comes with several benefits:
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" aria-level="1">Its highly decentralized</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" aria-level="1">It provides all services needed for transactions, eliminating the need for intermediaries.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" aria-level="1">It houses the most popular NFTs and NFT liquidity.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" aria-level="1">It comes with tons of technical documentation, making it easier for developers to build smart contracts.</li>
</ul>
However, the Ethereum blockchain has weaknesses stemming from its Proof-of-Work (PoW) consensus mechanism. Here, computers compete to solve complex puzzles in order to add blocks of transactions to the blockchain. These puzzles are incredibly complex and take a lot of energy and power to solve, making Ethereum one of the most energy-intensive blockchains.
Conducting a transaction on Ethereum can be problematic due to its current abilities. As popular as it is, transactions can take a while to go through due to mass usage. The gas fees can also be quite high; they can range anywhere from $10 to $70+, depending on current network congestion.
Fortunately, the Ethereum 2.0 (ETH2 or Serenity) upgrade, slated for August 2022, promises some huge changes. It will see the blockchain change to a Proof-of-Stake (PoS) consensus, which is much more energy-efficient. It will also support faster transactions through the implementation of sharding further down the line, eliminating these common problems over time.
That may get pushed back, though. Certain aspects of the upgrade have been lagging. Currently, the next implementation is hopeful for August, but recent market volatility suggests that anything could happen. Time will tell.
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<h1 style="text-align: left;">Solana</h1>
Solana is a relatively new blockchain. However, it has earned a reputation as one of the fastest programmable blockchains. This has attracted a lot of minting, allowing it to compete with Ethereum in daily sales and recently even beating the popular network in monthly NFT trading volume for the first time ever.
If you&rsquo;re looking for a blockchain with low gas fees and quick transactions, you should consider Solana for your projects.
Still, Solana has yet to attain the levels of popularity that Ethereum has. It has also been criticized for not being decentralized enough. A few times now, Solana has halted activity on its blockchain. This very centralized behavior has not sat well with the crypto world.
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<h1 style="text-align: left;">Immutable X</h1>
Immutable X is a layer 2 network built on top of Ethereum. This means it&rsquo;s a secondary protocol built on top of an existing blockchain system to add functionality. In this case, Immutable X is built on the Ethereum blockchain. As a result, it creates an open, decentralized ecosystem for minting NFTs while mitigating some of Ethereum&rsquo;s most significant weaknesses.
Minting NFTs on Immutable X ensures that you incur no fees in peer-to-peer transactions. The layer 2 network is much faster, with transaction fees of up to 9,000 transactions per second (TPS). Also, it&rsquo;s pretty scalable, as you won&rsquo;t have to deal with network congestion. Immutable X runs a marketplace for developers to trade NFTs. This marketplace has lowered the barrier to entry for small artists and developers. Still, the blockchain is capable of generating a lot of hype, as shown in its most recent big launch, the Illuvium Land Sale.
Within 72 hours of its launch, Illuvium has gone on to become one of the most successful NFT sales in history. The project sold out 20,000 land plots worth a collective $76 million. NFTrade will soon support Immutable X as its first layer 2 network integration.
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<h1 style="text-align: left;">BNB Chain</h1>
The Binance Smart Chain (BSC) was released in 2020 and quickly became a popular Ethereum alternative. Now referred to as the BNB Chain after a recent rebranding, it specializes in smart-contract-based applications and uses its own token standards, BEP-721 and BEP-1155, that allow for the creation of NFTs.
These standards are compatible with the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM); thus, the BNB Chain network can support Ethereum dApps and tools, allowing developers to import projects from the Ethereum blockchain with ease. The most anticipated NFT projects on the BNB Chain are in the gaming and marketplace sectors, which require high transaction rates with low fees, which BNB Chain currently enables.
If you&rsquo;re looking for a fast and affordable blockchain for your project, BNB Chain is a good option.
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<h1 style="text-align: left;">Avalanche</h1>
The Avalanche (AVAX) blockchain is one of the fastest smart contract platforms currently available. It is powered by several consensus mechanisms focusing on scalability, usability, and interoperability. Regarding NFTs, AVAX charges low gas fees and offers quick transaction speeds thanks to its Proof-of-Stake (PoS) protocol. For example, it is possible to mint NFTs for way less than a dollar. Like other PoS blockchains, it has a very small carbon footprint.
On the flip side, Avalanche has three separate chains, X, C, and P, making its user experience a bit complicated. And unlike other blockchains, it doesn&rsquo;t penalize validators (slashing) for engaging in fraudulent or other negative behavior. NFTs on Avalanche are all on the C-Chain, the same Avalanche network that MetaMask supports, so once you get used to it, Avalanche is no harder to use than other networks. The Avalanche community has begun to see many high quality games and profile picture (pfp) collections come to its network, which should continue to grow.
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<h1 style="text-align: left;">Polygon</h1>
Polygon is another Layer 2 solution for Ethereum. It has been used to create various NFT projects that have sold well on OpenSea and other NFT marketplaces. These include NFTs like The Martians, ZED Run, Chumbi Valley Official, Genesis Kosmos, and more. The blockchain allows developers to build scalable solutions using smart contracts. It is compatible with EVM while allowing for faster transactions and lower gas fees. You can also mint and sell Polygon NFTs on OpenSea and other marketplaces like NFTrade. For these reasons, more and more NFT projects are being built on the Polygon Network.
However, many people are still unfamiliar with Polygon. Thus, few people may be willing to buy NFTs built with Polygon, especially considering that using Polygon for the first time can be challenging for beginners.
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<h1 style="text-align: left;">Closing Thoughts</h1>
NFTs have become a huge part of the blockchain ecosystem. They&rsquo;ve been quickly adopted by artists, developers, and both small and large-scale businesses to help generate community interest and new revenue opportunities. If you&rsquo;re thinking of following the same path, take the time to choose the best blockchain for your NFT campaign.
Your choice largely depends on your needs. For example, Ethereum offers a secure, decentralized, and popular platform. On the other hand, alternatives like Solana and BNB Chain give you low gas fees and fast transaction fees, but have their own tradeoffs.
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">About NFTrade</h2>
NFTrade is a decentralized multi-chain and blockchain-agnostic NFT platform. NFTrade is an indexer of all NFTs across all of their integrated chains, hosting the complete NFT lifecycle and allowing anyone to seamlessly create, buy, sell, swap, farm, and leverage NFTs across different blockchains. Using NFTrade, anyone can gain access to the entirety of their NFT, unlocking the total value of the NFT market.
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The Top Blockchains for NFTs

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We are excited to announce our strategic partnership with Castle Crush, one of the most highly-anticipated mobile games launching in the Avalanche NFT and gaming ecosystem. Through this partnership, NFTrade will serve as an official secondary marketplace for the buying, selling, and trading of all of Castle Crush&rsquo;s in-game NFTs, allowing for the easy flow of assets via our decentralized and non-custodial marketplace infrastructure.
Right after Castle Crush&rsquo;s NFTs are deployed, they will instantly be available for buying, selling, and trading on NFTrade. That means if you don&rsquo;t have the chance to participate in the initial launch, you will still have the opportunity to pick up their in-game items through NFTrade. Using our advanced filtering mechanism, filtering characteristics and features directly from the collection&rsquo;s metadata, users will be able to search for specific characters and item NFTs directly within the verified collection page, allowing for optimized searching and purchasing of Castle Crush NFTs. On top of that, users will also be able to easily trade Castle Crush NFTs for any NFTs within the Avalanche NFT ecosystem, making access as seamless as possible.
Beyond supporting Castle Crush with our marketplace infrastructure, we will continue to explore additional collaboration points where relevant, such as a NFT farm using their native $ACS token, future INOs through our launchpad, and potential support of other games created by Wildlife Studios. Wildlife Studios is the game development studio of Castle Crush, and has over 1300 employees and 2 billion global downloads of their mobile games. We are incredibly excited to be working with the Castle Crush team and are happy to facilitate their secondary NFT trading in a secure and open manner.
<h2 style="text-align: left;">&nbsp;</h2>
<h2 style="text-align: left;">About NFTrade</h2>
NFTrade is a decentralized multi-chain and blockchain-agnostic NFT platform. NFTrade is an indexer of all NFTs across all of their integrated chains, hosting the complete NFT lifecycle and allowing anyone to seamlessly create, buy, sell, swap, farm, and leverage NFTs across different blockchains. Using NFTrade, anyone can gain access to the entirety of their NFT, unlocking the total value of the NFT market.
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">About Castle Crush</h2>
Castle Crush is a unique real-time multiplayer strategy game where players engage in epic duels using decks of powerful spells and legendary monsters. Own your cards, build your deck, and battle over one million players worldwide!

NFTrade and Castle Crush Announce Strategic Partnership

NFTrade and Castle Crush Partnership

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To further promote our advancement, we are looking for people from all over the world to join NFTrade on our mission to spread the word and continue to build the first decentralized multi-chain NFT platform, marketplace, and indexer. Therefore, we are excited to announce the launch of the NFTrade Ambassador Program!
Our goal now is tо expand and establish lоcal cоmmunities in each cоrner оf the glоbe. We would like to communicate with individuals who are ready to contribute to building our global community and become a part of the bright future of Web3.
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<h1 style="text-align: left;">Ambassador Roles</h1>
<ul style="text-align: justify;">
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Community Ambassador</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Creative Ambassador</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Brand Ambassador</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Network/Event Ambassador</li>
</ul>
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<h1 style="text-align: left;">Exclusive Ambassador Perks</h1>
<ul style="text-align: justify;">
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Regular face-time with the NFTrade leadership team</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Exclusive Art NFT Drops</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Special Ambassador badge on Discord</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Access to private ambassador and the NFTrade core team chats</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Access to exclusive content and Alpha group</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Access to exclusive NFT giveaways from our partners</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Access to bonus collaboration offers from our partners</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">$NFTD token rewards up to $2000 every month</li>
</ul>
The ambassadors reward pool totals up to $2000 per month. Incentives are one-time payments upon the end of this term based on the ambassadors&rsquo; contribution and performance.
<h1 style="text-align: left;">&nbsp;</h1>
<h1 style="text-align: left;">Tasks</h1>
For each task, there will be specific points the ambassador can earn. Here is an example of what the task breakdown and final point system could look like.
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Ambassadors are divided into different levels:
<h2 style="text-align: left;">Bronze (Entry level)</h2>
Simple tasks: make a tweet, invite a friend
if the ambassador completes all tasks from this level, he/she will receive an additional 250 $NFTD
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Silver (Progressive level)</h2>
Tasks: Unpacking video, Video Top 10 Collections on NFTrade, AMA session
if the ambassador completes all tasks from this level, he/she will receive an additional 500 $NFTD
<h2 style="text-align: left;">&nbsp;</h2>
<h2 style="text-align: left;">Gold (Advanced level)</h2>
Advanced tasks: Interviews, translating, and pushing announcements in local languages
if the ambassador completes all tasks from this level, he/she will receive an additional 750 $NFTD
<h2 style="text-align: left;">&nbsp;</h2>
<h2 style="text-align: left;">God (Premium level)</h2>
Tasks: NFT news digest, Representing NFTrade in global events, creating local communities in Discord
if the ambassador completes all tasks from this level, he/she will receive an additional 1000 $NFTD
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<h1 style="text-align: left;">Criteria to join NFTrade Ambassador program</h1>
<ol style="text-align: justify;">
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">NFT and NFTrade enthusiasts who want to explore the field and work closely with our team</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Active members of the NFTrade community</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Users who can create effective content, memes, gifs, infographics, charts, polls, etc</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Users who are native English, Turkish, Vietnamese, Chinese speakers (other languages are accepted as well)</li>
</ol>
<h1 style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;</h1>
<h1 style="text-align: left;">How to Apply</h1>
Please fill out this <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1MQ6Kq9uMB8tLIEUo6rxNXLm1_VZfN1IaUt8S5zachiU/edit">application form</a> to take part in the event.
Over the next 2&ndash;3 weeks, we will select the most passionate applicants to become the NFTrade ambassadors.
When the ambassadors are selected, we will then announce more specific instructions on tasks of each level.
<h2 style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;</h2>
<h2 style="text-align: justify;">About NFTrade</h2>
NFTrade is a decentralized multi-chain and blockchain-agnostic NFT platform. NFTrade is an indexer of all NFTs across all of their integrated chains, hosting the complete NFT lifecycle and allowing anyone to seamlessly create, buy, sell, swap, farm, and leverage NFTs across different blockchains. Using NFTrade, anyone can gain access to the entirety of their NFT, unlocking the total value of the NFT market.
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The NFTrade Ambassador Program

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One of our main focuses at NFTrade is introducing as much token utility as possible to our native governance and utility token, $NFTD. Through our newly announced partnership with HYVE, we have finalized a solution that will allow freelancers to both earn and pay with $NFTD for all of their freelance job opportunities. We are happy to formalize this partnership with HYVE, a global freelance platform that is entirely cryptocurrency-focused. Now, all participants within their ecosystem will have the opportunity to efficiently get exposure to $NFTD, as well as for employers to pay their freelancers using our dynamic token.
Whether you are a developer, marketer, writer, social media manager, or work in any other field needed in the cryptocurrency space, through HYVE, you can maximize your opportunities and get paid in your favorite cryptocurrencies, such as $NFTD. Their job board is consistently updated, and they work with many important players in the space, so it is a great place to earn and grow at the same time!
Beyond $NFTD integration, we are working on a few collaborative aspects with HYVE behind the scenes. These aspects have not yet been publicly announced by their team, but if you are a HYVE fan and user of the NFTrade platform, this collaboration will be a natural fit for you! This initial token integration is the first step of what we hope is a long and fruitful partnership, and we are excited to support HYVE and its community of freelancers and crypto users along the way.
<h2 style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;</h2>
<h2 style="text-align: left;">About NFTrade</h2>
NFTrade is a decentralized multi-chain and blockchain-agnostic NFT platform. NFTrade is an indexer of all NFTs across all of their integrated chains, hosting the complete NFT lifecycle and allowing anyone to seamlessly create, buy, sell, swap, farm, and leverage NFTs across different blockchains. Using NFTrade, anyone can gain access to the entirety of their NFT, unlocking the total value of the NFT market.
<a href="https://t.me/nftrade">Telegram</a> | <a href="../../">Website</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/NFTradeOfficial">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://medium.com/@NFTrade">Medium</a> | <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/nftrade/">LinkedIn</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/nftradeofficial">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://discord.com/invite/SESqfsyw8k">Discord</a>
<h2 style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;</h2>
<h2 style="text-align: left;">About HYVE</h2>
HYVE is the leading web3 freelancing platform, which enables freelancers and companies alike to earn crypto directly for the provision of their services. Having integrated 4 different blockchains, HYVE aims to redefine collaboration methods, with users having absolute freedom over payment options

NFTrade and HYVE Announce Strategic Partnership

NFTrade & HYVE Partner for $NFTD

NFTrade & HYVE

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In collaboration with Polygon Studios, we are teaming up to launch an official Polygon-based NFT profile picture collection &mdash; Polyphants! This will be a free-to-earn collection accessible exclusively to $MATIC token holders, and as a community-focused project, we want the community involved every step of the way. With this in mind, we have decided we would like the community to design these NFTs &mdash; with 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners all receiving thousands of dollars in prizes! 1st place will receive $2500 for winning and an additional $5000 for designing the collection attributes ($7500 in total), 2nd place will win $1000, and 3rd place will win $500.
Not only will the designers win a cash prize, but the 1st place winner will create the artwork for the first ever Polygon Studios-backed profile picture collection (and get paid for their contribution)! All funds and royalties generated from the primary and secondary sales will go to ElephantVoices, one of the most reputable Elephant-focused conservation charities globally. We do not want to impede on the community&rsquo;s artistic abilities, so the only parameters are to create an Elephant character as the main character of the collection, as well as incorporate some of the below attributes to showcase your style and creative capabilities. You can pick and choose which traits you would like to include, and make as many variations as you deem necessary.
Main Character: Animated Elephant
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Includable Trait Options:
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" aria-level="1">Tusks</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" aria-level="1">natural ivory</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" aria-level="1">zebra print</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" aria-level="1">leopard print</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" aria-level="1">different colors (pink, blue, red, black, etc)</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" aria-level="1">Different types of tusks</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" aria-level="1">They can have one broken tusk, two broken tusks, asymmetrical tusks (left higher, right higher) very short, very long, straight, up-curved etc etc &mdash; it might be fun to play around with different shapes making the elephants real identifiable characters</li>
</ul>
&nbsp;
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" aria-level="1">Ears</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" aria-level="1">Ears can follow the same pattern as tusks (<a href="https://www.elephantvoices.org/multimedia-resources/how-to-identify-african-elephants.html?id=814">https://www.elephantvoices.org/multimedia-resources/how-to-identify-african-elephants.html?id=814</a>)</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" aria-level="1">Can also include different color patterns, earrings, headphones, etc</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" aria-level="1">Holes, tears</li>
</ul>
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<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" aria-level="1">Eyewear</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" aria-level="1">Sunglasses, different eye colors, natural eyes, glasses, googly eyes, laser eyes, long lashes, sultry eyes, smily eyes, furious eyes</li>
</ul>
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<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" aria-level="1">Headwear</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" aria-level="1">natural, top hat, Moroccan fez, crown, perched owl, sailor hat, pith helmet, sunhat</li>
</ul>
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<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" aria-level="1">Background</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" aria-level="1">African savannah, jungle, arctic, grasslands, escaping from a cage, island, desert</li>
</ul>
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<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" aria-level="1">Hand-held item</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" aria-level="1">Signs with different pro-elephant/anti-poaching messages</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" aria-level="1">Also could have an elephant with piles of ivory burning in the background and carrying a sign &mdash; &ldquo;Only elephants should wear ivory&rdquo;, &ldquo;Every tusk has cost a life&rdquo;, &ldquo;End the trade&rdquo;</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" aria-level="1">a sign that reads &lsquo;No Poachers&rsquo;,</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" aria-level="1">Bamboo</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" aria-level="1">a coconut</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" aria-level="1">a balloon</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" aria-level="1">carrying a suitcase with a slogan on the side</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" aria-level="1">an umbrella</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" aria-level="1">a rifle</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" aria-level="1">playing a guitar</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" aria-level="1">playing a trumpet</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" aria-level="1">Placards</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" aria-level="1">&ldquo;Only elephants should wear ivory&rdquo;</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" aria-level="1">&ldquo;Every tusk costs a life&rdquo; &ldquo;Every tusk has cost a life&rdquo; &ldquo;Stop the trade&rdquo; (as long as this is in some way connected with the trade in ivory so people understand the meaning</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" aria-level="1">&ldquo;End the Ivory trade&rdquo;</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" aria-level="1">&ldquo;Rumble for elephants&rdquo;</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" aria-level="1">&ldquo;Down with captivity&rdquo;</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" aria-level="1">&ldquo;Poach the poachers&rdquo;</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" aria-level="1">&ldquo;Leave my teeth alone&rdquo;</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" aria-level="1">&ldquo;These are MY teeth!&rdquo;</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" aria-level="1">&ldquo;Elephants against hunters&rdquo;</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" aria-level="1">&ldquo;Polyphants against hunters&rdquo;</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" aria-level="1">&ldquo;Polyphants for Paradise&rdquo;</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" aria-level="1">&ldquo;Wild and free&rdquo;</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400; text-align: left;" aria-level="1">&ldquo;Hear my voice&rdquo;</li>
</ul>
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<h1 style="text-align: left;">Design Competition Rules</h1>
Starting now, Polygon community members will have two weeks (until May 19, 2022) to submit their Polyphants NFT designs, with no cap on the number of designs that a user can enter. However, only one portfolio per use can be submitted, meaning each designer can only win a single prize.
In order to submit your Polygon Polyphant NFT design entry for the competition, tweet out the NFT design with the hashtag #PolygonPolyphant and tag @NFTradeOfficial, @polygonstudios, and @0xPolygon in the post. At the end of the competition, the NFTrade team will choose our top 10 favorite designs, and then hold a community poll in our official NFTrade Discord channel (https://discord.com/invite/nftrade) to let the community choose the top 3 winners. After the winners are chosen via community vote, the NFTrade team will reach out to confirm the wallet addresses for the winners to receive their USDT prizes.
<h1 style="text-align: left;">&nbsp;</h1>
<h1 style="text-align: left;">The Next Steps</h1>
Following the completion of the design competition, NFTrade will launch the next steps of our $MATIC NFT farm integration, allowing users to stake their $MATIC to earn their Polyphant NFTs for free! Stay tuned and follow NFTrade on all of our social channels to receive up-to-date news on the next steps and how you can win USDT prizes.
<h1 style="text-align: left;">&nbsp;</h1>
<h2 style="text-align: left;">About NFTrade</h2>
NFTrade is the first cross-chain and blockchain-agnostic NFT platform. We are an aggregator of all NFT marketplaces and host the complete NFT lifecycle, allowing anyone to seamlessly create, buy, sell, swap, farm, and leverage NFTs across different blockchains. Using NFTrade, anyone can gain access to the entirety of their NFT, unlocking the total value of the NFT market.
<a href="https://t.me/nftrade">Telegram</a> |<a href="../../"> Website</a> |<a href="https://twitter.com/NFTradeOfficial"> Twitter</a> |<a href="https://medium.com/@NFTrade"> Medium</a> |<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/nftrade/"> LinkedIn</a> |<a href="https://www.instagram.com/nftradeofficial"> Instagram</a> |<a href="https://discord.com/invite/SESqfsyw8k"> Discord</a>
<h1 style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;</h1>
<h2 style="text-align: justify;">About Polygon Studios</h2>
Polygon Studios is the home of all NFT, Gaming, and Metaverse projects that are on the Polygon protocol. Polygon Studios partners with large scale NFT projects for globally recognized IP and Brands, and offers a best in class solution for energy efficiency and scaling on the blockchain.
<a href="https://polygonstudios.com/">Website</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/polygonstudios">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://discord.com/invite/qTGjzZg2nE">Discord</a>
<h1 style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;</h1>
<h2 style="text-align: justify;">About Polygon</h2>
Polygon is the first well-structured, easy-to-use platform for Ethereum scaling and infrastructure development. Its core component is Polygon SDK, a modular, flexible framework that supports building and connecting Secured Chains like Plasma, Optimistic Rollups, zkRollups, Validium, etc, and Standalone Chains like Polygon POS, designed for flexibility and independence.
If you&rsquo;re an Ethereum Developer, you&rsquo;re already a Polygon developer! Leverage Polygon&rsquo;s fast and secure transactions for your Dapp, get started here.
<a href="https://polygon.technology/">Website</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/0xPolygon">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/0xPolygon/">Reddit</a> | <a href="https://t.me/polygonofficial">Telegram</a> | <a href="https://discord.gg/XvpHAxZ">Discord</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/0xPolygontech">Community Twitter</a>

NFTrade Launches Polygon Studios NFT Design Competition with $9,000 in Prizes!

NFT Design Competition with $9,000

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You asked, and we delivered. We are very excited to announce the official launch of our multi-chain initial NFT offering (INO) launchpad, available to $NFTD token holders and stakers. Through this new application, $NFTD token holders will get exclusive access to some of the most sought-after initial NFT offerings hitting the market, gaining the opportunity to purchase them at the lowest available public prices possible, and before they start trading on the secondary market.
<h1 style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;</h1>
<h1 style="text-align: left;">New Opportunities</h1>
With the completion and release of our launchpad, a whole new swathe of opportunities will be available to NFTrade users and $NFTD token holders to participate in top tier launches of gaming projects, metaverses, DeFi platforms, profile picture collections, and more.Our team will vet each launch, with only high-quality projects making the cut and gaining access to our community of NFT-focused users and traders. As an additional token utility to our native governance and utility token, $NFTD, our token stakers will gain access to exclusive launches unavailable to the majority of the broader crypto market.
Whether you are a $NFTD whale or an introductory token owner, there will be launchpad and participation opportunities for everyone! The NFTrade INO launchpad will consist of 5 distinct tiers, with each tier having different access opportunities within the launch. Each launch will be different depending on the project, but the higher tier you have, the greater the ability to purchase NFTs in larger quantities or with additional rarity. The five tiers are as follows:
<ul style="text-align: justify;">
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">God Tier</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Diamond Tier</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Gold Tier</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Silver Tier</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Bronze Tier</li>
</ul>
<h1 style="text-align: left;">&nbsp;</h1>
<h1 style="text-align: left;">Launchpad Flow</h1>
Initially, $NFTD token holders and stakers will be able to get access to our different launchpad tiers via our $NFTD NFT farm. By staking $NFTD, users will earn xNFTD, a synthetic and non-transferable token that will only be accessible to utilize for farming rewards. Using xNFTD, users will be able to purchase as many launchpad tier vouchers as they&rsquo;d like, with the ability to use them to qualify for a launchpad spot or to sell them on the secondary market. Each user will only be able to use a single tier voucher per launch, so if you have multiple, they will need to be sold on the secondary marketplace or will be unusable after the particular NFT launch is completed. This will also make it easier for non-native $NFTD users to gain access to initial launches, allowing $NFTD stakers to monetize their staking opportunities further.
Once $NFTD stakers earn their launchpad tier access, or a user purchases it through the secondary market, they can navigate to the INO they want to participate in and deposit the voucher to enter the launch. This will enter the user into our whitelist lottery, giving them the chance to participate in the sale. Once the user is chosen from the lottery, they will have to complete KYC, and can then make a deposit (depending on the tier allocation amount available) to guarantee their ability to claim NFTs within the live sale.
Once the funds are deposited, users will be able to participate in the sale when it goes live. Users will be given equivalent credits based on their deposits to claim the NFTs they desire, with any unspent credits returned to them in the form of the deposit token once the sale is complete. This aspect will be first-come-first-serve, so make sure to act fast to get the NFTs you desire! Following the completion of the sale, your wallet address and the quantity and type of NFTs you purchased will be sent to the INO project for distribution. After the purchase is complete, you are finished, with initial NFT access to some of the most sought-after NFTs in the space going directly to your wallet!
As a secondary marketplace, once you have claimed the NFTs and they are in your wallet, they can be redeemed within the project or can be bought, sold, and traded on our secondary marketplace.
<h1 style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;</h1>
<h1 style="text-align: left;">The First INO</h1>
Our first INO will take place with The Realm of Frontera, a top-rated game that has already seen millions of dollars of secondary trading volume on NFTrade. Backed by Tokoin and WadzPay, this will be the &lsquo;Season 2&rsquo; release of Frontera&rsquo;s in-game characters: Frontera Monsters. Just like their Season 1 release of Frontera Mechas, each NFT will be sold for 0.055 BNB ($22), with each user receiving a randomly generated character at mint. Currently, the average sales price of a Frontera NFT is 0.575 BNB ($230), presenting a potentially valuable opportunity for any launchpad member who gets participation access.
The Realm of Frontera&rsquo;s INO will feature 3000 limited and exclusive NFTs up for grabs for the NFTrade community, with an additional 999 available on their native platform to active community members. With 5,500 BNB ($2.2 million) in total Frontera trading volume on NFTrade so far, we are excited to be working together to offer our users and token holders this opportunity as our first INO offering!
If you have any questions about qualifying for the INO or how to participate, our team is always available to answer questions on telegram, discord and twitter. Follow The Realm of Frontera&rsquo;s social channels below for more information regarding the project.
<h2 style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;</h2>
<h2 style="text-align: left;">About NFTrade</h2>
NFTrade is a decentralized multi-chain and blockchain-agnostic NFT platform. NFTrade is an indexer of all NFTs across all of their integrated chains, hosting the complete NFT lifecycle and allowing anyone to seamlessly create, buy, sell, swap, farm, and leverage NFTs across different blockchains. Using NFTrade, anyone can gain access to the entirety of their NFT, unlocking the total value of the NFT market.
<a href="https://t.me/nftrade">Telegram</a> | <a href="../../">Website</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/NFTradeOfficial">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://medium.com/@NFTrade">Medium</a> | <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/nftrade/">LinkedIn</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/nftradeofficial">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://discord.com/invite/SESqfsyw8k">Discord</a>
<h2 style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;</h2>
<h2 style="text-align: left;">About The Realm of Frontera</h2>
Frontera is a realm that allows handlers to earn $TOKO tokens while collecting and trading their AI Mechas NFTs. Operated on BNB Chain, Frontera is a play-to-earn gaming economy where gamers can stake, collect, evolve, and battle.
Website: <a style="color: #34495e; text-decoration: underline;" href="https://frontera.games/">https://frontera.games/</a>
Telegram: <a style="color: #34495e; text-decoration: underline;" href="https://t.me/FronteraNFT">https://t.me/FronteraNFT</a>
Discord: <a style="color: #34495e; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://discord.gg/frontera">http://discord.gg/frontera</a>
Twitter: <a style="color: #34495e; text-decoration: underline;" href="https://twitter.com/FronteraNFT">https://twitter.com/FronteraNFT</a>
<h2 style="text-align: left;">&nbsp;</h2>
<h2 style="text-align: left;">About WadzPay</h2>
WadzPay is an interoperable and agnostic blockchain-based payments ecosystem. The company was founded in 2018 in Singapore and is currently operating in South East Asia, South Asia, the Middle East and Africa. WadzPay saw the potential for CBDC and Digital Assets to lead the next revolution in the payments industry: enabling faster payments, improvements in security, and cost-efficiency with optionality. WadzPay is working with large international payment companies, banks, and global companies to enable digital asset-based transaction processing and settlement.
<a style="color: #34495e; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://www.wadzpay.com/">www.wadzpay.com</a>
<h2 style="text-align: left;">&nbsp;</h2>
<h2 style="text-align: left;">About Tokoin</h2>
Tokoin is a technology company providing blockchain solutions to businesses, individuals, and governments. Local government bodies back Tokoin. Furthermore tokoin&rsquo;s premiere <a style="color: #34495e; text-decoration: underline;" href="https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/tokoin/">TOKO</a> token is an integral part of the current and future projects developments in NFT, De-fi, Play-To-Earn Games, Layer 2 Solution. Currently, TOKO is available on top global exchanges such as KuCoin and is utilized by an NFT Play-To-Earn game, The Realm of Frontera, as it&rsquo;s utility and reward token. Tokoin&rsquo;s Vision and Mission is to make blockchain technology accessible and easy to use by everyone and valuable for its community.
<a style="color: #34495e; text-decoration: underline;" href="https://tokoin.io/">https://tokoin.io/</a>

NFTrade’s Launchpad Goes Live for NFTD Token Holders

NFTrade’s Launchpad Goes Live

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We are happy to announce our partnership with X World Games, one of the largest and most played games in the growing metaverse, play-to-earn, and GameFi (gaming finance) sectors. Through this partnership, we will create a singular storefront for all X World Games NFT collections, aggregating them all under a single URL, as well as verify all of the collections individually for decentralized and non-custodial buying, selling, and peer-to-peer swapping. Through this collaboration, NFTrade will be available as a frictionless option for all X World Games NFT transactions.
Through this collaboration, we will introduce and integrate the NFTrade community to X World Games and introduce NFTrade to the X World Games community. By connecting our communities, we foresee mutually beneficial growth, a win-win for everyone involved. The verification of X World Games&rsquo; collections and the aggregated storefront page will be the first step of our collaboration, with other possibilities down the line, such as staking pools, NFT farming for $XWG holders, exclusive NFT drops, and more.
We are thrilled to be working with the innovative team behind X World Games, and are excited to see what our futures hold together.
<h2 style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;</h2>
<h2 style="text-align: left;">About NFTrade</h2>
NFTrade is a decentralized multi-chain and blockchain-agnostic NFT platform. NFTrade is an indexer of all NFTs across all of their integrated chains, hosting the complete NFT lifecycle and allowing anyone to seamlessly create, buy, sell, swap, farm, and leverage NFTs across different blockchains. Using NFTrade, anyone can gain access to the entirety of their NFT, unlocking the total value of the NFT market.
<a href="https://t.me/nftrade">Telegram</a> | <a href="../../">Website</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/NFTradeOfficial">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://medium.com/@NFTrade">Medium</a> | <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/nftrade/">LinkedIn</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/nftradeofficial">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://discord.com/invite/SESqfsyw8k">Discord</a>
<h2 style="text-align: left;">&nbsp;</h2>
<h2 style="text-align: left;">About X World Games</h2>
X World Games is a unique blockchain-based game ecosystem, aimed to make blockchain features simple and fun for non-crypto players to own their NFTs.

NFTrade and X World Games Announce Strategic Partnership

NFTrade and X World Games 

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&nbsp;
As GameFi continues to become more pervasive, lending and borrowing will become an integral aspect of this growing ecosystem. Currently, the main options available involve collateral-based lending, but through our partnership with IQ Protocol, we will be able to explore and offer collateral-less lending to NFT users. We are excited to announce our partnership with IQ Protocol, as they are building a collateral-less lending and borrowing infrastructure for NFTs that makes it easy for anyone to get involved in the NFT and GameFi markets.
Using escrowed smart contracts and NFT vouchers, users will be able to deposit their original NFTs in escrow and lend them out as 1:1 representative NFT vouchers with the same features, characteristics, and usability. This time-locked NFT voucher will allow the borrower to use it without the lender having to worry about the borrower running off with their valuable asset. Whether these NFTs are profile pictures, gaming items, or utility NFTs, collateral-less lending makes it much easier for everyone to gain access to sought-after NFTs, all while eliminating potential counterparty risk associated with lack of collateral. We are excited to be working with IQ Protocol and look forward to the availability of their collateral-less lending and borrowing features for NFTrade users.
<h2 style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;</h2>
<h2 style="text-align: left;">About NFTrade</h2>
NFTrade is a decentralized multi-chain and blockchain-agnostic NFT platform. NFTrade is an indexer of all NFTs across all of their integrated chains, hosting the complete NFT lifecycle and allowing anyone to seamlessly create, buy, sell, swap, farm, and leverage NFTs across different blockchains. Using NFTrade, anyone can gain access to the entirety of their NFT, unlocking the total value of the NFT market.
<a href="https://t.me/nftrade">Telegram</a> | <a href="../../">Website</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/NFTradeOfficial">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://medium.com/@NFTrade">Medium</a> | <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/nftrade/">LinkedIn</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/nftradeofficial">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://discord.com/invite/SESqfsyw8k">Discord</a>
<h2 style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;</h2>
<h2 style="text-align: left;">About IQ Protocol</h2>
IQ Protocol is a decentralized money market for digital asset renting and on-chain subscriptions. The next money lego that allows users to rent wrapped expirable versions of digital assets without collateral for their utility, while allowing holders to earn by providing liquidity without risk.
<a href="http://iq.space/">Website</a> | <a href="https://blog.iq.space/">Medium</a> | <a href="https://discord.gg/yHE2pVGpBr">Discord</a> | <a href="https://mobile.twitter.com/iqlabs_official">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://t.me/iq_protocol">Telegram</a> | <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/IQProtocol/">Reddit</a> | <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn3JJVQlsRmkFkRXOUt_qwA">YouTube</a>

NFTrade Partners With IQ Protocol for Collateral-less NFT Lending

NFTrade Partners With IQ Protocol

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There are few networks that have the potential to make such a drastic impact on Ethereum&rsquo;s NFT market as Immutable X, and we are thrilled to partner with them to be the first layer two scaling solution implemented within the growing NFTrade platform. Through this partnership, we will integrate Immutable X&rsquo;s NFT-focused network to allow for gas free and seamless buying, selling, p2p swapping, and creating of Ethereum-based NFTs. Upcoming Immutable X projects will also be able to launch through our upcoming Initial NFT Offering (INO launchpad), as well as access our NFT farming application, a feature that brings immense value to both project development teams and their users.
This partnership will be advantageous for all involved stakeholders, including NFTrade, Immutable X, our user bases, and projects developing on Immutable X. As one of the largest and most-used NFT marketplaces available, and one with multi-chain functionality, we will be able to offer our users an additional chain, new projects, and access to an entirely new NFT ecosystem, while also bringing exposure of Immutable X projects to our established communities on Ethereum, BNB Chain, Avalanche, Polygon, Moonriver, and Moonbeam.
On top of everything covered from the technical and developmental side, our more environmentally conscious users will be able to access a new chain with 100% carbon neutrality on all transactions. We have previously implemented an optional carbon offset offering on BNB Chain through Brokoli, but with Immutable X integration, an additional offset option will not be necessary, as all transactions are natively carbon neutral.
We are very excited to be working with the Immutable X team to bring their innovative network to life within NFTrade, and with such strong synergies between the two brands, we plan for this partnership to continue to grow deeper, stronger, and more robust over time. Stay tuned, as we have a lot planned for our integration and usability within the Immutable X ecosystem.
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">About NFTrade</h2>
NFTrade is a decentralized multi-chain and blockchain-agnostic NFT platform. NFTrade is an indexer of all NFTs across all of their integrated chains, hosting the complete NFT lifecycle and allowing anyone to seamlessly create, buy, sell, swap, farm, and leverage NFTs across different blockchains. Using NFTrade, anyone can gain access to the entirety of their NFT, unlocking the total value of the NFT market.
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">About Immutable X</h2>
Immutable X is the leading Layer 2 scaling solution for NFTs to enable gas-free minting and trading, while not compromising the security of the most used blockchain globally for NFTs, Ethereum. The solution, powered by StarkWare&rsquo;s innovative technology, offers instant trade confirmation, massive scalability (up to 9,000 transactions per second), and fantastic developer and user experience. Immutable X has announced integrations with established marketplaces such as OpenSea and Mintable, and is powering some of the largest NFT plays across consumer apps (TikTok), DeFi (SuperFarm), and gaming (GameStop, Highrise, ESL Gaming, Ember Sword, Planet Quest, Gods Unchained, Guild of Guardians, GreenPark Sports, Illuvium, MyCryptoHeroes+).
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NFTrade and Immutable X Partner For First Ethereum Layer 2 Scaling Solution

NFTrade and Immutable X Partnership

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Utility NFTs are becoming more pervasive day by day, but not many projects have created NFTs with a value-driven utility such as Nitro Network. Nitro Network is building a decentralized private communications network powered by IoT devices that are represented as NFTs, and we are proud to partner with them to provide support as an official secondary marketplace for all of their non-fungible assets.
Nitro Network has sold and distributed thousands of Non-Fungible Miners (NFMs), which are unique value-producing NFTs that are each representing a physical piece of hardware that provides decentralized internet service to its users. Unlike some of its competitors, Nitro Network NFM owners do not need to set up any physical hardware or operate the device to benefit; all they need to do is own and hold the NFM in their wallet to reap the rewards. As a marketplace with off-chain listings, this means NFM owners will always receive all their due rewards right up until the point of sale. We have already created verified collection pages for each different tier of Nitro Network&rsquo;s NFMs, making it easy and safe for all of their users to buy, sell, and peer-to-peer swap.
Being the official secondary marketplace for Nitro Network&rsquo;s NFMs are just the tip of the iceberg of this collaboration, as we are actively exploring a variety of ways to enhance value within each others communities. On top of secondary market support, we will also open a $NCASH NFT farm down the line, allowing users that own Nitro Network&rsquo;s native token the option to stake to earn exclusive collectible or utility-based NFTs.
We are excited to be working with Nitro Network and look forward to seeing how they can innovate within the space.
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">About NFTrade</h2>
NFTrade is a decentralized multi-chain and blockchain-agnostic NFT platform. We are an indexer of all NFTs across all of our integrated chains, hosting the complete NFT lifecycle and allowing anyone to seamlessly create, buy, sell, swap, farm, and leverage NFTs across different blockchains. Using NFTrade, anyone can gain access to the entirety of their NFT, unlocking the total value of the NFT market.
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">About Nitro Network</h2>
Nitro Network is building a world of private communication networks powered by IoT together with LoRaWAN/3G/4G and 5G. This hyperconnected world is the IoT alternative to cellular networks unlocking a $3 trillion market opportunity. Nitro Network believes their decentralized private telecom networks is a gamechanger built on a blockchain with their proprietary token NCash at the core that drives utility and value from unlimited use cases. They are creating an inclusive ecosystem incentivizing users to own, operate and earn from the private networks of the future.
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NFTrade and Nitro Network Collaborate For Non-Fungible Miner (NFM) Support

NFTrade and Nitro Collaboration

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With a lot of interest and attention revolving around the Polkadot ecosystem as a viable layer one alternative to Ethereum, Moonbeam exploded onto the market, providing an easy to utilize Ethereum-compatible smart contract platform that allows Ethereum-native applications to expand to Polkadot with minimal changes. With a flood of applications and NFTs expected to launch on this inventive network, we are happy to announce the release of our sixth mainnet integration &mdash; <a href="https://moonbeam.network/">Moonbeam</a>. With this integration, all Moonbeam users, development teams, and $GLMR token holders will be able to create, buy, sell, peer-to-peer swap, and earn NFTs, providing a decentralized and non-custodial NFT infrastructure for the entire community.
What value-adding features will be available to the Moonbeam community?
Let&rsquo;s get into it below.
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Verified Collection Pages</h2>
Through this integration, we will set up and support verified collection pages for all Moonbeam collections that fit our verification parameters (don&rsquo;t worry, you can access EVERY Moonbeam NFT on NFTrade, but just verified collections will receive our coveted blue checkmark), offering simple and secure buying, selling, and escrowed peer-to-peer trading.
Beyond providing security and assurance, these verified collection pages also track relevant statistics within each individual collection, such as the average NFT sales price, total collection trading volume, collection floor price, and more. Furthermore, since NFTrade scrapes and indexes all of the metadata within each integrated network, users will also be able to easily search for specific NFTs based on their immutable characteristics, making identifying the exact NFT you desire incredibly straightforward.
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Initial NFT Offerings</h2>
Our decentralized launchpad makes it simple for developers, projects, and users to launch and access new NFTs. Soon, Moonbeam and Polkadot-based NFT projects will be able to apply for Initial NFT Offerings (INOs), taking full advantage of our decentralized infrastructure and NFT-focused user base. Users will be able to spend $GLMR natively for all purchases and interactions.
We are excited to grow alongside the Moonbeam NFT ecosystem, paving the way for what&rsquo;s possible in the NFT realm of this innovative network.
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">About NFTrade</h2>
NFTrade is the first cross-chain and blockchain-agnostic NFT platform. We are an aggregator of all NFT marketplaces and host the complete NFT lifecycle, allowing anyone to seamlessly create, buy, sell, swap, farm, and leverage NFTs across different blockchains. Using NFTrade, anyone can gain access to the entirety of their NFT, unlocking the total value of the NFT market.
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">About Moonbeam and Moonriver</h2>
Moonbeam and Moonriver are Ethereum-compatible smart contract platforms on the Polkadot and Kusama networks that make it easy to build natively interoperable applications. This Ethereum compatibility allows developers to deploy existing Solidity smart contracts and DApp frontends to Moonbeam and Moonriver with minimal changes. Following Moonriver&rsquo;s tremendous success on Kusama as the most active deployment destination for over 80 DApps, Moonbeam benefits from the shared security of the Polkadot relay chain and integrations with other chains that are connected to Polkadot. Learn more: <a style="color: #34495e; text-decoration: underline;" href="https://moonbeam.network/">https://moonbeam.network/</a>

NFTrade Integrates Moonbeam as 6th Live Mainnet

NFTrade Integrates Moonbeam

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From enhanced liquidity to lack of asset segmentation, to enhanced usability, the introduction of cross-chain capabilities to the NFT market will provide new pathways for all stakeholders to get the most value from their non-fungible tokens. This is one of the cornerstones of what we see as the necessary future of the broader NFT ecosystem, and now, with our strategic partnership with Muon, we are one step closer to turning this idea into a reality for all.
We are thrilled to announce this collaboration long in the making, with Muon providing the necessary infrastructure to facilitate all of our cross-chain NFT needs. Through both EVM-based chains like Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain, Polygon, and Avalanche, as well as non-EVM chains like Solana, Muon is introducing a highly capable and dynamic infrastructure that will enable all NFTs to achieve maximum fluidity and usability. Soon, NFT owners can say goodbye to three-figure Ethereum gas fees without having to sacrifice access to top-tier projects exclusively available on the Ethereum blockchain.
Following this integration, we will begin to see the first traces of million-dollar NFTs across ALL chains, and with much more enhanced liquidity options than what was previously available. What was once only relegated to the Ethereum and Solana NFT ecosystems will now have new homes across a variety of blockchain networks.
&ldquo;Considering the fact that Muon combines all these blockchains, it also brings all their users together. Under Muon each chain will be able to display its advantages, while still being connected to other networks. This is no different for the capabilities of NFTs or any other blockchain industry; Muon is there to connect all the chains together.&rdquo; &mdash; Lafayette, Muon co-founder.
As for NFT-based and play-to-earn gaming, this means an influx of high-quality and usable NFT assets that were plagued by high transaction costs and slow transaction finalization. For instance, imagine trying to utilize a Bored Ape to take part in an Ethereum-based NFT game; the user would quickly rack up thousands of dollars in transaction fees within no time at all. Finally, with this upcoming integration, amazing games across all blockchain ecosystems will be able to seamlessly integrate any NFT they desire, completely destroying these unnecessary barriers to entry.
To call this a game-changer would be an understatement, as cross-chain interoperability has the opportunity to revolutionize the NFT asset class, ushering in an entirely new era of usability. As our live implementation of these cross-chain capabilities becomes imminent, we foresee a hungry ecosystem ripe for growth, and with cross-chain interoperability in our foresight, NFTrade and Muon will be desegmenting this nascent asset class once and for all.
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">About NFTrade</h2>
NFTrade is the first cross-chain and blockchain-agnostic NFT platform. NFTrade is an aggregator of all NFT marketplaces and hosts the complete NFT lifecycle, allowing anyone to seamlessly create, buy, sell, swap, farm, and leverage NFTs across different blockchains. Using NFTrade, anyone can gain access to the entirety of their NFT, unlocking the total value of the NFT market.
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">About Muon</h2>
<a href="https://medium.com/muon/what-is-muon-41cdbd873e7e">Muon</a> is a decentralized node-network specializing in cross-chain infrastructure, which allows our partners to transact across multiple chains seamlessly. It helps to supercharge new &amp; existing projects, by adding secure cross-chain interoperability, along with a variety of custom dApp functionalities. In doing so, Muon is unleashing the full power of web3 &amp; the metaverse economy.
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NFTrade and Muon Announce Strategic Partnership for Cross-Chain NFT Interoperability

Cross-Chain NFT Interoperability

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As the NFT market continues to establish itself as a mainstream asset class within the cryptocurrency space, more innovation needs to occur that will add value to the user experience and make the process easier, more cost-effective, and overall more useful to end users. This will be accomplished through the introduction of innovative new platforms with groundbreaking features, providing a clear path to more value. At NFTrade, this is one of our focuses, as we believe that introducing the right features to NFT creators, owners, and traders has the ability to launch the <a href="https://medium.com/@NFTrade/what-are-nfts-the-definitive-guide-on-non-fungible-tokens-62e989ef92b?source=your_stories_page-------------------------------------">NFT</a> asset class to new levels. Below are some of the unique features we are implementing that are not available across the entirety of the NFT landscape, especially within a singular platform.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">Decentralized and Escrowed Peer-to-Peer Swaps</h1>
For an industry focusing on decentralization, there are not currently many decentralized options to facilitate the sale or trading of NFTs. Most NFT marketplaces do not even allow for swaps, only allowing for the buying and selling of NFTs, ignoring a vital sector of the market. Regardless of if the NFT is a rare piece of art, a gaming item, or a representation of a physical asset or basket of goods, many users within the space are not looking to cash out, but to bolster their portfolio, which they can only accomplish through the introduction of a trading mechanism. This is accomplished through <a href="https://medium.com/@NFTrade/the-power-of-peer-to-peer-nft-swaps-for-gamers-bd1c03465788?source=your_stories_page-------------------------------------">peer-to-peer (P2P) swaps</a>, offering the ability for two users to directly trade with one another without oversight or verification from a third party.
Not only will we be introducing an intuitive trading platform, but everything will be safely escrowed to ensure that both parties involved are protected and satisfied with the transaction. As the NFT marketplace matures and more users are using NFTs across different sectors, this will allow for asset-to-asset transactions without exiting the marketplace. For example, suppose you are the owner of a valuable CryptoPunk. In this case, you may want to trade for an alternative CryptoPunk you like more without withdrawing entirely from the market, but with the current infrastructure, this is not possible. You would have to sell and rebuy the CryptoPunk you want, losing a substantial amount of fees through the process. We can also apply this to items within an RPG or any other NFT gaming item &mdash; and for high-frequency users, this current methodology is unsustainable in terms of fee requirements. With escrowed P2P swaps, a largely unaddressed portion of the market will now be highly accessible, generating additional value for all who opt to transact in this way.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">Multi-Chain and Cross-Chain Accessibility</h1>
One of the hot button issues surrounding the cryptocurrency ecosystem is cross-chain accessibility, or the ability to <a href="https://medium.com/@NFTrade/how-multi-chain-accessibility-adds-value-to-the-nft-economy-e40c5791f1a0?source=your_stories_page-------------------------------------">use non-native network cryptocurrencies across multiple networks</a>. This topic is being spearheaded mainly because of the current inefficiencies experienced within Ethereum, the largest smart contract platform and the dominant host for most NFT assets. As more users enter the blockchain and DeFi ecosystems, Ethereum network blocks are filling up faster and faster, resulting in highly unsustainable transaction fees that can eclipse $100 or more in some instances.
With the introduction of multi-chain and <a href="https://medium.com/@NFTrade/the-importance-of-cross-chain-interactions-for-nfts-28a43421beac?source=your_stories_page-------------------------------------">cross-chain</a> access, users will still retain full sovereignty over their Ethereum-based NFTs, but they will be able to take advantage of features that other networks offer, such as faster transaction finality and lower fees. It will also enable further integration of assets into previously non-congruent networks, expand interoperability, and make assets across networks compatible with each other and non-native applications. Imagine only being able to send a text message to other users of your phone network, or only being able to send an email to someone using the same email platform as you. This is the everyday experience that NFT holders are currently forced to abide by, drastically limiting the capabilities that NFTs can bring forward.
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<h5 style="text-align: center;">A graphic demonstrating our cross-chain swapping framework</h5>
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">Social Features</h1>
NFTs are valuable assets, but we should not ignore the fun and collectibility building up alongside this marketplace. As an artistic and expressive medium, NFTs are not meant to be cooped up and hidden, but shared with the world. With this in mind, we will be introducing <a href="https://medium.com/@NFTrade/an-nft-based-social-platform-combines-collectibility-and-community-c30bf30780cc?source=your_stories_page-------------------------------------">social features</a> making it easy for the NFT community to interact with other collectors and creators, share NFT stories, and maybe most importantly, the ability to show off your NFTs to like-minded individuals. We are putting the &lsquo;fun&rsquo; back in non-fungible token, and by creating a space for community interaction and sharing, we plan to foster creativity and relationships within the NFT market.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">NFT Launchpad</h1>
The final feature we are ready to reveal is our upcoming <a href="https://medium.com/@NFTrade/an-nft-project-launchpad-allows-users-to-gain-ground-floor-investment-access-b89dc5ee87d1?source=your_stories_page-------------------------------------">NFT launchpad</a>, a vital access point for the convergence of early-stage NFT-based cryptocurrency projects and everyday users. Launchpads allow for the democratization of capital raising, replacing traditional venture capital firms with a group of ordinary community investors. This allows for new projects to raise capital while also developing a loyal community early in their lifecycle, while also allowing everyday investors to get involved in projects previously reserved for an elite class of investors.
Launchpads embody the ethos of DeFi, and the growth of this application sector presents a lot of interesting new possibilities. With the continued usage of popular launchpads such as Polkastarter and DAO Maker, these launchpads have begun rejecting high potential projects due to the sheer volume of requests for project launches that they receive. By offering an NFT launchpad, we will be able to set in motion the future of decentralized fundraising within this asset class, a much-needed application that is not presently available. Throughout our extensive network of community partners, we will be able to corral some of the top projects in the space pertaining to NFTs, passing the investment opportunities to our users.
We did a deep analysis of the current offerings within the NFT space and what it&rsquo;s missing, and we&rsquo;ve determined these are some of the most crucial aspects to introduce as soon as possible. As we continue to grow and establish ourselves within this market sector, we think these features will propel NFTs forward like never before.
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This guide has been brought to you by NFTrade, the first cross-chain and blockchain-agnostic NFT platform. NFTrade hosts the complete NFT lifecycle, allowing anyone to seamlessly create, buy, sell, trade, and leverage their NFTs across different blockchains. Using NFTrade, anyone can gain access to the entirety of their NFT, unlocking the full value of the NFT market.

Unique Features Available on NFTrade

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The total market capitalization of all cryptocurrencies recently surpassed two trillion dollars for the first time, a significant milestone, yet still a drop in the bucket of the entire global monetary base. A substantial portion of the world&rsquo;s assets is tied up in fiat currencies, around <a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/money/13497643/how-much-money-in-the-world/">$215 trillion</a> according to some sources, and for cryptographic assets like NFTs to gain significant mainstream acceptance, they need to be accessible to a broader portion of the population.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">Money Is Waiting on The Sideline</h1>
Following Christie&rsquo;s now famous sale of Beeple&rsquo;s most sought-after NFT for <a href="https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/beeple-first-5000-days/beeple-b-1981-1/112924?ldp_breadcrumb=back">almost $70 million</a>, NFTs were really put on the map for the first time, but they are still largely inaccessible to many. NFTs are tradable with cryptocurrencies, especially their native platform currencies like ETH or BNB, but not much else. There is a lot of wealth flowing through the blockchain industry, but there are various technical, financial, and security-based barriers that are keeping traditional investors and speculators on the sideline. By introducing a fiat currency onramp to NFT platforms, this new asset class will become much more accessible to the conventional investor class.
As of 2018, the global physical art market was valued at a whopping <a href="https://www.statista.com/topics/1119/art-market/#:~:text=The%20global%20art%20market%20was,39%20million%20the%20previous%20year.">$69 billion</a>, with fiat currencies accounting for virtually all of the transactions. Many are beginning to see NFTs as the next logical step for the art and collectibles market, and we as an industry need to introduce fiat currencies options so these investors can more easily get involved.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">No Current Options</h1>
Although the need for fiat integration seems rather evident, hardly any NFT platforms have introduced them as payment methods. Nifty Gateways, a popular centralized NFT platform, has granted partial fiat integration in collaboration with an auction it is holding alongside Christie&rsquo;s, but it is limited to buyers who are spending over $100,000 or more. That may allow some of the higher-end art market to get involved, but it essentially leaves out any everyday collector, investor, or speculator looking to make a purchase without having a relatively in-depth understanding of cryptocurrencies.
Most NFT platforms are built using Ethereum, with some built on Binance Smart Chain or other lesser adopted smart contract platforms, which is usually the only currency option they host. Integrating fiat payment options would make NFTs accessible to regular buyers regardless of the chain that hosted them.
One only has to look as far as the success seen by <a href="http://nbatopshot.com/">NBA Top Shot</a>, the licensed digital trading card game created by Dapper Labs and the NBA. They are fully fiat integrated, with many customers having no idea that their assets are NFTs or how the digital infrastructure works; they just know that their cards are verifiably scarce. NBA Top Shot has generated over $500 million in revenue, showing the major cash inflows that fiat integration allows.
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<h5 style="text-align: center;">Two sold out digital pack options users can open to find collectible NFT cards from their favorite players (nbatopshot.com)</h5>
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">Looking Ahead</h1>
<a href="http://nftrade.com/">NFTrade</a> will be focusing on implementing fiat integration, as stated on our roadmap, offering users the ability to purchase NFTs using a credit or debit card in their native currency. This simplified process will enable almost anyone to get involved, mitigating the intricacies of dealing with MetaMask and other technical functions. For mainstream market penetration, a fiat gateway is necessary, as it brings with it a whole new market of potential users.

The Importance of Bringing Fiat Currency Integration to NFTs

NFT Value of Fiat Currency Integration

Value of Fiat Currency Integration to NFTs

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There&rsquo;s a respected adage in the cryptocurrency community &mdash; not your keys, not your coins &mdash; and this also equally applies to non-fungible tokens. This proverb tries to convey the idea that if you do not control the access mechanism to your digital assets, in this case, the private keys that give the holder access to their holdings, then you do not really own them, as they are not in your control. This doesn&rsquo;t solely apply to cryptocurrency either, as we&rsquo;ve seen citizens from countries all around the world line up at their local banks to take out their money only to be rejected and have no access to their hard-earned savings.
With the very real possibilities of manipulation, hacking, or general misconduct that can put your assets at risk, you must have a proper storage plan and method for your NFTs. This becomes more important as you deal with more valuable NFTs, but everything is relative; you do not want to lose or have an NFT stolen regardless if it&rsquo;s worth $100 or $1,000,000.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">Safety Versus Accessibility</h1>
We&rsquo;ve all heard the horror stories of cryptocurrency owners that lose access to their wallets, making their precious cryptocurrency holdings unavailable, or having <a href="https://www.coindesk.com/nifty-gateway-nft-hack-lessons">everything stolen from them</a>, so how can we keep our assets secure without taking on a high potential risk of loss? This requires a systematic plan and fail-proof backups, as preparation is always the best way to establish a proper safety protocol.
The first option for NFT storage is on an application &lsquo;<a href="https://www.investopedia.com/terms/h/hot-wallet.asp#:~:text=A%20hot%20wallet%20is%20a%20tool%20that%20allows%20cryptocurrency%20users,act%20as%20a%20security%20measure.">hot wallet</a>&rsquo;, a cryptocurrency wallet where the private keys are either held by another party or readily available to interact with online. These are the most accessible wallets to interact with, but come with the weakest levels of security. Many NFT platforms offer built-in hot wallets, but make sure you are comfortable with the application before storing your assets there long term.
For example, if you hold Binance Smart Chain-based NFTs, you can keep them on Binance&rsquo;s built-in native wallet. This makes your NFT highly accessible, but more prone to loss or damage if <a href="https://academy.binance.com/en/articles/an-introduction-to-binance-smart-chain-bsc">BSC</a> is hacked or overtaken. For novice NFT users, hot wallets can be a viable option, as they generally require a lot less technical knowledge to interact with while still providing a base level of safety. Once you get a little more experienced, or if you are already deeply involved in the cryptocurrency space, you can move towards hardware and cold storage options.
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<h5 style="text-align: center;">A visualization of hot wallet versus cold wallet features (phemex.com)</h5>
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">The Power of Controlling Your Private Keys</h1>
Cold storage wallets are cryptocurrency wallets where the private key is entirely offline, making it much, much harder for anyone to gain access to your holdings. Cold storage wallets generally fall into two categories, hardware wallets and paper wallets, with both representing strong options for storing cryptocurrencies.
Hardware wallets like <a href="https://www.ledger.com/">Ledger</a> and Trezor are top-rated storage options that millions of people use to safely store their cryptographic assets. These highly encrypted physical devices store the users&rsquo; private keys offline and make them largely inaccessible to anyone besides the owner, adding additional security layers. With a hardware wallet, you can send a NFT to your wallet address and access it without releasing your private keys to the internet, a very powerful and safe tool.
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<h5 style="text-align: center;">The Ledger Nano X hardware wallet (ledger.com)</h5>
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If you really want to stay off the grid, you can make your own <a href="https://www.investopedia.com/terms/p/paper-wallet.asp">paper wallet</a>, or a wallet address with absolutely no digital traces to your private key. This wallet can be created on an online or offline computer, allowing the users to write down or store their private keys on a piece of paper, metal, wood, or any other medium as the ultimate form of protection. You can even store your private keys solely in your memory, leaving no physical traces for anyone. Be careful, however. If you lose your private keys or forget them, the assets you store within the wallet will be forever inaccessible.
Many who use paper wallets will have them engraved in metal so the lettering cannot smudge or distort, then storing them in a safe or bank safety deposit box for ultimate safekeeping. This option provides the maximum level of safety, but also a minimal level of accessibility.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">Hybrids</h1>
If you want more accessibility than a cold storage wallet and more safety than an in-house application wallet, there are hybrid wallets like <a href="https://metamask.io/">MetaMask</a> that offer a good alternative. Although not the physical wallet itself, just an interactable representation, MetaMask allows users to have complete control over their private keys on an active browser wallet. The more safety precautions you take, the better, but as long as your computer isn&rsquo;t compromised and you do not reveal your browser wallet private keys, you will have a highly accessible wallet with robust security features.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">Which Option to Choose</h1>
There is no definitive correct answer on which wallet to store your NFTs, as it heavily relies on your preferences and how you plan to interact with your NFTs in the near and long-term future. If you want to mint and sell your NFTs, a hot wallet may make sense for you until the completion of the sale. If you want to keep your NFTs safely tucked away with no interactions from the outside world, then immediately starting with a cold storage wallet may be the optimal choice. Remember that each option has its pros and cons, but at the end of the day, if you do not fully control and protect your private keys, your NFTs could potentially be at risk.
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How to Safely Store NFTs

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Although there is no guarantee that making an NFT means yours is going to sell for almost <a href="https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/beeple-first-5000-days/lots/2020">$70 million like Beeple&rsquo;s</a>, non-fungible tokens allow anyone to express themselves artistically and capture their creations in limited edition, verifiably scarce digital collectibles as works of art. As NFTs become more popular and more artists and creators use them as a medium and means of distribution, it is becoming easier to create NFTs.
This creation process, known as &lsquo;minting&rsquo;, is becoming more straightforward as innovative developers build applications to mitigate the technical complexities. Through layer two scaling solutions, some platforms can even offer their users the ability to mint new NFTs without paying a network fee. Let&rsquo;s go over how you can mint your own NFT, and all the steps you need to complete in the process.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">Starting Your Journey</h1>
NFTs can represent essentially any type of digital file, with artists creating NFTs featuring pictures, videos, gifs, audio files, and mixtures of them all. There are also utility NFT tokens, which provide a good or service and contain inherent value coded within them, but we will focus on artistic NFTs for now.
There are quite a few choices concerning creating NFTs, and for most, it will begin with choosing their preferred network and NFT platform. This choice will also impact how you can transfer and sell your NFT, so make sure you choose wisely, or you may end up spending additional transaction fees moving around your digital assets. You can create NFTs on any platform with a non-fungible token standard, with the most common currently being Ethereum and<a href="https://academy.binance.com/en/articles/an-introduction-to-binance-smart-chain-bsc"> Binance Smart Chain</a>.
Once you have the file chosen that you want to use, you can move onto the next step &mdash; downloading and connecting a cryptocurrency browser wallet. This can be a wallet such as <a href="https://metamask.io/">Metamask</a>, WalletConnect, or Dapper. These wallets allow you to have a cryptocurrency wallet address that can interact with online applications, a necessary function when minting your NFT. Most browser wallets are Ethereum-based, meaning you will only be able to create on the Ethereum network, so if you want to mint an NFT on another network, make sure you have a usable digital wallet like Metamask, which offers multiple network integration capabilities.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">The Production Process</h1>
After you set up your wallet and you have chosen the platform you&rsquo;d like to create your NFT on, it&rsquo;s time to begin minting. If you are minting an Ethereum-based NFT, the current most popular network to host NFTs, you will also need about $50-$100 worth of Ethereum to pay transaction fees. This is due to increased transactions on the Ethereum blockchain, clogging up the network and<a href="https://ycharts.com/indicators/ethereum_average_transaction_fee#:~:text=Ethereum%20Average%20Transaction%20Fee%20is,K%25%20from%20one%20year%20ago."> increasing user costs</a>.
Some platforms offer the ability to create Ethereum-based NFTs without paying a fee to the network, but not every platform has implemented this type of layer two solution yet. With the launch of NFTrade, this will be a feature we will focus on, as we want to make it as straightforward and cost-effective as possible for anyone to create an NFT.
Some NFT platforms will make you sign up for a username and password to create, while others will only require you to connect your browser wallet to the application. Once you are logged in or connected, you can click on the &lsquo;Create&rsquo; button that you can usually find on all non-technical creation platforms. The platform handles all the backend technicalities, making it simple for a user to launch their NFT intuitively.
When you click the &lsquo;add new item&rsquo; or &lsquo;create&rsquo; button, you will most likely have to sign off a wallet transaction that will let the application interact with your wallet address. You can sign this transaction freely; your wallet will always inform you before you have to pay any fee, so do not worry about being charged without your knowledge. At this point, you&rsquo;ve pretty much tackled all the most challenging parts, and from here, it&rsquo;s smooth sailing.
You can now upload your chosen file to the platform, give it a title, identify the external link to the item&rsquo;s detail page (an optional way to present the owner with more information about the token), and provide an item description. If you are creating a gaming item, a generally more complex NFT creation process, you can also assign in-game attributes to your NFT at this stage. Finally, you input any additional unlockable content that the owner will receive upon purchase, decide how many copies you would like in the total supply, and click create.
Congratulations, you have now created your first NFT and are on your way to take the NFT world by storm. The NFT market has already grown drastically over the last few years, and it seems to be continuing in this direction as more people become aware of the capabilities and relative ease of you that NFTs offer.
If you are wondering how to store, sell, or exchange your NFTs, don&rsquo;t worry &mdash; we will cover that shortly, so stay tuned!
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This guide has been brought to you by NFTrade, the first cross-chain and blockchain-agnostic NFT platform. NFTrade hosts the complete NFT lifecycle, allowing anyone to seamlessly create, buy, sell, trade, and leverage their NFTs across different blockchains. Using NFTrade, anyone can gain access to the entirety of their NFT, unlocking the full value of the NFT market.

How to Mint Your First NFT

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<h1 style="text-align: center;">The Importance of Interoperability</h1>
With the high fees and technical struggles associated with interacting on the Ethereum and Bitcoin blockchains, the two largest and most used distributed ledger networks, network interoperability has become a hot-button issue. Like the internet as a whole, the entire ecosystem will provide more utility to end users when different platforms work together. This needs to be applied to the blockchain industry at large, and with the rapid growth in NFTs, the non-fungible token asset class is a great place to start.
There are many reasons that an application or platform becomes stronger by branching out to additional networks. Below, we have identified some of the most powerful aspects of introducing multi-chain accessibility to non-fungible tokens.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">Going Blockchain Agnostic</h1>
Being blockchain agnostic means that a distributed ledger platform or application is available on all usable blockchains, unleashing its full capabilities as it penetrates all potential user bases. Imagine if specific web browsers could only interact with certain websites; it would be an absolute mess. With interoperable and blockchain agnostic applications, a platform does not have to worry about excluding any potential market stakeholders. Everyone who wants to utilize the platform can easily access it.
We can also apply this concept to cryptographic assets, with NFTs being no exception. The theory is simple in principle and practice, but challenging to execute properly; the more access points to your application, the higher the chance of capturing additional users and network value. With NFTs now accessible on many platforms &mdash; Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain, Flow, <a href="https://on.wax.io/wax-io/">WAX</a>, Cardano, HECO, and more, giving the native NFTs of each chain the ability to migrate to others will bring additional opportunities to all.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">Introducing New Parties to NFTs</h1>
Some users are loyal to Ethereum, others are open to exploring the Binance Smart Chain and other new platforms, but by introducing multi-chain accessibility, it doesn&rsquo;t matter which network the end user prefers. By making NFTs available across multiple chains, there will be no barriers holding back any party from involving themselves in this new asset class.
This holds especially true for building a bridge to the traditional finance and fiat currency worlds, as that is a largely untapped market that can bring massive growth to the NFT sector. Although not a &lsquo;chain&rsquo;, the fiat realm is not an area that NFT applications shouldn&rsquo;t overlook. However, regardless of fiat currency&rsquo;s interoperability with NFTs, by catering to all chains, a platform knows that it is reaching out to the maximum user base available, strengthening its chances of capturing the NFT-related value of the chain.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">Unlocking Additional Liquidity</h1>
Certain isolated chains have millions or billions of dollars of liquidity sitting on top of their networks, just waiting for the right application to come along that will absorb it up by providing unrestricted value. With the rising and continued interest seen within the NFT ecosystem, a multi-chain NFT platform can provide this gateway.
For example, think of the all the recently minted BNB millionaires that saw their holdings skyrocket in value. <a href="https://academy.binance.com/en/articles/an-introduction-to-binance-smart-chain-bsc">BSC</a>, the chain that hosts BNB as a native asset, has very limited NFT applications at the moment, almost nothing when compared to the robust NFT market seen on Ethereum. By creating a multi-chain NFT platform, BSC users could spend their hard-earned BNB on Ethereum-based NFTs, and vice versa. The importance of this liquidity injection should not be understated, and may be the basis of establishing a long-standing NFT marketplace.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">Mitigating Fees</h1>
Transaction fees are a final aspect of multi-chain interactions that we need to highlight. Anyone who has used <a href="https://ethereum.org/en/">Ethereum</a> recently has gotten a taste of the unsustainable fees. As interest in NFTs and DeFi grows, more users are flocking to the industry&rsquo;s largest decentralized smart contract platform, bogging down transactional capabilities along the way.
As more users conduct transactions, Ethereum blocks are filling up faster and faster, causing users to experience longer transaction times and higher fees if they want their transactions verified. What started out as a marginal amount now regularly eclipses $50-$100 per transaction, a clearly unsustainable rate for any regular user.
By introducing multi-chain NFT interactions, users can mint their NFT on one chain with low fees and migrate it over to a more popular network to conduct their sale. There are so many options that users can utilize to downsize fees, but they are not feasible without a viable multi-chain platform. If an everyday user wants to purchase an NFT for the equivalent of $50, they will not be willing to spend an additional $50-$100 in fees to acquire it; the math simply does not add up. Through multi-chain interactions, this bottleneck will be entirely mitigated, leaving the value realization for creators, buyers, and sellers, and not network validators capitalizing on obscenely high transaction fees.
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<h5 style="text-align: center;">The average Ethereum transaction fee has continued to rise over the last five years (ycharts.com)</h5>
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">The Proof Is In the Pudding</h1>
When you get the complete picture of the drawbacks of current networks and how we can improve upon them through multi-chain integration, it becomes clear that this is the solution the market will move towards going forward. As collectible and value-storing assets, NFTs are a great use case to showcase the power of interoperability and blockchain agnostic interactions. NFTrade understands the power that multi-chain cooperation represents, and is working to provide the framework to create an NFT hub to service every chain with NFT capabilities.
This article has been brought to you by NFTrade, the first multi-chain and blockchain-agnostic NFT platform. NFTrade hosts the complete NFT lifecycle, allowing anyone to seamlessly create, buy, sell, trade, and leverage their NFTs across different blockchains. Using NFTrade, anyone can gain access to the entirety of their NFT, unlocking the full value of the NFT market.

How Multi-Chain Accessibility Adds Value to the NFT Economy

Value of Multi-Chain Accessibility

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Sports are an important aspect of global culture, and with the innovations seen in the blockchain space, specifically with non-fungible tokens (NFTs), professional athletes and their supporters can connect like never before. NFTs allow for verifiable digital ownership rights, offering tech-savvy athletes and their management teams the option to provide new methods of rewarding fan loyalty. From digital collectibles, charity fundraising, advertising deals, rights to future earnings, and more, NFTs are changing the game for professional athletes, literally and figuratively.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">Starting With the Basics: Digital Collectibles</h1>
The most straightforward introduction to NFTs is through verifiably scarce digital collectibles, which many athletes have begun to produce. These NFTs can be highly sought-after if made by an athlete with a substantial following or likable personality. We have already seen this demonstrated multiple times with athletes across almost every sport. With the success NFTs have already experienced and no signs of the NFT market slowing down any time soon, digital collectibles are a unique way for athletes to personally create something that their fans can own as a representation of their admiration.
With all the hoopla around NBA Top Shot, which has generated over $500 million in revenue through the sale of their NBA licensed digital collectibles, American Football players are following suit and have so far been some of the most susceptible athletes to get involved. We&rsquo;ve seen professional football players from all levels of popularity create their own NFTs and even NFT-focused companies. From Tom Brady, the debatably greatest football player of all time, to Taylor Rapp, an up-and-coming defender, and everyone in between, NFTs are hot for NFL players. These collectibles allow anyone to own a piece directly from their favorite athletes, bringing the concept of collectible memorabilia to the digital stage.
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<h5 style="text-align: center;">Rapp pays homage to his Chinese heritage through his NFTs.</h5>
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">Bringing Body Billboards to the Digital Age</h1>
We&rsquo;ve all driven past a car or house with a company logo plastered on the side of it for marketing exposure, but NFTs allows athletes and influencers to do this with their body parts, with the NFT serving as the verifiable receipt of ownership. Athletes have begun selling NFTs representing marketing, body art, and even tattooing rights for portions of their bodies. This can also be adopted within the entertainment industry or by celebrities, but an athlete is the first to experiment with it.
The first athlete to auction off a body part&rsquo;s rights as an NFT was Oleksandra Oliynykova, a Croatian tennis player. She <a href="https://opensea.io/assets/0x495f947276749ce646f68ac8c248420045cb7b5e/73915159672205439806165659676294116767432804025715086206809379148247781605377">sold the rights to her right arm</a> between her elbow and shoulder, the dominant arm she uses to smash balls across the court during tournament play. This allows the owner tattoo or body art rights between a 15x8 cm section on her upper arm, a seriously interesting offer. The user also has the option to burn the token or keep her arm untainted, but they will always know they own the right to do whatever they want with it. The NFT originally sold for 3 ETH; the owner is yet to sell it, even for an offer they received for 5 ETH.
The 20-year-old tennis star will be playing at Wimbledon, where any NFT-related tattoo would for sure get a lot of attention. Oliynykova is very aware of the opportunities NFTs present, writing in her NFT sales description, &ldquo;I will bring your art object or message to every tennis court I play. As I am 20 years old only and my sports career is on the rise, I believe it&rsquo;s gonna be the biggest tennis locations in the world. It is an extremely rare opportunity &mdash; as this is the only place on my body I plan to offer as an NFT&rdquo;. If Oliynykova becomes the next big star, the tattoo rights to her arm could skyrocket in value, offering new investment opportunities for speculators.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">Giving Back to the Community</h1>
Whether it be through an auction, partnership, or a set price sale, some athletes have started using NFTs to empower their favorite charities. NFTs are fully programmable by their creator, so they have total control over how the money for an NFT sale is distributed. Famous quarterbacks and brothers Peyton and Eli Manning will be<a href="https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10000881-peyton-eli-manning-to-launch-nft-artwork-proceeds-to-be-donated-to-charity"> releasing their own NFT collection this week</a>, with a portion of the proceeds going to support Tackle Kids Cancer and the Peyton Manning Children&rsquo;s Hospital in Indianapolis.
Super Bowl winner and potential next-in-line top football player Patrick Mahomes has also <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/12/patrick-mahomes-to-sell-nft-trading-cards.html">used NFTs for good</a>. The customized digital trading cards he sold carried a minimum price tag of $2,500, with a portion of the proceeds going towards Mahomes&rsquo; foundation, 15 and the Mahomies, as well as the Boys &amp; Girls Clubs of Missouri, a children&rsquo;s charity within the state in which he plays football.
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<h5 style="text-align: center;">Examples of Mahome&rsquo;s NFT trading cards (cnbc.com)</h5>
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">Meet and Greets, Real World Items, and More</h1>
NFTs are digital assets, but that doesn&rsquo;t mean they exclude the possibilities of the physical world. Many athletes have tied real-world items and giveaways to their NFTs, providing value beyond the digital asset&rsquo;s collectibility. Rob &lsquo;Gronk&rsquo; Gronkowski, one of the NFL&rsquo;s greatest players, has released a set of NFTs where the one-of-one version contains special surprises for the owner. Not only does the user get the one-of-a-kind NFT, but they get a meet and greet with the football star and VIP tickets to one of his games next season. We will most likely see many more athletes include physical items packaged with their NFTs, as it&rsquo;s another way for them to reward their biggest supporters.
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<h5 style="text-align: center;">NFTs can provide many features beyond collectibility (gronknft.com)</h5>
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">Rights to Future Earnings &mdash; The Ultimate Upfront Deal</h1>
For investors, this concept can provide similar returns to the creation of athlete body part NFTs; if you invest in an athlete early, or &lsquo;buy low&rsquo;, and they become a major success, you can then realize a substantial return on your investment through the athlete&rsquo;s future income generation. In the same way as a traditional contract, nothing is stopping an athlete from fielding an investment in return for a portion of their future earnings.
Imagine being able to invest in Lebron James&rsquo; contractual earnings before he joined the NBA or Lionel Messi&rsquo;s before going pro. The opportunities for all involved parties would be plentiful, to say the least. Athletes will be able to monetize themselves earlier than currently available and get rewarded for their hard work. At the same time, speculators can create a whole new market of &lsquo;fantasy sports&rsquo; based on future prospects. No professional athletes have tried out this concept, but we will surely see it soon.
As non-fungible tokens become more pervasive , many more use cases for NFTs will pop up as innovators test new ways to push the digital boundaries. The fact that athletes and celebrities of all sizes are getting involved in the NFT market speaks volumes of its future potential as a new asset class, one that is likely only just getting started.

Athletes Are Using NFTs to Provide Tangible Value to Fans and Supporters

Athletes and NFTs

<h1 style="text-align: center;">How Celebrities Are Utilizing NFTs to Give Back to Fans and Create New Opportunities</h1>
By bringing verifiable authenticity and scarcity to unique digital items for the first time, NFTs are introducing new properties to non-physical assets that many have begun to take advantage of. This isn&rsquo;t just limited to tech-savvy developers, creators, or investors, as many famous names have already started riding the NFT train, introducing innovative assets to their fans and the general market. With many NFTs offering their owners vast utility beyond pure collectibility, the number of potential use cases is growing by the day.
Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are one-of-a-kind digital assets that are provably distinguishable from one another. Anyone can produce their own NFT, preprogramming it with unique characteristics in order to benefit the token holder down the line. The fact that celebrities of all types, ranging from musicians, actors, athletes, artists, social media personalities, and more, have begun experimenting with NFTs speaks to their potential. With the NFT marketplace beginning to solidify itself in the mainstream eye, here are the main ways celebrities are using NFTs to unite with fans.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">Rewarding Fans</h1>
A connection between fans and their favorite musician, artist, or celebrity is extremely powerful, and through NFTs, collectibility, digital art, and utility is blended together to create a brand new fan experience. Many times, the production of these assets represents something very significant to their celebrity creator. For example, Rob &ldquo;Gronk&rdquo; Gronkowski, one of the most successful players ever to play in the NFL, created <a href="https://opensea.io/collection/rob-gronkowski-championship-series-nfts">NFT digital trading cards</a> to commemorate each of his four Super Bowl championships.
Out of this commemorative collection is a one-of-one exclusive <a href="https://opensea.io/assets/0x495f947276749ce646f68ac8c248420045cb7b5e/63396559382108366891552229105139045122666232910269256654657359362664106557441">Career Highlight Refractor card</a>, which also included a meet-and-greet with Gronkowski and two VIP All-Access tickets to one of his games next season. This NFT ties together the digital and physical worlds, providing a unique collectible for the owner that delivers tangible value in the form of a personal meetup and tickets. The NFT also holds other &lsquo;unlockable features&rsquo;, which are private features that only the token holder can see and access.
The popular rock band, The Kings of Leon, has also gotten into the NFT game, minting their newest album, &ldquo;<a href="https://opensea.io/assets/0x557430421f8f3ed0a92aca211f1c05ad7b606288/0">When You See Yourself</a>&rdquo;, in the form of an NFT. When purchasing this NFT, fans get access to a digital album download, a digital NFT Golden Eye vinyl record, and digital collectible alternative album artwork that is only available through this drop. All the money raised through the sales of the Kings of Leon NFTs was donated to help Live Nation&rsquo;s Crew Nation Fund, providing financial relief for live music crews around the world suffering during COVID-19. Not only do Kings of Leon supporters get to own a collectible version of their album, but they can also assist a good cause in the process.
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<h5 style="text-align: center;">The &ldquo;When You See Yourself&rdquo; NFT token sale page</h5>
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">Getting Digital Inside Access to Your Favorite Celebrities Lives</h1>
NFTs also give fans more insight into their favorite celebrities. Rappers Lil Pump and <a href="https://twitter.com/wayra_crypto/status/1378461714262396928/photo/2">Snoop Dogg</a> have both made NFTs, with one of Lil Pump&rsquo;s NFT granting five users ownership over a digital copy of one of his most-worn chains. With a multi-million dollar jewelry collection, his fans can get a digital taste of what Lil Pump is like. Commenting on the availability of his digital collectibles, <a href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/lil-pump-launches-the-lil-pump-nft-collection-for-high-end-collectors-and-fans-in-partnership-with-sweet-301244991.html">Lil Pump</a> stated, &ldquo;This is the future. Now you can live like me and own a rare NFT collectible of one of my favorite chains.&rdquo;
Socialite and apparent long-term Bitcoin holder Paris Hilton has also used <a href="https://parishilton.com/why-im-excited-about-nfts/">NFTs to connect with her fans</a>. Paris Hilton is not necessarily known for her art, but NFTs have given her a way to emotionally reveal herself in a manner that her fans may not be used to. <a href="https://news.bitcoin.com/paris-hilton-very-excited-bitcoin-long-term-cryptocurrency-investor/">Hilton</a> has dropped NFT artwork meant to invoke her thoughts on society, saying, &ldquo;It&rsquo;s something I created with another artist and it has to deal with female empowerment.&rdquo; These are just a few examples of how celebrities are shedding additional light into their lives for fans, with further NFT capabilities providing even more features.
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<h5 style="text-align: center;">Paris Hilton showing off an NFT art piece of her cat, which sold for $17,000 (decrypto.co)</h5>
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">Taking Influencer Advertising to New Heights</h1>
There&rsquo;s a reason you see Coca-Cola branding over all the Olympics or Gatorade in the hands of almost every athlete during televised professional sporting events; brands pay considerable sums to publicize advertising of their products. Through the sale of NFTs, intermediaries like marketing agencies, managers, PR firms, and more can be cut out of this costly process, allowing fans and advertisers to get direct access to sponsoring celebrities.
One of the first examples of this phenomenon is from Croatian tennis star Oleksandra Oliynykova, who sold the advertising and body art rights to her dominant arm tennis-playing arm. With ownership of this NFT, the<a href="https://opensea.io/assets/0x495f947276749ce646f68ac8c248420045cb7b5e/73915159672205439806165659676294116767432804025715086206809379148247781605377"> token holder has lifetime artistic rights over her right arm</a>, specifically between her elbow and shoulder, allowing them to decorate it with whatever they want when she is in tournament play. Initially selling for 3 Ether, there have been higher offers on Oliynykova&rsquo;s NFT, but the owner has not yet decided to sell.
This concept introduces brand new ways for athletes and celebrities to monetize themselves regardless of professional level or status. Soon, we may see many more up-and-comers opt to sell tattoo, body art, and advertising rights over specific areas of their body, allowing their fans to capitalize on their future success.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">NFTs Allow Fans to &lsquo;Invest&rsquo; in the Success of Their Favorite Celebrities</h1>
As innovations within the NFT space continue to unfold, celebrities and fans will have even more options to interact and grow with each other. The concept of &lsquo;investing&rsquo; in someone&rsquo;s career has never before been so accessible, especially for an everyday user. Record labels and management agencies can pay celebrities to hopefully see returns through sales and other profit-generating means, but NFTs have the ability to make this entire process obsolete.
Celebrities may soon be able to tokenize their future earnings or other aspects of their career to directly reward fans in exchange for upfront investment. Even without giving away direct rights to future income, fans can invest and sponsor their favorite celebrities through an NFT like Oleksandra Oliynykova&rsquo;s. You could apply her tokenized body billboard concept to any celebrity or athlete, and as their career progresses and they become more successful, the NFT guaranteeing the token owner the rights over a section of their body should proportionally grow in value. Imagine being able to invest in Leonardo DiCaprio in the 1990s or own the rights to decide the drumsticks or guitar for a band like Coldplay to perform with; NFTs enable all of these possibilities and more.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">This is Just the Tip of the Iceberg</h1>
Beyond celebrity involvement, many market signals are pointing to the longevity of NFTs as valuable digital assets. Some examples include the massive acceptance of digital collectibles like CryptoPunks, the first NFTs produced, and NBA Top Shot, NFT versions of digital basketball cards. The price of CryptoPunks shot up with the rise in NFT popularity, with many now carrying million dollar price tags, while NBA Top Shot has generated over $230 million in revenue as of the end of February 2021.
With the utility that creators can implement within each token, it&rsquo;s no surprise celebrities and fans alike are flocking to them in droves. As the NFT marketplace continues to mature, we should see more mainstream involvement from big-name stars within this blossoming asset class.

How Celebrities Are Utilizing NFTs to Give Back to Fans and Create New Opportunities

Celebrities and NFTs

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<h5 style="text-align: center;">A Bitcoin-inspired NFT art piece titled &ldquo;Bull Run&rdquo;, created by renowned graphic artist, Beeple (coincodex.com)</h5>
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Although NFTs provide various use cases, art and digital collectibles have established themselves as the current dominant categories in the space. In the span of a couple of years, we&rsquo;ve seen NFTs grow from an obscure subsector of the blockchain economy to one of the most talked-about and popular topics. Along the way, this has launched established artists into greater spheres of notoriety and catapulted many new artists into the mainstream spotlight.
With a new verifiably scarce medium to produce art, non-fungible tokens, artists can now provide the same provenance to digital art that was previously only available to its physical counterpart. Here are the top artists leading the way in the NFT space, collectively changing how the collectors and the industry as a whole view art and art investing.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">Beeple</h1>
If there&rsquo;s one artist you need to know in the NFT space, it&rsquo;s Mike Winkelmann, better known as Beeple, the top-selling NFT artist by a long shot. Beeple broke history when his collection of daily digital graphics was auctioned off by Christie&rsquo;s, one of the world&rsquo;s premier auction houses. This collection, titled &lsquo;<a href="https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/beeple-first-5000-days/lots/2020">Everydays: The First 5000 Days</a>&rsquo;, sold for a whopping $69.3 million, making Beeple the third highest-paid living artist.
This auction is largely responsible for the mainstream coverage and permeation of NFTs, as it was a genuinely historic moment. To date, Beeple has produced 845 NFTs with an average sales price of $133,850 each. Beeple&rsquo;s takes inspiration from all walks of life, including from the abstract and absurd. Many times, his art will feature cartoons, political figures, dystopian situations, and robots. He has been posting a new digital graphic every day for well over a decade, with his &lsquo;Everydays&rsquo; collection being the culmination of his work. For those of us who cannot fork over the six-figure sum to purchase a Beeple NFT, we can still follow his Instagram to view all of his art and new daily releases.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">Mad Dog Jones</h1>
<a href="https://maddogjones.com/">Mad Dog Jones</a> is a Canadian artist who combines elements of nature with cyberpunk features to make some very thought-provoking and creative work. Mad Dog Jones has created thousands of NFTs, including collaborations with famous musicians like Deadmau5. Mad Dog&rsquo;s most expensive piece to date is titled &lsquo;Boardwalk&rsquo; and features a digital clip of a back alley in an unidentified cityscape.
Mad Dog Jones stated that he&rsquo;s always drawn inspiration from Asian culture, so it&rsquo;s not a surprise to see many of these characteristics incorporated into his art. When asked to describe his art, he stated in an interview, &ldquo;It&rsquo;s all about timelines that existed in the past, in the future, or a parallel reality of something that could have happened&rdquo;. Mad Dog Jones was one of the first mainstream artists to embrace the NFT scene and continues to inspire with a unique approach and combination of artistic styles.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">Fewocious</h1>
In March 2020, <a href="https://fewocious.com/">Fewocious</a> sold his first art print for $90. At this point, he was a typical high schooler trying to figure out how he can make it on his own as an artist, and was thrilled to monetize his abilities for the first time.
He has now emerged as one of the top up-and-coming artists in the NFT scene, selling millions of dollars worth of digital collectible art to his loyal fan base. The 18-year-old artist, affectionately known as &lsquo;Fewo&rsquo; by his loyal fans, has amassed over 50,000 followers on Instagram, up from just a handful a few years back. Although he is quiet and soft-spoken, he boasts sales of over 3000 NFTs at an average price of over $5,000 per piece.
Fewocious channels his emotions and feelings to create deep surrealist pieces, many of which seem to resonate with his followers very deeply. Most of his creations are distinct from one another and focus on various themes that he has dealt with throughout his life. Fewocious is showing a whole new generation of artists that they can create on their own terms and be themselves, sending out a vital message on what it means to be an artist. Fewocious is currently working on a clothing collaboration and a few other artistic endeavors.
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<h5 style="text-align: center;">&ldquo;The Everlasting Beautiful&rdquo;, Fewocious&rsquo; highest-valued piece (nftcalendar.io)</h5>
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">SSX3LAU</h1>
This artist partnership between graphic artist SlimeSunday and DJ 3LAU creates truly unique pieces that are all constantly pushing the boundaries, undoubtedly one of the reasons for their success. SlimeSunday has no qualms dealing in the bizarre, regularly posting borderline imagery and sexual topics to his 500,000 Instagram followers. He is an artist in every sense of the word. With this collaboration, he has teamed up with 3LAU, a DJ and cryptocurrency bull, to create animated musical NFTs.
Both artists produce pieces individually, but the works they undertake together combines the creativity of both minds. A collaboration they produced called &lsquo;Gunky&rsquo;s Uprising&rsquo;, a 3-minute long song with visuals, sold for $1,333,333.33. This art partnership has so far rendered over 5,500 unique pieces, with many more to come as the duo continues to expand and test the limits of the art and technological worlds.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">Bosslogic</h1>
Bosslogic is another established artist that is pushing himself to new heights with NFTs. Kode Adobo, Bosslogic&rsquo;s real name, draws a lot of inspiration from popular culture, such as movies, athletics, music, and other aspects of the entertainment and art worlds. As an artist on the cutting-edge of graphic design, Bosslogic jumped onboard the NFT train early, making it more natural to establish himself as a prominent name in the space. Bosslogic has created just under 1150 NFT pieces, with an average sales price of around $4000 each.
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<h5 style="text-align: center;">&ldquo;The Crowned King&rdquo;, a one-of-one video clip NFT in collaboration with UFC fighter Francis Ngannou (makersplace.com)</h5>
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">Grimes</h1>
Grimes is a Canadian musician, artist, and the father of Elon Musk&rsquo;s son, X &AElig; A-Xii. As a famous pop star, she has developed a fan following that has carried over into the art world, and with a partner like Elon Musk constantly tweeting about Bitcoin, DOGE, and blockchain technology, it&rsquo;s no surprise she dipped her toes in the NFT space. Through NFTs, Grimes has established a flourishing art career, selling over 1100 NFTs for an average price of right around $8,000.
Grimes is the type of free spirit that thrives in the art world, unafraid to express herself genuinely. Grimes&rsquo; art channels characteristics from fantasy, cartoons, Asian culture, angels, demons, warriors, and cyberpunk, themes that are resonating with many collectors and investors in the NFT art sector. Grimes&rsquo; most successful NFT auction netted the artist $389,000 through the sale of her &lsquo;Death of the Old&rsquo; piece.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">Antoni Tudisco</h1>
The last artist we are going to highlight is Antoni Tudisco. Based in Germany, Antoni has created graphic design work for some of the largest companies worldwide, such as Apple, Nike, and Versace. Tudisco&rsquo;s art usually features aspects of fashion, futurism, surrealism, and absurdism, creating unique and thought-provoking graphics that are hard to tear your eyes away from.
Tudisco&rsquo;s one-of-a-kind style has attracted many followers, including world-renowned DJ Steve Aoki, a featured partner of Tudisco. Tudisco&rsquo;s highest-selling piece was a collaborative effort with Aoki, racking up $888,888.88 for an NFT of a hairy dancing face with Aoki&rsquo;s music playing in the background. This NFT is appropriately named &lsquo;hairy&rsquo;, and is one of Tudisco&rsquo;s 1229 NFTs that he has produced thus far.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">Who Will Be the Next Big NFT Artist?</h1>
There are innumerable talented and influential artists in the NFT space, with more constantly appearing as the artistic medium continues to develop. Although all the artists mentioned on this list are now selling their work for high sums, many started from humble beginnings and grew their base and influence through hard work, consistency, and showing their authenticity to the world.
The NFT market is creating a new way for artists to monetize their skills and for users to support their favorite creators while building a collection or investment portfolio. As the NFT market matures, this list will most certainly evolve with it, but there&rsquo;s no question that these popular artists are at the forefront of the NFT digital art market.

The Most Popular Artists in the NFT Ecosystem

Famous NFT Artists 

What Are NFTs? The Definitive Guide on Non-Fungible Tokens

What Are NFTs?

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Whether you are a sports fan, a fan of live music, or just want to go to see a life event in general, a ticket is your gateway into this occasion. When someone brings up innovations within the ticketing industry, something like Ticketmaster or StubHub may come to mind, as they have highly streamlined the ticket acquisition process, but how about innovation within the actual tickets themselves? This is where NFTs come in, a technology that can fundamentally change how event ticketing is handled and how owners store and use these tickets in the future.
<a href="https://medium.com/@NFTrade/what-are-nfts-the-definitive-guide-on-non-fungible-tokens-62e989ef92b?source=your_stories_page-------------------------------------">NFTs, or non-fungible tokens</a>, are unique and verifiable scarce digital assets, with each NFT easily distinguishable from one another even if they are meant to serve the same purpose. With all of these capabilities, NFTs become the perfect fit for ticket representation of the future. Also, don&rsquo;t forget about ticket collectors, who will benefit from the tokenization of tickets as NFTs.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">A Perfect Product Fit That Fungible Tokens Cannot Provide</h1>
Before introducing non-fungible tokens, the fungible aspect of cryptocurrencies made it irrelevant to the tickets industry, unless the event was general admission without specified seating. Fungibility is the characteristic of interchangeability, and when you are going to a stadium, arena, or any other sort of event, it&rsquo;s essential to know exactly where your ticket lets you access, as this can drastically differ in price. This is where NFTs come in, as anyone can easily create tickets for an event, all representing entry or access, with each maintaining uniquely differentiating characteristics from one another, such as the different aisle or seat you are assigned to sit in.
By ticketing through NFTs, all users will easily be able to hold, own, verify, and even trade their tickets in a digital manner, making them highly accessible and usable. With each ticket containing unique properties, it will be wimpl3 to determine precisely what the ticket provides, all while stamping out the possibility of counterfeiting. No longer will people have to be scared of buying fake tickets from scalpers, as it will be straightforward to determine exactly who created the ticket, who currently owns it, how it was distributed, what it entails, and more.
If you thought &lsquo;traditional&rsquo; digital ticketing was an innovation, think again, as NFTs knock it out of the park. It will be easy to connect your name or wallet address directly to your ticket or tickets, making it virtually impossible to have them stolen or misappropriated by a malicious party. They will be highly transferable, sellable, tradable, and usable, providing a seamless ticketing experience for all involved. It has just been announced that <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/dynamo-kiev-set-sell-nft-132000590.html">Dynamo Kyiv</a>, a Ukrainian soccer team, will be the first major professional sports team to implement NFT ticketing for their upcoming 2021 season, so this idea is far past the conceptual phase; it is now seeing active integration into event access.
For ticket collectors and fans of nostalgia, these digital collectible ticket tokens will present an indestructible and verifiable collectible that anyone can easily own. If you see a historic concert or sporting event, you now own the digital ticket for that event forever, and can decide to keep it or sell it even after the event takes place. We have already seen the growing popularity of NFT-based art and other collectibles, and NFT tickets represent an excellent fit for the future of this collectible subsector.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">Final Thoughts</h1>
All-in-all, NFT technology and ticketing are a perfect combination, providing everything needed to both issuers and event-goers in a highly accessible and easy-to-use manner. As NFT technology becomes more pervasive, and sports teams, musicians, and event planners more understand the benefits that NFTs present for tickets over their physical counterparts, they will continue to see adoption in greater numbers.
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Event Ticketing Turns to NFTs

Why Event Ticketing Will Inevitably Turn to NFTs

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From all the talk of NBA Top Shot, CryptoPunks, Beeple purchases, and other NFT-related news and investments, it may seem that the American and western market dominates NFTs, but evidently, this is not the case. Like the cryptocurrency market that helped first establish NFTs, NFTs are a broad and international asset class with interested users from all across the globe. In fact, the USA, which is a dominant force in crypto and the leading global financial superpower, comes in as the fourth most interested region in NFTs, with a few surprising countries in front of it. The decentralized nature of cryptographic assets is apparent within the NFT market.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">The Biggest NFT Market Players</h1>
Many factors go into measuring a country&rsquo;s interest in NFTs, but in such a broad market, one of the best ways to gauge interest is through the use of the trusted Google Trends explorer. Through this explorer, we can aggregate data on which countries are most interested in NFTs, as well as the &lsquo;size&rsquo; of their interest when compared to the population of other countries. For anyone who thought the USA would come out in front, you are mistaken, but it may not come as a surprise that the leader is from the Asian market. With some of the most technologically advanced applications already adopted by their population, such as widespread use of digital currency through apps like WeChat and AliPay, China is leading the interest when it comes to NFTs.
Based on Google Trend metrics, the most interested countries in NFTs are China, Canada, Singapore, the United States, and Australia. Following the top five, we see Hong Kong, South Korea, New Zealand, Slovenia, and Lebanon, representing a broad geographical base of involved users. The interest comes from all over the world, with China and its large population leading the way. For many of us focusing on the movement of western markets in regards to cryptocurrencies, we may tend to ignore players like China and countries in South East Asia, which are known to be fast adopters of new technologies. For every artist like Beeple or Mad Dog Jones, there are potentially multiple Chinese and Asian counterparts that have not yet had their time in the spotlight, but with vast interest from these regions, it is sure to come.
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<h5 style="text-align: center;">Top five most interested regions for the search term &ldquo;NFT&rdquo; in the last year (trends.google.com)</h5>
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">A Slow Down Doesn&rsquo;t Mean a Stop</h1>
When looking at this aggregated data, we can also see that the interest in NFTs has begun to wane across the board after peaking in February 2021, but this isn&rsquo;t something that should scare long-term believers in the technology. Just like with Bitcoin, Ethereum, DeFi, and other cryptocurrencies and applications in general, interest will increase and decrease alongside market cycles, booming and &lsquo;busting&rsquo; along the way. For example, look at DEXs now versus just a few years ago. In 2017, projects like Kyber were at the forefront, but fell off after the early 2018 price crash, and now, Uniswap is one of the leading applications throughout the entire blockchain market.
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<h5 style="text-align: center;">Global interest over the last year for the term &ldquo;NFT&rdquo; (trends.google.com)</h5>
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However, with all the international attention NFTs are receiving, it&rsquo;d be wrong to categorize this asset class as facing a bear market. This is partially evident in the strong interest (despite a recent decrease) in NFTs, potential record-breaking NFT sales, and the continuous building of NFT infrastructure on top of multiple blockchains. To even say the NFT market is in a lull would be disingenuous, as you just have to look back a year or two and compare the current NFT economy with years past to see the massive growth. When you zoom out to the big picture, taking into consideration the continued global awareness around the NFT asset class, the future path of the NFT market is clear to those who are looking.
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The International Interest In NFTs

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June has begun, meaning our IDO is right around the corner, and proceeding our token launch, we want to have the most established and usable NFT platform available. The NFTrade marketplace and NFT farming application have been live on Ethereum&rsquo;s mainnet, and we are happy to announce the complete integration of Binance Smart Chain (BSC) and Avalanche into our platform. We began our multi-chain integration efforts just over a week ago, and we are excited to see the fruits of our labor already hitting the open market. With this integration, users will be able to create, buy, sell, swap, and farm NFTs across Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain, and Avalanche, all from a single platform.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">Every NFT In One Place</h1>
With the completion of these integrations, users can browse and purchase NFTs from multiple chains all through the NFTrade marketplace. Whether an NFT is native to Ethereum, BSC, or Avalanche, it will all be viewable and interactable within a single platform, eliminating the need to hop from platform to platform for NFT transactions.
Users will also be able to quickly and safely swap or trade their NFTs in an escrowed peer-to-peer manner, regardless of the chain. This feature is not prominent amongst Etheruem-based NFT platforms, the sector leading the NFT infrastructure race, and is essentially non-existent on BSC or Avalanche at the present moment, forcing users to riskier over-the-counter (OTC) trades if they want to swap their NFTs with another user. Through NFTrade, users will be able to remove all the risks associated with OTC trading, using smart contracts to safely transact and make sure both parties understand and agree to the transaction before it is undertaken.
Users will also be able to quickly and safely swap or trade their NFTs in an escrowed peer-to-peer manner, regardless of the chain. This feature is not prominent amongst Etheruem-based NFT platforms, the sector leading the NFT infrastructure race, and is essentially non-existent on BSC or Avalanche at the present moment, forcing users to riskier over-the-counter (OTC) trades if they want to swap their NFTs with another user. Through NFTrade, users will be able to remove all the risks associated with OTC trading, using smart contracts to safely transact and make sure both parties understand and agree to the transaction before it is undertaken.
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<h5 style="text-align: center;">An example of ETH, BSC, and AVAX-based NFTs all in one place (app.nftrade.com)</h5>
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">The Path to Integration</h1>
Our multi-chain integration is in part thanks to features made available through The Graph Protocol, allowing NFTrade to create subgraphs for BSC and Avalanche, opening up the ability for our platform to query all relevant NFT data from both chains. NFTrade can now index, store, and retrieve data from these chains instantaneously, creating the possibility for multi-chain NFT aggregation within our platform.
The next step was to develop the relevant smart contracts for BSC and Avalanche users, allowing them to create, buy, sell, swap, and farm NFTs using NFTrade. With the completion of this step, we are happy to announce the complete usability of our platform across these three chains starting on Monday, June 7, 2021. With the contracts deployed and the final aspects of UI and UX completed, we are ready to bring additional value to the NFT community by making NFT interactions more simplistic. By bringing true multi-chain access to the NFT marketplace, we hope to create a more accessible navigational atmosphere for everyone involved in the NFT realm.&nbsp;
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NFTrade Finalizes BSC and Avalanche Mainnet Integration

BSC and Avalanche Mainnet Integration

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Following the launch of the mainnet NFTrade platform on Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain, and Avalanche, we wanted to add more vibrance to our website, allowing it to serve as a better reflection of NFTrade&rsquo;s offerings. Our original website was too basic and didn&rsquo;t do NFTrade justice for what we are looking to accomplish and bring forward. We are glad to unveil our newly created website, one which we think better reflects the innovative ethos that we are trying to bring forward at NFTrade.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">A Night and Day Difference</h1>
For the users that have become accustomed to our previous site, our upgraded site will be a breath of fresh air. Optimized for both desktop and mobile browsing, NFTrade.com is now more accessible than ever. When first entering the site, you will see our header tabs, allowing users to navigate our sites and available applications more fluidly. Anyone can easily access our NFT marketplace, NFT farming application, a detailed list of features available of NFTrade, our roadmap, team, and partners, all with the click of a button.
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As you continue to scroll, you will see a brief description of each application offering and platform features, what we have completed on our roadmap and what we are working for in the future, and better graphics to showcase the NFTrade team and partner projects. First impressions are important, so we wanted to show our users that we are not only a technically proficient and innovative platform, but also an aesthetically pleasing one focused on branding and representation.
As we get closer to our token generation event and record-breaking IDO (which will be held across a whopping nine launchpads), we will continue to optimize all of NFTrade&rsquo;s UI and UX factors. We will continue to grow and evolve, and we are happy to showcase our newly launched website as part of this journey.
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Revamped Website

NFTrade Showcases Revamped Website

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The token generation event (TGE) for every project is a significant event, as it sets the standard and precedent of what users can expect from the project in the future. Although this doesn&rsquo;t precisely define the ultimate success of a project, a fluid TGE is one of the first steps to establishing an active and growing user base. At NFTrade, we are community-focused, and with this in mind, we want our governance and utility token to be spread as evenly as possible across the entirety of the cryptocurrency market.
Having a mass amount of tokens concentrated into the hands of wealthy VCs doesn&rsquo;t help the community or platform, which has led us to concentrate on end user empowerment. Based on these convictions, our TGE and initial DEX offering (IDO) will take place across a record-breaking NINE launchpads, two to three times more launchpads than other projects have involved themselves with before.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">Focusing on Getting NFT in the Hands of the Community</h1>
By expanding beyond the accepted model of launching on one, two, or maybe three launchpads, we plan to get our utility token into as many end users&rsquo; hands as possible. We understand that different launchpads offer different benefits to users, and that not all launchpads supporters are guaranteed allocations in up-and-coming projects, so we are doing what we can to spread out our token launch to as many potential token holders as possible.
Since the ICO boom of 2017, the market has witnessed firsthand how token raises can go. Many scenarios end with massive raises that do not pan out to user expectations (how did EOS spend the $4 billion in funds it raised again?). That has led to more conservative launches, with launchpads coming in to decentralize the investing space and give everyday users the ability to get into high-potential projects at the ground floor level. After the lessons learned from 2017, many projects are raising most of their funds privately through venture capital, leaving scraps to a small sub-sector of users lucky enough to get in on an allocation at the base asset price.
This process leads to the concentration of tokens amongst a few high net worth investors looking to dump the token after seeing a high return on launch price, leaving the community as bag holders as the initial investors get out with a profit. We are flipping this model on its head, prioritizing small users over VCs. By offering a substantial token allocation across nine launchpads, we can better guarantee that the majority of released tokens get into the hands of the community.
To show that we genuinely respect the community and their involvement, all metrics, from initial token price to token vesting period, will be the same regardless of the type of investor. Of course, we have venture capital and hedge funds involved in our fundraising, but all of our token holders will receive their tokens at the same price of $0.10, and all will have the same vesting period. By spreading out allocation across various communities and getting everyone involved at the same base price, we feel this is the fairest and most equitable way for NFTrade to release tokens and raise funds.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">Conclusion</h1>
In the end, we want long-term success, not an overnight pump and dump, so we have decided to implement this course of action for the NFTrade token sale. After analyzing hundreds (if not thousands) of token sales over the past years, our team and advisors have weighed the pros and cons and concluded this is the best potential pathway for success and long-term asset value preservation.
That being said, we are always looking to prioritize the customer and end user experience at NFTrade, so that means getting the platform&rsquo;s utility token into the hands of as many end users and community members as possible. By holding an IDO across nine distinct platforms, we think we accomplish this goal of fair distribution and asset dissemination.

NFTrade’s Multi-Launch TGE Approach

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As we continue to move forward with our platform&rsquo;s production, we are excited to announce the full accessibility of NFTrade on all mobile devices. With this latest update, any user around the world will be able to easily connect to and use NFTrade on any mobile browser, making NFTrade more convenient than ever. Users will be able to seamlessly create, buy, sell, p2p swap, and farm NFTs directly from their mobile phones.
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Up until now, NFTrade was only available via desktop. Although many users perform their transactions using desktops, this limits a wide portion of our potential user base, so we focused on releasing a mobile iteration as soon as possible. With this new release, anyone can easily interact with NFTrade applications using their WalletConnect mobile browser wallet, simplifying transactions and bringing them to the mobile sphere.
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Just like with our desktop applications, our mobile iterations are available across Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain, and Avalanche, with more chain integrations planned for the upcoming weeks, months, and into the future. By making NFTs more accessible and easy to use regardless of how users choose to interface with them, we plan to make the NFT ecosystem more straightforward and interactive for all. Whether you are an artist, collector, creator, or use utility-based NFTs, accessing a multi-chain NFT marketplace and platform just got a whole lot easier.
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NFTrade Mobile Application Accessibility

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With the reduction in Ethereum transaction fees, a majority of applications can now cost-effectively run on Ethereum; still, the recent rapid uptick in gas fees has led many developers, projects, and users to look elsewhere. This has led to the rapid growth and expansion of networks such as Binance Smart Chain (BSC), Avalanche, Huobi Eco Chain, and many more, with everyone looking for the optimal way to host blockchain-based applications.
With the continued growth of the industry and the segmentation applications and platforms are currently facing, it seems inevitable that interoperability is the future of blockchain applications. With network interoperability comes broader aggregation, offering the ability to bring all of the relevant aspects of each relevant blockchain feature to one place, regardless of the native chain of the application or the user. We have already seen aggregation from singular chains in specific applications, but this is still limited.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">The Benefits of Aggregation</h1>
With aggregation, users will be able to analyze the entirety of available options all in one place, for example, through staking or interest-bearing cryptocurrency accounts. There are many different avenues users can take for staking or interest-producing accounts, even within a singular ecosystem or token. Instead of forcing the user to go from platform to platform, shopping around for the best ratio of return, all of the available options can be aggregated into one platform for easy comparison.
Aggregation can go even further than this, however, such as the case with decentralized oracles. Blockchain-based oracles are meant to provide real-world and off-chain data to blockchain networks, and by aggregating the data of all of them instead of relying on a single oracle, there is a greater likelihood of accuracy. Furthermore, this aggregation will lead to easier consensus, as it will be simpler to determine what data is correct based on the aggregated inputs from all available parties.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">How Does Aggregation Affect the NFT Market?</h1>
Like many different cryptocurrency-based applications and assets, NFTs can also drastically benefit from aggregation. More NFT creations and infrastructural projects are coming to market every day, but many times, they do not have the ability to leave their native platform. With the open-source nature of cryptocurrencies, aggregation can provide a solution for assets and applications on any open-source chain, bypassing the developers once their creation is live on the open market. This creates a more accessible marketplace for all users, unlocking the complete value of individual NFTS and the NFT marketplace.
With the continued push to cross-chain interoperability, aggregation has a lot of potentials to broaden the impact of individual sectors by making them more open and accessible. In the case of NFTs, the benefits of aggregation are evident, bringing together a fragmented asset class altogether in a single place.
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Aggregation — Future of Blockchain Dapps

Aggregation Is the Future of Blockchain Dapps

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Even before the onset of a global pandemic, the e-commerce industry has been growing at a tremendous rate, and now, that has been accelerated even further. Non-fungible tokens, better known as NFTs, present an opportunity to add additional value to the online shopping experience for consumers, sellers, and marketers, innovating within a growing industry that has not seen many recent additions. In 2019, global e-commerce was valued at $9.09 trillion, with the market expected to grow 14.7 percent from 2020&ndash;2027. Although this is massive growth, many parties are still excluded or unable to benefit from the e-commerce revolution. Through NFTs, this can all be changed.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">Flaws in the e-Commerce Space</h1>
Unless you are a multinational conglomerate, it can be very challenging to secure significant promotion in the eyes of your potential customer base without paying a large sum. Advertising plays a massive role in e-commerce, propelling innumerable brands from obscurity to mainstream recognition, but it can be challenging to execute correctly without spending exorbitant amounts in fees. A large category of this advertising takes place in the form of influencer marketing, which can be challenging to navigate for both the brands themselves as well as the influencers promoting the campaign.
In the current influencer marketing infrastructure, only the cream-of-the-crop can secure brand deals, as generally, brands expect successful track records and large audiences from their partners before beginning an engagement. This leaves out most small and medium-sized influencers, some with even tens or hundreds of thousands of followers, from benefiting from their user base by promoting their favorite brands. In its current state, it can often be too risky and time-consuming for big brands to commit to influencers, and for smaller brands, they may not even have the capital required for these campaigns.
With non-fungible tokens, this can all be restructured, allowing influencers of any size to promote and sell products without even having to work with brands directly. This will serve everyone involved, allowing brands to safely get their products in front of more eyes, for influencers to easily earn sales commission, and for customers and users to discover new online products.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">NFTs Bring e-Commerce to Life</h1>
Many view NFTs solely as a new digital medium to represent verifiably scarce art, but this use case is just the tip of the iceberg. One of the other many use cases available through NFTs is the representation of a physical good by a unique digital token acting as a voucher. This can be an NFT that represents a verifiably scarce and collectible item, such as a limited-edition sneaker, or any general item, regardless of how many copies the company produces.
With NFTs, any influencer of any size and within any niche can easily monetize their community, helping themselves, the sellers, and their future buyers. For example, let&rsquo;s say you are a rock climber with a new but growing Instagram page. You have a few thousand dedicated followers, but it&rsquo;s not the hundreds of thousands necessary to secure a deal from the rock climbing brand you and your followers favor. With NFTs, the rock climbing brand can represent a set amount of physical products in their inventory as NFTs that can then be easily shared across the world. If the specific NFT being promoted represents a rock climbing backpack, the NFT can be shared across the rock climbing world to interested buyers.
If you are an influencer interested in promoting this product, all you have to do is share the NFT with your community of followers. Once it is purchased via your promotion, you earn a commission for helping to facilitate the sale, making it easy for products to be sold via influencers without a specific brand deal set up.
This can be easily scaled as well, with the user able to redeem the NFT and have the product shipped to their house once they purchase the digital NFT counterpart. The NFT can represent a specifically numbered item or a general item in stock, with complete transparency and customizability on all ends. Through this method, a happy customer can get the product they want while supporting an influencer, the influencer can earn a pre-determined commission that would have been previously inaccessible, and the seller gets to sell another item.
With NFTs, e-Commerce can become a lot more decentralized and accessible to people all over the world.
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How NFTs Can Redefine e-Commerce

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Many industries can broadly benefit from the introduction of NFTs, such as finance, gaming, and art, but not many people consider the postage and shipping industries as a place for NFT innovation. These people, however, may not be aware of the power of NFC chips, ownership authentication, and the current bottlenecks experienced by the postal industry. With the introduction of the Crypto Stamp, a new technology pioneered by the Austrian Post (and now on its third iteration), NFTs continue to permeate mainstream society.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">Verifying Ownership</h1>
The introduction of a NFT postage stamp goes well beyond novelty, introducing tangible value into the mailing lifecycle. As stated by CoinTelegraph, a popular cryptocurrency news outlet, &ldquo;According to the Austrian Post, the use of NFC technology eliminates the need for creating an additional scanning app to verify ownership of the NFT postage stamp&rdquo;. Using near-field communication (NFC) technology, the latest Crypto Stamps allow owners to verify the authenticity of the physical stamp based on internalized metadata stored on the blockchain in the form of an NFT. Each physical stamp has a unique digital counterpart, and this digital counterpart serves as a collectible and unique way to guarantee proof of ownership over the stamp. By provably determining ownership and authenticity, these stamps will play a more critical role than ever.
With Austria taking the lead on NFT stamps, creating their first iteration in 2019 (and becoming the first government-backed institution to issue its own NFT), others have begun to follow. So far, the Gibraltar Philatelic Bureau has plans to launch NFT stamps, as well as the United States Postal Services (USPS), one of the largest and most active national and global postal services. With over $73.1 billion in revenues generated by the USPS in 2020, if NFTs become even a fraction of their revenue generation, it will be a massive success for NFTs, showing what they can provide beyond collectibility.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">Stamps and NFTs Share Some Similar Characteristics</h1>
Although stamps and NFTs may not seem like an obvious match right off the bat, they share many of the same properties that make them sought after. For one, they are financial tools that carry a value as well as an artistic expression, with many stamps produced as collaborations between world-class artists, celebrities, and to memorialize historical events. Although the value dictated by what the stamp can purchase is predetermined, NFTs still hold a value on top of their artistry as well, even though it can sometimes be harder to determine the tangible value when compared to something like stamps with more collectible history. On top of this, both stamps and NFTs have avid collector bases, propelling some of the rarest varieties to multi-million dollar price tags.
With the ability to complement physical stamps and provide a digital layer of security and authentication, NFTs representing stamps have already begun to make their mark in the postal industry. With hundreds of billions of dollars of global postage revenue per year, NFTs have the opportunity to make drastic improvements to the current postage infrastructure and bring it into the 21st century in style.
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How NFTs Will Affect Stamps and the Postage Industry

Stamps and the Postage Industry

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There&rsquo;s a popular saying that goes as follows: &ldquo;there&rsquo;s no such thing as a free lunch&rdquo;. However, sometimes when you buy lunch, you get a free dessert for no additional charge as an added bonus. This is where earnable NFTs come in, allowing token holders to utilize already purchased cryptocurrencies to generate additional value without incurring additional costs.
NFTs were some of the hottest new assets in the cryptosphere when they exploded into the mainstream over the last year, but the initial excitement has cooled off considerably as the established cryptocurrency markets floundered and lost a substantial amount of value. Many are still spending six, seven, and eight-figure sums on rare NFTs, but the primary and secondary NFT sales markets have declined.
Although many users are more reluctant to have their value tied up in speculative cryptographic assets like NFTs, when it comes to earning NFTs instead of buying them, this problem is almost entirely mitigated. Users do not have to tie up additional value to get exposure to the NFT, which can be highly risky, but they can still earn and own the NFT, therefore gaining access to the value it represents, without having to give up any monetary value on their end. This new model of earnable NFTs is proving to be robust, even amongst a slumping NFT sales market.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">A New Acquisition Method</h1>
Earning NFTs isn&rsquo;t completely free, as it requires a user to purchase and hold tokens that they can stake in return for the future NFT reward, but it doesn&rsquo;t require the deployment of additional capital. If you own a token and it is idly sitting in your wallet, instead of doing nothing, you can have the token work for you to earn additional value in the form of an NFT. This is an application we refer to as &lsquo;NFT Farming&rsquo;, or one-sided staking that results in earning tangible rewards in the form of NFTs.
At NFTrade, we launched our live NFT farming application about two weeks ago, and we have already seen major interest from projects and community token holders alike. Our first NFT farm is in collaboration with Xcademy, a Youtube and content creator platform. In this farm, users stake $XCAD, Xcademy&rsquo;s native utility token, in order to earn NFTs. Besides extremely cool and limited edition collectible NFTs that Xcademy created in collaboration with three famous Youtubers, $XCAD holders can also earn NFTs that grants them future allocation in the upcoming $OPUL IDO, as well as a variety of gaming NFTs for Xcademy&rsquo;s upcoming game, which is planned to launch later this year.
Not only do token holders have access to a variety of different reward types, but users of all levels can get involved. Even if you are not a top token holder, with so many different NFT reward options available, many users have the chance to earn all different types of NFTs.
Within the first week of the XCAD NFT farm launch, Xcademy supports already staked over $2.5 million worth of $XCAD tokens, representing about 20% of the total circulating supply. The excitement to be able to earn NFTs instead of having to purchase them was palpable, and $XCAD holders couldn&rsquo;t get enough. At the same time, the traditional LP staking farm set up by Xcademy contained about ⅓ of the amount of tokens, even though it was opened weeks before the NFT farm. This proved our thesis right; giving users the opportunity to earn NFTs is a game-changer that allows everyone to rethink how they can maximize their token yield.
Users may have to pay upfront to purchase the token they want to stake, but if they are a genuine supporter of the project, which many are if they decide to buy the project&rsquo;s utility token, then NFT farming is essentially a free way for users to maximize their value generation. In a new era of earnable NFTs, regular token holders gain additional access and power that was previously unattainable.
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Even With a NFT Slump, Earnable NFTs Are Stronger Than Ever

Earnable NFTs Are Stronger Than Ever

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We are excited to announce the integration of Polygon into the NFTrade platform, allowing for faster and more cost-effective transactions using their full stack layer two scaling solution. With this integration, NFTrade is officially usable on four networks, Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain, Avalanche, and now Polygon. Polygon offers a litany of unique value-adding features for users, and we are happy to be working with the Polygon team to introduce seamless integration of their scalability solution.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">User-Centric Features</h1>
As a multi-chain (and soon-to-be cross-chain) NFT marketplace and platform, it is essential to cater to all of our current and future users&rsquo; needs. As a marketplace, this means making the transaction process as painless and inexpensive as possible, which Polygon will aid in through its unique offerings.
The Ethereum network still hosts the majority of NFT activity, but with ongoing network congestion and potentially high gas fees, it is not always a viable option for users. Most users do not have the capacity to spend $10-$100+ on a singular transaction fee, a regular occurrence on the Ethereum network, even with recently lower congestion. Polygon offers a dynamic solution through its layer two offering, making Ethereum just as usable as its faster, cheaper (and many times, more centralized) competitors.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">Gasless Transactions</h1>
Polygon offers many tangible benefits, with one of the most important being the ability for users to conduct gasless transactions. On Ethereum, gas fees can account for a large portion of the total NFT cost, but with Polygon, this is an issue of the past. Users who opt to utilize the Polygon network will not have to pay any gas fees, and with NFTrade charging 0 transaction fees for the first six months of our operations, that means any user can conduct transactions completely free of charge. With this innovative integration, we aim to bring more value to the NFT economy and all the individual users involved.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">About NFTrade</h1>
NFTrade is the first cross-chain and blockchain-agnostic NFT platform. We host the complete NFT lifecycle, allowing anyone to seamlessly create, buy, sell, swap, farm, and leverage NFTs across different blockchains. Using NFTrade, anyone can gain access to the entirety of their NFT, unlocking the total value of the NFT market.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">About Polygon</h1>
Polygon is the first well-structured, easy-to-use platform for Ethereum scaling and infrastructure development. Its core component is Polygon SDK, a modular, flexible framework that supports building and connecting Secured Chains like Plasma, Optimistic Rollups, zkRollups, Validium, etc, and Standalone Chains like Polygon POS, designed for flexibility and independence. Polygon&rsquo;s scaling solutions have seen widespread adoption with 450+ Dapps, 350M+ txns, and ~13.5M+ distinct users.
If you&rsquo;re an Ethereum Developer, you&rsquo;re already a Polygon developer! Leverage Polygon&rsquo;s fast and secure transactions for your Dapp, get started <a href="https://docs.matic.network/docs/develop/getting-started">here</a>.
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NFTrade Announces Polygon Integration

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Whether you are a cryptocurrency newcomer or a blockchain veteran, you have undoubtedly had to experience the hassle of paying exorbitant gas fees to conduct a transaction. Although gas fees have temporarily subsided due to a cooling market, Ethereum users have previously had to pay fees eclipsing $100 or more to complete an interaction on the blockchain; this unsustainably high fee structure renders the network and many of its applications almost unusable in a multitude way. Although the Ethereum development community is working to fix this problem with the completion and introduction of the Ethereum 2.0 upgrade, that could still take years to come to fruition. For now, users need to explore other options.
For some, this means going to more cost-effective but more centralized blockchain networks such as Binance Smart Chain (BSC), but in many ways, this is against the ethos of blockchain technology, as this network is essentially a centralized database. There are faster-decentralized networks such as Avalanche and Solana, but they do not yet have a widely established community of developers or users to build out their ecosystems.
With all the tradeoffs users experience when looking for a smart contract platform alternative to Ethereum, there is another option, an already devised layer two scaling solution. This is where Polygon comes in, allowing users to seamlessly conduct Ethereum-based transactions without having to sacrifice the tradeoff of high fees and extended transaction finality.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">Polygon and NFTs</h1>
Polygon is the most widely used and adopted Ethereum scaling solution, allowing Ethereum-based applications to efficiently support the necessary parameters for an active user base &mdash; low transaction costs and almost instantaneous transaction finality. In the NFT space, this type of infrastructure is absolutely vital, as it is one of the only ways to support low-cost, high-throughput transactions.
For artists and creators interacting with NFTs worth thousands or millions of dollars, a few extra bucks on a transaction fee is not a huge barrier to entry. Still, for the vast majority of users, many of which are creating and using low-cost NFTs, these extra fees can make all the difference. If you are an up-and-coming artist, a gamer, an introductory collector, or more, it is not always viable to pay equal or more in transaction fees than the actual price of the NFT.
For example, let&rsquo;s say you are a gamer playing the latest NFT-based game. After playing for a few weeks or months, you will acquire a wide variety of items, some of which will inevitably be duplicates. As a gamer, owning duplicate items allows you to leverage them via trading to acquire items that will actually benefit you, but with high transaction fees, this may not always be feasible. If the NFT in question has a market value of only $2, then paying $3-$5 (or much higher) in transaction fees already puts the trader at a net loss; if they were to continue to trade at this rate, they would dig themselves into a deeper and deeper hole of value loss. Using Polygon, even if the NFT item is only worth a few cents, it can easily be bought, sold, and traded without having to pay substantial network fees.
This example could also easily apply to artists. Unfortunately, not everyone can be Beeple, and for many, paying $2-$5, let alone $100 transaction fees, is not sustainable to begin with. If the artist is minting many pieces or collections, these costs quickly add up, pointing to the need for a scalable solution that makes Ethereum more usable for the average NFT producer and user.
Essentially, until Ethereum 2.0 is ready and users can utilize the network natively without having to pay excessively high fees, Polygon is one of the only viable solutions to make Ethereum usable for anyone and everyone. This is why networks such as BSC have gained so much traction over the last year. Still, with the effortless scalability and low costs associated with Polygon, Ethereum will continue to maintain itself as the premier blockchain, while also supporting all the needs of the broader NFT, defi, and crypto communities.

NFTs on Polygon Are a Game-Changer

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Following the initial success of our NFT farming application, we have listened to project and community feedback to make the experience even better. NFT farming allows users to earn tangible rewards in the form of NFTs, such as collectibles, gaming items, art, and utility NFTs such as IDO allocation rights, access to upcoming beta features, and much more. In exchange for staking native tokens, users can earn exclusive NFTs unavailable anywhere else, providing unique benefits that can only be achieved through NFT farming.
To build on the experience and make it more worthwhile for projects and community token holders, we are implementing an optional fee feature, as well as the ability for projects to opt to lock users&rsquo; tokens. This introduces more aspects from traditional staking and opens up the opportunity for the community to benefit from more exclusive and harder to obtain NFTs. On another note, we are also beginning the implementation of ERC1155 NFTs into our farming platform and marketplace, although this feature will not be ready until early August.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">Optional Token Lock Up</h1>
To create more robust incentivization models for both project developers and community token holders, we have added two optional features that will offer more customization within current and future NFT farms.
The first feature we are adding is an optional token locking period for all NFT farms. Although not mandatory, this aspect will better moderate larger token holders, making the process more equitable for average token holders, as well as allow project development teams additional levels of reassurance. Even though our NFT farm already has the ability to limit the quantity of NFT rewards each address can claim, some projects were worried that their whales, or large token holders, would be able to monopolize the NFT rewards by staking large amounts of tokens and then moving them to new addresses once they earn the maximum amount of rewards.
By introducing a lock-up period, projects will be able to make sure that all token stakers will only be able to move their tokens off of the platform after a predetermined amount of time, making it easier for the entire community to gain access to rewards. This also allows projects to keep staked tokens locked for a set amount of time, allowing projects to align their goals with more accuracy.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">Optional NFT Reward Fees</h1>
Beyond lock-up periods, projects will also be able to introduce an optional fee structure into NFT reward claims. Under our current farming parameters, users can claim all NFTs for free, but this is not optimal for all community-governed tokens, or for extremely rare NFTs. With our newest farming smart contracts, projects will have the option to implement a fee structure for certain NFTs, adding to their exclusivity and prestige. These fees will be distributed back to a wallet under the project&rsquo;s control, allowing them to collect, distribute, or lock/burn the fees.
Many projects we are working with have talked about redistributing the NFT claiming fees back to their community, thereby further incentivizing their token holders through NFT farming, staking, and claiming. Projects and their user bases will have full decision-making power when it comes to introducing either of these features, with both being one hundred percent optional and non-mandatory.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">Contract Auditing</h1>
Although we have world-class programmers and engineers designing our smart contract, it&rsquo;s always beneficial to have a second pair of eyes that can evaluate the efficacy of our contracts. Therefore, to make sure all of our code is impenetrable and above and beyond the industry standard, we are having our new farming smart contract audited by Zokyo, one of the premier smart contract auditing firms in the industry. Following the completion of the audit, we will launch the new farming contract.
We have numerous projects lined up in our pipeline ready to launch their respective NFT farms, and are taking the final precautionary steps to ensure everything is perfect before launch.
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NFT Farming Updates

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We recently announced our integration and support of the Polygon blockchain on NFTrade, but now, we are taking this implementation to the next level. Through a collaboration with Biconomy, we are excited to announce the introduction of gasless transactions and minting for all Polygon-based NFTs. As a result, users who utilize Polygon NFTs via NFTrade will now have the opportunity to perform any transaction completely for free, making the transaction process better and more efficient for all NFT users.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">The Future of Blockchain Interactions</h1>
Although waning alongside a market that has cooled off from the beginning of the year, massive Ethereum transaction fees posed a significant bottleneck for many DeFi and NFT users. With Ethereum fees regularly eclipsing over $100 for a single transaction, using the network was not a viable option for many, forcing them to look for alternatives. This, as well as other factors, led to the massive growth of smart contract networks like Binance Smart Chain (BSC); however, with the majority of blockchain, defi, and NFT infrastructure built on Ethereum, many users and developers did not see this as a viable long-term solution.
With the growth of Polygon, many saw the layer two solution as the best way to operate in a cost-effective manner without having to sacrifice decentralization, leading to major mainstream growth of the network. With all the benefits and none of the trade-offs, Polygon has become a viable solution for many established and up-and-coming projects looking to optimize their offerings. As a multi-chain and cross-chain NFT aggregator, we recognized the growth of the NFT market taking place on Polygon, and have integrated the network to make it more compatible with other available blockchain infrastructures.
Polygon comes with a plethora of features, and thanks to the services brought forth by Biconomy, we are happy to offer the least expensive method available to create, buy, sell, and swap NFTs. If you are a budding artist, a collector, a newcomer, or anyone else looking to get involved with NFTs without breaking the bank, Polygon&rsquo;s feeless transactions are perfect for your needs!
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NFTrade Introduces Gasless Transactions and Minting on Polygon

Gasless Transactions, Minting on Polygon

Gasless Transactions and Minting on Polygon

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By now, pretty much everyone inside the blockchain world has heard of NFTs, the first-ever verifiably unique digital assets. However, when people think about NFTs, they probably think about the massive price tags associated with them, such as the $69 million NFT collage created by world-renowned graphic artist Beeple. Of course, there are also low-level and much more accessible NFTs, but when thinking about this new type of digital asset, no one really thinks about their ability to be earned.
Comparing earning to buying NFTs is like comparing apples to oranges, as the motivations and thought processes behind the decisions are drastically different. When earning NFTs, which is made possible through NFTrade&rsquo;s NFT farming platform, users do not have to spend any of their hard-earned crypto or fiat to obtain them, as they receive NFTs by staking assets they already possess. This process is somewhat similar to an interest-bearing savings account, except instead of earning an APY, you can receive a collectible or utility-based NFT. These NFTs can be pieces of art, in-game items, tokens that offer holders exclusive benefits, and much more. Giving NFTs away as a reward instead of selling the item has created an entirely new methodology for users to view non-fungible tokens.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">NFT Farming Benefits for Users</h1>
Both project developers and end users alike benefit from NFT farming, creating a win-win situation for all parties involved. However, the way they benefit is quite different. First, let&rsquo;s start with how token holders and end users benefit from NFT farming.
For token holders, the benefits received from NFT farming are quite clear. Many users hold tokens idly in their wallets, waiting for them to hopefully increase in value as their respective platforms grow. This is equivalent to keeping your fiat money stored under your bed, where it can not help you produce any additional value. Instead of letting your coins sit back and do nothing, through NFT farming, you can have your tokens work for you to earn rewards.
As stated above, these rewards can take many forms and generally fall into two categories &mdash; collectible or utility-based NFTs. A similar manifestation to traditional physical and unique trading cards, these different collectible NFTs have different values depending on their provenance and market demand, with some collectibles retaining and growing in value over time. For example, imagine if Binance made it possible for users to stake BNB and earn NFTs right when BNB came out; the first NFTs produced by Binance would probably be highly collectible and sought-after, driving their price over time as the platform continues to grow.
Beyond acquiring collectible NFTs, users also have the opportunity to earn utility NFTs. These NFTs can take many different forms, with the biggest dependency being what the project developers want to offer as rewards to its user base. For example, in NFTrade&rsquo;s first NFT farm, a collaboration with Xcademy, a decentralized content creation platform, XCAD token holders had the opportunity to earn various NFTs. The most popular NFT from Xcademy&rsquo;s first round of NFT farming were NFTs giving users allocation rights in an upcoming IDO with one of their partner projects, Opulous. Traditionally, qualifying for highly anticipated IDOs has been extremely exclusive, and this is still the case, but through NFT farming, these opportunities become more available to everyday users, expanding on what NFT farming and NFTs can offer users. Even better, if the user earns the allocation NFT but does not want to redeem it, they have the option to sell it or swap it on the secondary market, making the value proposition behind these NFTs quite clear.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">NFT Farming Benefits for Project Developers</h1>
We have covered the benefits that token holders receive via NFT farming, now, let&rsquo;s examine how project development teams can benefit. For project developers, there are many distinct benefits offered that they will not receive through traditional staking mechanisms. For one, the project does not have to further dilute its token supply by giving away high yields to stakers. Although this is still an option, as the native tokens can be packaged into an NFT to make them earnable by users, projects have the option to utilize these tokens previously designated for staking rewards for other causes.
Another major factor is the ability of project developers to lock up the liquidity of their native tokens. When a user is staking tokens in an NFT farm, the tokens are put to use and therefore can not be traded. This allows for sell-side pressure to be reduced as long as users are staking to earn NFTs, putting projects in a stronger position regarding token pricing and demand. If demand for a token is constant, but the supply is lowered because circulating tokens are locked up in an NFT farm, this should theoretically benefit the token&rsquo;s price.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">Final Thoughts</h1>
All-in-all, NFT farming is a novel solution to a problem that users and project developers may not even have realized they had, allowing all involved to benefit in different ways. By adding additional utility to tokens in the form of NFT farming capabilities, NFTrade is introducing a new way for the blockchain community to grow and expand its capabilities. Even with a tapering off of NFT buying volume since the beginning of 2021, NFT earning through NFT farming is just getting started.
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The Tangible Benefits of NFT Farming

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At NFTrade, we are always looking to add features that will bring more value and enhance the NFT experience for project developers, creators, collectors, and all other NFT stakeholders. As we progress towards becoming the ultimate platform for NFT utility and exchange, we are pleased to introduce a new feature &mdash; asset, collection, and owner pages. These pages make it much easier to categorize and share NFTs, whether they are singular or an entire collection.
Previously, it was not possible to share specific NFTs or NFT collections listed on NFTrade across social media, a majorly important aspect in the space. Think about it, how can users see and interact with NFTs if they constantly have to surf just to find the NFT in question; this was not sustainable. With these new pages, locating and sharing NFTs is easier than ever. It also allows for the showcasing of entire NFT collections, making it easy for anyone to verify the legitimacy and contract address of a specific NFT. Forget about counterfeit NFTs, as now, it is easier than ever to differentiate between originals and reproductions.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">Asset Page</h1>
Before the release of our asset page, it was possible to share a module of a NFT, but it was still pretty limited. A user could share the URL to a NFT, allowing others to locate it, but no other information would be shared, including the most vital aspect, the actual NFT graphic. With our new asset pages, it&rsquo;s easier than ever for users to share NFTs on NFTrade, with all of the information available and populating from one place. Once a user is within a specific asset page, they can also view the collection page, taking them to the entire collection of NFTs, or the owner&rsquo;s page, showcasing all the NFTs owned by a specific owner.
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<h5 style="text-align: center;">An NFT asset page shared on Twitter.</h5>
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">Collection Page</h1>
Collection pages offer similar utility as an asset page, but for the broader collection of NFTs rather than just a single example. There are many advantages to this new method, allowing users to easily browse verifiably legitimate NFTs.
Since anyone can make an NFT of any type, many scammers try to mint knockoffs of popular NFTs to take advantage of unsuspecting users. By aggregating all NFTs available in a collection to a single page, users can rest assured that the NFTs they are accessing came directly from the proper source.
This source page also makes it super simple to share entire collections, such as Polychain Monsters, Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs, and many more. When applied to newly launched collections, it&rsquo;s a straightforward and intuitive way for developers to share everything collectively and in a single place.
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<h5 style="text-align: center;">An example of a shared collection page.</h5>
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">Owner Page</h1>
Finally, there is the owner page, a page aggregating all the NFTs owned by a single address. There are many essential characteristics within this page, especially when it comes to p2p NFT swapping, which can only currently occur between two parties. Through this page, it is easy for anyone to see someone else&rsquo;s NFT collection, making the trading process much more fluid, with more NFTs available for all to see. In addition, when we add social features, another crucial aspect we are working on implementing, this owner page will serve as a hub where users can communicate with one another and show off their favorite pieces in their collection.
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<h5 style="text-align: center;">An example of an owner&rsquo;s page</h5>
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We hope that these new page additions bring as much value to users as we anticipate, with more feature implementations coming down the line. As far as organizing, sharing, and categorizing NFTs, the asset, collection, and owner pages make these aspects as straightforward as possible.
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New Asset, Collection, and Owner Pages

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NFTs and cryptocurrencies are getting easier to purchase and interact with by the day, but just like the early days of the internet, they still require an introductory level of technical abilities to get started. This will inevitably decrease over time, lowering the barrier to entry for all, an aspect of usability that we at NFTrade are highly concentrated on, but for now, we have made the process as intuitive as possible. This guide will go over how to buy a NFT on NFTrade, regardless of which network the NFT natively resides on.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">How to Purchase a NFT on NFTrade</h1>
NFTrade is currently live on four mainnets: Ethereum, Polygon, Binance Smart Chain, and Avalanche, giving users the option to create, buy, sell, swap, and farm NFTs on whichever network they find most optimal. Currently, NFTrade is only available for multi-chain transactions, meaning users can interact on a singular native chain, but soon, users will be able to execute cross-chain transactions. The first step to purchasing a NFT on NFTrade is connecting to the same network as the NFT asset. For example, if the NFT is ETH-based, you need to connect to Ethereum; if the NFT is Polygon-based, you need to connect your wallet to the Polygon network. If you try to make an NFT purchase on a chain you are not connected to, NFTrade will opt you to switch to the same network as the NFT you are interacting with.
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<h5 style="text-align: center;">The display screen that will populate if you are not connected to the correct chain.</h5>
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Once you are connected to the correct chain, the purchasing process is relatively straightforward. On the marketplace screen, you can hover over the NFT, which will prompt a &lsquo;Propose Swap&rsquo; button to appear, giving you the ability to swap the NFT natively. If you click on the NFT, you will be automatically redirected to a dedicated page where you have the option to place an offer or to purchase the NFT for the listed offer. If you place an offer, the owner has the option to accept, decline, or counter, while if you purchase for the &ldquo;Buy Now&rdquo; price, the transaction will automatically execute.
For simplicity&rsquo;s sake, let&rsquo;s use the &lsquo;Buy Now&rsquo; option for this example. Once you find the NFT you&rsquo;d like to purchase and click &lsquo;Buy Now&rsquo;, a summary page will pop up outlining the sale&rsquo;s data. It will show you the NFT description and price, which you can verify and accept before finalizing the purchase. If everything is in order, check off the &ldquo;I approve NFTrade&rsquo;s Terms &amp; Conditions&rdquo; box and click the blue &ldquo;Checkout&rdquo; box to move onto the next step. Initially, these transactions were only available using wrapped tokens such as WETH, WMATIC, or WBSC, but now, transactions can take place using wrapped or original tokens, making the process easier than ever.
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Once you choose to checkout, a new screen will pop up as NFTrade waits for you to accept the transaction. You will have the option to accept or reject the transaction on your wallet, with the ability to edit the transaction gas price along the way. Once you confirm the transaction, it will be finalized and broadcasted across the network, concluding the NFT sale for both parties. You will then receive a final notification stating that the transaction has been completed. Now, when you go to the marketplace, you will see your new ownership of the NFT.
That&rsquo;s it; that&rsquo;s all it takes to purchase your first NFT on NFTrade. We offer one of the most intuitive purchasing processes out there, and will continue to upgrade our users&rsquo; buying experience wherever possible.
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How to Buy NFTs: A Guide by NFTrade

At NFTrade, we are constantly working to make the NFT asset class as accessible and navigable as possible for our end users; this means continuously adding new aspects and features that bring more value to our community. At the behest of our growing user base, we have launched an attribute search feature, a fantastic feature for searching through NFT collections and determining different levels of NFT rarity. With this new feature, users will be able to search for NFTs based on specific attributes, easing the selection and valuation process and making buying, selling, and swapping NFTs much more straightforward for all involved.
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<h5 style="text-align: center;">NFTrade&rsquo;s attribute search feature in action.</h5>
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">A Newly Discovered Attribute?</h1>
Searching for basic and noticeably distinguishable attributes is one thing, but we were able to identify an attribute that determines rarity even further, searching by background color. When you look at a color picker wheel, there are innumerable shades to choose from, and we are able to isolate those different shades in order to show which are truly the rarest.
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<h5 style="text-align: center;">An example of a color picker wheel.</h5>
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For example, when looking at the PolygonPunks collection, it seems that blue is a very common background shade, but when looking deeper into the code, we can identify certain NFTs with unique background shades that most do not have. Whether this is an attribute that makes an NFT more desirable (and therefore more valuable) is up to the community, but we&rsquo;re excited to be the first NFT marketplace that offers this type of attribute search option.
If you have any new ideas for search features not already offered on NFTrade, feel free to stop by our Telegram or Twitter channels and drop a suggestion; we&rsquo;re always open to feedback and improvements!
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NFTrade Attribute Search Feature

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At NFTrade, we are constantly working to advance our user interface and user experience, so we have optimized our homepage and its features to bring more value to our user base. With these introductions, not only will NFTrade and all of our applications be easier to access and navigate, but we will also be able to showcase and highlight specific creators, collections, farms, and exclusive items available on NFTrade. Let&rsquo;s get into some of the new changes.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">Separating the Marketplace and Swapping Features</h1>
Previously, users would create, buy, sell, and trade NFTs all from a single place, but we have decided to separate our marketplace and swapping applications in order to make all transactions more straightforward. Now, if you want to buy and sell, you go to our marketplace, and if you&rsquo;re going to swap NFTs, you go to our &lsquo;Swaps&rsquo; page. You can easily navigate between our marketplace, swapping application, and farming application at the top of your screen.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">Exclusive Collections</h1>
We want to highlight collections that our community enjoys, so we have created a dedicated promotion section to feature collections that are exclusively available on our marketplace. Here, we will showcase collections that have decided to exclusively list on NFTrade, making their NFTs more visible to our community and users.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">Trending Collections</h1>
In this section, we will highlight some of the top and trending collections available on NFTrade. This is an optimal way for users to become more aware of available NFT collections on our marketplace. Users will be able to scroll through this section and locate some of the hottest collections currently listed.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">Featured Farms</h1>
We are getting more and more requests to set up project-native NFT farms, and in this section, we will highlight some of our newest and most active farms. This will not only promote the projects hosting the farms to our users, but also make it easy for users to locate the available NFTs and get a better understanding of what each NFT farm offers. NFT farming is beneficial for both project development teams and end users, and will continue to be a cornerstone of NFTrade moving forward.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">Featured Articles</h1>
In this section, aptly named &lsquo;Let&rsquo;s get started&rsquo;, we will offer users a variety of our most popular NFTrade and NFT-based articles. With almost 100 articles already published on our Medium page (and many more to come) this section will allow users to stay up-to-date with the NFT industry and get a better grasp on all the latest news and activity taking place on NFTrade and throughout the NFT ecosystem.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">Recently Sold</h1>
Lastly, we are introducing a recently sold section, highlighting the most recent sales taking place on NFTrade.
We are always working to evolve and become more user-friendly, so if you have any homepage or general platform suggestions, you can always reach the NFTrade team on Telegram at <a href="http://t.me/nftrade">http://t.me/nftrade</a> or via email at services@nftrade.com.

NFTrade New Homepage and User Options

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At NFTrade, we are always working to introduce additional value-adding features for both project development teams and end users, and through our latest implementation with Genesis Shards, we&rsquo;re excited to launch our &lsquo;NFT Shops&rsquo; feature. Through NFT Shops, projects and creators can aggregate all of their available NFTs in a single place for their users to browse, buy, sell, and swap, even if the NFTs are on multiple native blockchains.
Think of it like the Shopify of NFTs, bringing all relevant NFTs to a single digital storefront, regardless of their intrinsic properties that would previously leave them segregated from one another.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">The Genesis Shards NFT Shop</h1>
Genesis Shard makes it possible for pre-IDO tokens and other cryptocurrencies and digital assets to be stored and transacted with within NFTs, creating a new vehicle for these assets that make them uniquely verifiable. Genesis Shards has already launched NFTs for a variety of projects, such as Mozik, CoinBurp, and Unreal Finance, and now, users can easily buy, sell, and swap these NFTs containing various native tokens.
With our NFT Shops, we bring every NFT from a specific project directly to one place, making it easier than ever for traders to get involved with these growing assets.
Check out the Genesis Shards NFT shop page here: <a href="https://app.nftrade.com/store/genesis-shards">https://app.nftrade.com/store/genesis-shards</a>
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">About Genesis Shards</h1>
Genesis Shards is a decentralized ecosystem powered by Polkadot redefining NFTs as DeFi options, creating a permissionless environment of interchain liquidity for pre-IDO tokens. By wrapping time-locked fungible tokens into NFTs, Genesis Shards is creating a new marketplace for previously illiquid tokens
<a href="https://t.me/genshardsANN">Telegram Announcement</a> |<a href="https://t.me/genshardsCHAT"> Telegram Chat</a> |<a href="https://twitter.com/GenShards"> Twitter</a> |<a href="https://www.genshards.com/"> Website</a>
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">About NFTrade</h1>
NFTrade is the first cross-chain and blockchain-agnostic NFT platform. We host the complete NFT lifecycle, allowing anyone to seamlessly create, buy, sell, swap, farm, and leverage NFTs across different blockchains. Using NFTrade, anyone can gain access to the entirety of their NFT, unlocking the total value of the NFT market.
<a href="https://t.me/nftrade">Telegram</a> | <a href="../../">Website</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/NFTradeOfficial">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://medium.com/@NFTrade">Medium</a> | <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/nftrade/">LinkedIn</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/nftradeofficial">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://discord.com/invite/SESqfsyw8k">Discord</a>

Multi-Chain NFT Shop for Genesis Shards

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We are very pleased to announce that NFTrade has received a grant from Polygon&rsquo;s Developer Support Program, allowing us to dedicate additional time and resources to building out the Polygon NFT ecosystem. Although we still have not launched our governance and utility token (which is coming very soon &mdash; stay tuned), we have already begun to establish NFTrade as one of the top NFT marketplaces on the Polygon network, supporting the creation, buying, selling, p2p swapping, and farming of Polygon-based NFTs.
This grant is offered through the Polygon Developer Support Program, which aids project development teams to further kickstart their projects throughout the Polygon ecosystem. On top of the monetary support we receive from this grant, we will also receive additional technical support and guidance directly from the Polygon team, allowing us to propel our ideas and execution to new heights.
We have a lot planned in the Polygon NFT ecosystem, including a surprise Polygon announcement that will be launching in the near future. With the reception of this grant, we will propel our Polygon-based NFT community to the next level, expanding our reach and showing the cryptocurrency world why Polygon presents a viable layer two solution for all NFT and distributed ledger technology needs. Polygon NFTs make up a substantial portion of our multi-chain NFT ecosystem, and we predict they will continue to have a significant and steady impact in the future of the emerging NFT asset class.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">About NFTrade</h1>
NFTrade is the first cross-chain and blockchain-agnostic NFT platform. We host the complete NFT lifecycle, allowing anyone to seamlessly create, buy, sell, swap, farm, and leverage NFTs across different blockchains. Using NFTrade, anyone can gain access to the entirety of their NFT, unlocking the total value of the NFT market.
<a href="https://t.me/nftrade">Telegram</a> | <a href="../../">Website</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/NFTradeOfficial">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://medium.com/@NFTrade">Medium</a> | <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/nftrade/">LinkedIn</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/nftradeofficial">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://discord.com/invite/SESqfsyw8k">Discord</a>
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">About Polygon</h1>
Polygon is the first well-structured, easy-to-use platform for Ethereum scaling and infrastructure development. Its core component is Polygon SDK, a modular, flexible framework that supports building and connecting Secured Chains like Plasma, Optimistic Rollups, zkRollups, Validium, etc, and Standalone Chains like Polygon POS, designed for flexibility and independence. Polygon&rsquo;s scaling solutions have seen widespread adoption with 450+ Dapps, 350M+ txns, and ~13.5M+ distinct users.
If you&rsquo;re an Ethereum Developer, you&rsquo;re already a Polygon developer! Leverage Polygon&rsquo;s fast and secure transactions for your Dapp, get started <a href="https://docs.matic.network/docs/develop/getting-started">here</a>.
<a href="https://polygon.technology/">Website</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/0xPolygon">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/0xPolygon/">Reddit</a> | <a href="https://t.me/polygonofficial">Telegram</a> | <a href="https://discord.gg/XvpHAxZ">Discord</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/0xPolygontech">Community Twitter</a>

NFTrade Receives Grant From Polygon’s Developer Support Program

Polygon Grant for NFTrade

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Early users are the initial lifeblood of any project, helping with the establishment, usage, and evangelization of a platform. At NFTrade, we are extremely grateful to all of our early platform users and backers, and to reward our community, we have decided to reserve $100,000 of $NFTD tokens solely for early platform users. This community round will be open to ALL wallet addresses and users that have conducted at least one transaction on NFTrade, a special thank you from our team to the people that are turning our goal of becoming the preeminent cross-chain NFT marketplace and aggregator into reality.
This community round will feature $NFTD tokens available at our seed token price, allowing our early backers to get access to $NFTD tokens at the lowest available price possible.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">Eligible Participants</h1>
All wallet addresses that have interacted with the NFTrade platform BEFORE the release of this announcement will be eligible to participate in our community round and get access to this $NFTD token pool. This means that if you used NFTrade on any of the four mainnets we support, Ethereum, Polygon, Avalanche, or Binance Smart Chain, you can access this round. However, in order to participate and redeem $NFTD tokens from this community round, users will have to use $USDT.e, a wrapped USDT token on the Avalanche blockchain. The community round will take place on the same day as our token listing.
All active addresses will be whitelisted, and no KYC will be necessary. The community round will take place on the Avalanche blockchain using $USDT.e &mdash; you can swap for AVAX-based $USDT (known as $USDT.e) here: <a href="https://www.traderjoexyz.com/#/trade?outputCurrency=0xc7198437980c041c805a1edcba50c1ce5db95118">https://www.traderjoexyz.com/#/trade?outputCurrency=0xc7198437980c041c805a1edcba50c1ce5db95118</a>
The community round will begin at 8 AM UTC on September 24th, and closes 3 hours later at 11 AM UTC (or until all available allocation has been purchased). Each eligible user will be entitled to buy $200 of $NFTD tokens, getting early and exclusive access before our public launch. Following the purchase of $NFTD tokens, users can claim 100% of their allocation once our tokens are publicly available.
The community round will be first come, first serve, so the earlier you prepare, the better chance you have to receive a community round allocation. By offering our backers the $NFTD token at seed price, we hope to continue to bolster our community and grow stronger alongside the users that have brought NFTrade to life.
You can access the community round page: <a href="https://app.nftrade.com/NFTD">https://app.nftrade.com/NFTD</a>

NFTrade $100k Community Round

$100k Community Round

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As a multi-chain (and soon-to-be cross-chain) NFT marketplace, aggregator, and platform, we&rsquo;re always looking for ways to enhance community involvement and make the NFT creation, collection, and trading process more entertaining for all involved. With this in mind, we are launching a variety of new earnable badges for NFT collections, community members, and projects!
Currently, we only offer a verification badge, our blue checkmark, but we will now offer badges to signify the hottest new collections, trending collections (determined by increasing trading volume), artists creating NFTs using AI and generative techniques, and a badge for all NFT artists producing original work!
For now, these badges will be appointed by the NFTrade team or by meeting statistical requirements (such as a certain level of noticeable trading volume increases), but eventually, $NFTD holders will have a direct say over what projects, creators, and community members can earn these sought after badges. Wear these badges as a symbol of honor, as they signify a unique aspect that separates creators and collections from all the rest! Stay tuned for additional badge releases further down the line.
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NFTrade Launches New NFT Collection and Community Badges

New NFT Collection and Community Badges

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As we prepare for $ NFTD&rsquo;s public launch, we are happy to announce the closing of our $3.7 million private token sale. This successful seed token sale has allowed NFTrade to receive all the necessary funding we require to continue to build out our team, create the ultimate NFT platform, marketplace, and aggregator, and continue towards our goal of connecting the entire NFT ecosystem in one place.
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Our seed round was highly oversubscribed, allowing us to bring on only the most value-adding VCs, partners, and KOLs, with many backers that will aid in propelling our platform to new heights. Our seed round has seen participation from some of the most respected institutions in the NFT, DeFi, and crypto space:
<a href="https://www.sfermion.io/">Sfermion</a> &mdash; One of the top strictly NFT-focused VC funds and early backers of projects such as CryptoPunks, Axie Infinity, OpenSea, The Sandbox, and more.
<a href="https://www.metapurse.fund/">Metapurse</a> &mdash; One of the most influential firms in the NFT world, and the owners of <a href="https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/beeple-first-5000-days/beeple-b-1981-1/112924">Beeple&rsquo;s Everydays: the First 5000 Days</a>, a $69 million purchase that makes the NFT the most expensive ever purchased to date.
<a href="https://daomaker.com/">DAO Maker</a> &mdash; A leading launchpad, incubator, and project advisory institution.
<a href="https://www.zokyo.io/">Zokyo</a> &mdash; NFTrade&rsquo;s security advisors and one of the top smart contract auditing companies in the blockchain space.
<a href="https://gda.capital/">GDA Capital</a> &mdash; A leading global digital asset advisory firm offering expertise and knowledge with a global network of industry experts.
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Additional funding coming from other fantastic partners such as SMO Capital, SparkPoint, Poolz, Magnus Capital, Legion Ventures, Autonomy Capital, NFT Tech, IconPlus Capital, AU21, Peech Capital, X21, and more, as well as in the form of grants that we have received directly from the <a href="https://medium.com/@NFTrade/nftrade-receives-grant-from-polygons-developer-support-program-81956909f935">Polygon</a> and Solana development teams.
We wanted to ensure our fundraising was as equitable as possible, so all backers, whether they are giant venture capital firms or everyday users, get access to our $NFTD token at the same initial price of $0.10 each. We have already announced our IDO and public sale details and will continue to expand as the launch date gets closer. We appreciate the support from all of our involved backers and partners and look forward to a bright future of unprecedented accessibility and cross-chain NFT interoperability.
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NFTrade Secures MetaPurse as Backers to Finalize $3.7 Million Seed Round

Finalize $3.7 Million Seed Round

NFTrade Secures MetaPurse as Backers

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NFTrade is not a standard decentralized application, so having solely interest-bearing staking rewards for our token holders was simply not enough. The general cryptocurrency market can be highly volatile, so we want to offer users the opportunity to diversify their staking rewards.
We will be introducing staking where users can earn $NFTD as interest shortly, but to continue down our pathway of innovation, we&rsquo;ve created a much more interesting, fun, and dynamic way for token holders to get more utility out of their $NFTD tokens. We are happy to introduce our $NFTD Diversified Reward Staking, which will allow $NFTD tokens holders to stake their tokens to earn NFTs from any NFT farm within our NFT farming application.
$NFTD users who stake using this mechanism will earn synthetic tokens from ALL active NFT farms on NFTrade, giving them the opportunity to claim NFTs from any of the available farms. Thus, whether a user is interested in gaming NFTs, metaverse NFTs, collectibles, art, allocation NFTs, or other utility-based NFTs, they will be able to earn whichever NFT they prefer! We have already introduced a variety of NFT farms, and with many more preparing to launch and within our pipeline, the NFT claiming options for $NFTD stakers will only continue to expand over time.
By staking within NFTrade&rsquo;s Diversified Reward Staking application, users will be able to earn a variety of different NFTs with differing tangible values, allowing for customization and utilization of any NFTs our token holders see fit to choose. By offering stakers the ability to earn rewards that they actually want to claim, not just standard tokens or bland prizes, both NFTrade supporters and supported projects will have the opportunity to strengthen themselves.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">NFTrade&rsquo;s Diversified Reward Staking Parameters</h1>
We will be launching this application very soon, with more details on the exact staking parameters coming right before launch. Users who stake $NFTD to earn diversified staking rewards will earn synthetic tokens at a lower rate than users who stake native tokens in their corresponding NFT farms, but it presents an important opportunity to not only compound on a user&rsquo;s staking rewards, but also to gain access to NFTs across the entire NFT market, including NFTs that they may not necessarily have had exposure to beforehand. Early $NFTD stakers will earn additional rewards, so make sure you follow our social channels so you can stake your tokens as soon as possible. As a NFT aggregator, marketplace, and platform, we&rsquo;re excited to be able to reward our token holders with the NFTs of their choice.
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NFTrade Introduces Diversified Reward Staking for $NFTD Holders

Reward Staking for $NFTD Holders

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Tracking different metrics of a specific NFT or NFT collection is an important way to assess the long-term viability of its success, so the more data points a user has to evaluate, the better their evaluation of the asset can be. To continue to aid in this researching process, we have released our newest NFT tracking metrics, allowing users to easily track sales volume and the quantity of sales within a specific NFT or collection.
This data, presented in the form of a line graph, will make it much more straightforward for users to visualize and analyze data that was previously unavailable to NFTrade users or collections. Now, users can easily assess these metrics within specific collections, building on the data previously available to create a more all-encompassing picture of NFT metrics. We will continue to release more data points, graphs, and NFT analytical tools, with more options already being developed within our pipeline!
To access data pertaining to a NFT collection, go to the NFT collection page and click the &lsquo;Total Sales Volume&rsquo; box to view the trading history in terms of days or hours. These charts will tell you the total sales volume over the period, as well as the number of complete sales.
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<h5 style="text-align: center;">The sales history of a NFT collection.</h5>
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The same data can be access for individual NFTs by going to the NFT asset page. Once you&rsquo;re on the page of the NFT you want information on, scroll down below the &lsquo;Properties&rsquo;, &lsquo;Levels&rsquo;, and &lsquo;Stats&rsquo; section to view trading history. By zooming in or zooming out, you can make the time period of the chart longer or shorter.
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<h5 style="text-align: center;">The sale history of an individual NFT.</h5>
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NFTrade Releases Enhanced NFT Sales and Volume Tracking Features

NFTrade Sales and Volume Tracking

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NFTs and $NFTD both have a lot of utility, but with our latest partnership with GovWorld, a whole new realm of possibilities will be opened to our users. In collaboration with GovWorld, users can now use $NFTD or their NFTs to receive loans! Users can utilize $NFTD to access short-term high APY generation through their token holdings, and also unlock a series of other benefits from GovWorld&rsquo;s PartnerFi program.
Things get really interesting through GovWorld&rsquo;s integration of our NFT marketplace directly into the GovLend protocol. Through this integration, users can collateralize any NFT found on NFTrade, allowing for the user to put up the NFT as collateral in exchange for receiving a loan. NFTs are valuable assets, and since many users hold them idly, now, they can use them to generate an additional yield! Unlock the full value of your NFT or $NFTD tokens by using them within the GovWorld platform.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">About NFTrade</h1>
NFTrade is the first cross-chain and blockchain-agnostic NFT platform. We host the complete NFT lifecycle, allowing anyone to seamlessly create, buy, sell, swap, farm, and leverage NFTs across different blockchains. Using NFTrade, anyone can gain access to the entirety of their NFT, unlocking the total value of the NFT market.
<a href="https://t.me/nftrade">Telegram</a> | <a href="../../">Website</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/NFTradeOfficial">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://medium.com/@NFTrade">Medium</a> | <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/nftrade/">LinkedIn</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/nftradeofficial">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://discord.com/invite/SESqfsyw8k">Discord</a>
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">About GovWorld</h1>
GovWorld is the first DeFi ecosystem of its kind, leveraging the power of the most customizable P2P, cross-chain lending protocol on the blockchain. Able to collateralize any approved altcoin or NFT for public or private loans of USDC, USDT, or DAI. This is where users can unlock their liquidity, retain tier-level benefits &amp; staking rewards, and have 100% freedom to choose their terms.
<a href="https://www.govworld.io/">Website</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/govworld1">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://t.me/govworld_community">Telegram</a> | <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/govworld-inc/">LinkedIn</a>&nbsp;

NFTrade and GovWorld Partner to Introduce NFT-Based Loans

NFT-Based Loans with GovWorld

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$NFTD, the governance and utility token of the NFTrade platform, plays a vital role within our ecosystem, so we want to make sure it is as accessible as possible to our global audience of users. $NFTD has already been listed on a variety of centralized and decentralized exchanges, such as Gate.io, PancakeSwap, Trader Joe, and more, and now, we are happy to announce the official listing of $NFTD trading on HotBit, one of the most popular and widely used cryptocurrency exchanges in the world.
With this listing, users will be able to deposit $NFTD and trade with a $NFTD/$USDT trading pair! $NFTD trading on HotBit has already begun, and as a bonus, makers will receive a 0.30% bonus for all orders they create that are filled. We are excited to offer our userbase this new trading option, and look forward to working with the HotBit team to make $NFTD as accessible as possible.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">About NFTrade</h1>
NFTrade is the first cross-chain and blockchain-agnostic NFT platform. We host the complete NFT lifecycle, allowing anyone to seamlessly create, buy, sell, swap, farm, and leverage NFTs across different blockchains. Using NFTrade, anyone can gain access to the entirety of their NFT, unlocking the total value of the NFT market.
<a href="https://t.me/nftrade">Telegram</a> | <a href="../../">Website</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/NFTradeOfficial">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://medium.com/@NFTrade">Medium</a> | <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/nftrade/">LinkedIn</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/nftradeofficial">Instagram</a> | <a href="https://discord.com/invite/SESqfsyw8k">Discord</a>

$NFTD is Officially Listed on HotBit

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For many, the carbon footprint and environmental impact of our day-to-day decisions has become a significant point of contention for people around the world. Many want to reduce or negate their carbon footprint as much as possible, but not at the expense of giving up essential aspects of their everyday life. We have seen this topic migrate over to the blockchain space, where many complain about the perceived environmental impact of mining and validating blockchain transactions. At NFTrade, we want to do our part to offset our carbon emissions, and now, users will easily be able to!
To aid in reducing our users&rsquo; environmental impact, we are proud to announce a partnership with Brokoli, introducing their front-end API integration and allowing our users to choose to offset their environmental impact at the point transaction. This voluntary carbon tax contribution makes it easy for anyone to offset their carbon impact with a slight additional price increase, aiding in reducing our collective environmental impact.
This carbon offset option will be 100% voluntary and never mandatory, giving each user the decision-making power over whether or not they would like to participate. We will be the first NFT platform to implement this feature, and are excited to work with a socially conscientious team to make the world a little cleaner, greener, and more sustainable. This is just the beginning of what is gearing up to be a long-term and mutually beneficial relationship, with future collaborations already being planned with the Brokoli team!
Stay tuned as we prepare to make this feature available for all, making the NFT ecosystem greener and cleaner for all.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">About NFTrade</h1>
NFTrade is the first cross-chain and blockchain-agnostic NFT platform. We are an aggregator of all NFT marketplaces and host the complete NFT lifecycle, allowing anyone to seamlessly create, buy, sell, swap, farm, and leverage NFTs across different blockchains. Using NFTrade, anyone can gain access to the entirety of their NFT, unlocking the total value of the NFT market.
<a href="https://t.me/nftrade">Telegram</a> |<a href="../../"> Website</a> |<a href="https://twitter.com/NFTradeOfficial"> Twitter</a> |<a href="https://medium.com/@NFTrade"> Medium</a> |<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/nftrade/"> LinkedIn</a> |<a href="https://www.instagram.com/nftradeofficial"> Instagram</a> |<a href="https://discord.com/invite/SESqfsyw8k"> Discord</a>
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">About Brokoli Network</h1>
Brokoli is an impact-to-earn NFT metaverse where climate impact makes you money. Your DeFi transactions on Brokoli plant NFT Trees: a tradable asset that earns passive income.
<a href="https://brokoli.network/">Homepage</a> | <a href="http://t.me/brokolinetwork">Telegram</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/BrokoliNetwork">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://t.me/BRKLnews">Announcements</a> | <a href="https://discord.gg/TaAuxxYghU">Discord</a>

NFTrade Partners With Brokoli to Offset Environmental Impact of NFT Transactions

NFTrade Goes Eco-friendly 

NFTrade Partners With Brokoli

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To continue to grow and develop the Solana NFT ecosystem, we are happy to announce that NFTrade has received a grant from the Solana development team!
This grant will enable NFTrade to more easily integrate Solana as the 6th available mainnet within our multi-chain (and soon-to-be cross-chain) NFT marketplace, aggregator, and platform, offering all Solana NFT holders a one-stop-shop for the entirety of their NFT interactions. Not only will Solana users be able to create NFTs, NFT collections, and buy, sell, and p2p swap NFTs, but users will also be able to earn exclusive Solana-based collectible and utility-focused NFTs through our NFT farming application. This grant will also facilitate our aggregation of Solana NFTs amongst our currently available Etheruem, Polygon, Avalanche, and Binance Smart Chain NFTs, presenting everything in a simple to use and interactive platform.
Solana is one of the most adopted smart contract networks in the distributed ledger technology space, quickly jumping to the seventh-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization. This is due in no small part to its robust and growing NFT ecosystem, a new market that is spurred by its lightning-fast transactions and essentially non-existent gas fees. Most non-Etheruem NFTs sell for a fraction of the price of their Etheruem counterparts, but Solana has regularly seen five, six, and seven-figure NFT sales take place, positioning it to be a mainstream and viable competitor for NFT creation and usage.
This is just the beginning of our Solana integration plans, and we look forward to continuing to work with the Solana development team and community to offer the best place for all Solana NFT transactions and operations.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">About NFTrade</h1>
NFTrade is the first cross-chain and blockchain-agnostic NFT platform. We host the complete NFT lifecycle, allowing anyone to seamlessly create, buy, sell, swap, farm, and leverage NFTs across different blockchains. Using NFTrade, anyone can gain access to the entirety of their NFT, unlocking the total value of the NFT market.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">About Solana</h1>
Solana is taking on one of tech&rsquo;s biggest challenges: scaling blockchain for global adoption. Solana is one of the fastest blockchains in the world, and the fastest growing ecosystem in crypto, with over 400 projects spanning DeFi, NFTs, Web3 and more.
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NFTrade Receives Solana Grant to Bolster NFT Ecosystem via Solana Network Integration

NFTrade Receives Solana Grant

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NFT farming allows token holders to gain additional utility from their tokens, putting them to work to gain additional value. Through NFTrade, projects from all over the spectrum and ecosystem, regardless of their industry, can introduce additional opportunities for their token holders via NFTs, and by using our NFT farms, the process is extremely fluid and easy to understand. Below, we will walk you through the NFT farming and staking process.
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<h1>Step 1 &mdash; Connect Your Wallet</h1>
After reaching the NFT farm you would like to stake on, the first thing you need to do is connect your browser wallet to NFTrade and make sure you are connected to the same network as the farm. You do this by clicking &lsquo;Connect Account&rsquo; in the upper right-hand corner of the website.
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<h1>Step 2 &mdash; Stake Your Tokens</h1>
In the main dashboard within the NFT farm, you will see all the information relating to the specific farm, including the number of tokens you have staked. At the bottom of the dashboard, you will see a blue &lsquo;Stake&rsquo; button &mdash; click this button to stake your tokens and begin farming for NFTs.
After clicking &lsquo;Stake&rsquo;, choose the amount of tokens you want to stake, approve NFTrade&rsquo;s terms and conditions, and press &lsquo;Continue&rsquo;. This will then prompt you to sign a wallet transaction, transferring your tokens to the staking contract to begin staking and earning. You will have to pay a network transaction fee to initiate this process, which can differ depending on the network and its transaction congestion. Once the transaction is confirmed, your staking has begun.
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<h5 style="text-align: center;">An example of the staked token dashboard for $OPUL.</h5>
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<h1>Step 3 &mdash; Track Your Rewards</h1>
Once you begin staking, you will start earning synthetic and non-transferable tokens that you can use to claim NFTs within the farm. These synthetic tokens are only used to earn the NFTs within the farm, and can only be acquired by staking the native token of the NFT farm. Your synthetic token rewards will update every block within the dashboard, allowing you to know precisely when you will have enough tokens saved up to claim the specific NFT within the farm.
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<h5 style="text-align: center;">An example of how rewards are tracked within a NFT farm.</h5>
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<h1>Step 4 &mdash; Claiming Your Reward Tokens</h1>
Once you have enough synthetic tokens saved up to claim your NFT of choice, you can claim your synthetic tokens. Once you begin to accumulate synthetic tokens, the blue &lsquo;Claim&rsquo; button will appear, which you can then click to claim the synthetic tokens to your wallet. This will prompt you to sign another transaction in your browser wallet, transferring the tokens to your control.
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<h1>Step 5 &mdash; Claiming Your NFT Reward</h1>
Once your synthetic tokens are in your wallet, you can now claim your NFT. The price of the NFT will be listed in synthetic tokens, and once you have enough tokens saved up, you can click the blue &lsquo;Buy Now&rsquo; button under the NFT you&rsquo;d like to claim. This will prompt another wallet signature, transferring the earned synthetic tokens to the contract address in return for the NFT.
Congratulations, you are now the owner of a new NFT and still have all of our original native tokens! You can choose to unstake your tokens (assuming the token lock period is up), or continue to stake them and earn more synthetic tokens for more NFT claims.
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<h5 style="text-align: center;">An example of a claimable NFT within the $YIELD NFT farm</h5>
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How to Stake on an NFT Farm

How to Stake on an NFT Farm on NFTrade

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A famous idiom in the cryptocurrency space goes as follows, &ldquo;not your keys, not your coins,&rdquo;&nbsp;and it is famous for good reason. This expression highlights the importance of decentralized and sovereign digital asset ownership. If you do not control the private keys to the wallet or contract address that holds your cryptocurrency or NFT, you do not actually have any direct control over the asset. It is essential for all users, traders, creators, collectors, and traders to wake up to this reality and understand what it means to them.
This centralized digital asset control has led to hundreds of millions (if not billions) of dollars lost in the traditional cryptocurrency space, and with NFTrade being one of the only NFT marketplaces to address this problem, it is our duty to showcase its importance to the broader community. This piece will break down the difference between off-chain and on-chain marketplaces, why off-chain NFT marketplaces are essential, and what a creator or collector can do to protect your assets.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">So, What&rsquo;s the Difference Anyway?</h1>
There is a night and day difference between the custodianship of off-chain and on-chain marketplace, with this being the decisive and differentiating factor. For example, within the Avalanche ecosystem, NFTrade is the ONLY marketplace that offers off-chain NFT listing and transactions, meaning the wallet of the NFT owner retains full custody of the asset right until the point of transfer. If this is a gaming item, this means users can still utilize the in-game item while being able to take sale offers on the asset. This also applies for all listings, meaning NFTrade never actually holds or controls the NFTs, our users do!
By utilizing an off-chain marketplace, users do not have to deploy their NFT to a centralized smart contract of an exchange that hackers can potentially exploit, leading to the complete loss of their stored NFTs forever. Think about it, you&rsquo;ve probably heard of countless marketplace hacks, and these were all only possible because the marketplaces had full control over their users&rsquo; assets and did not have the proper security protocols in place to offset these possibilities. At NFTrade, this is not something we even need to consider, as we NEVER have custody over your NFTs.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">How We Do Things Right</h1>
Off-chain listing can be tricky and potentially dangerous if not developed correctly, which is why we made sure to stress test all of our services to the highest degree before public implementation.
When you list a NFT on NFTrade, you approve the transfer in case there&rsquo;s a sale. However, you approve a proxy contract that has no logic to actually transfer the asset. This proxy contract can&rsquo;t get compromised, as it&rsquo;s basic in its outputs, and has no chance for security breaches. The proxy can get called only with the proper permissions. When listing an item, you say how much you want to sell it for, to whom, until when, etc., and all those parameters are signed with your wallet. In this case, our exchange contract is the only one with the permissions to tell the proxy to transfer the asset, and that only happens if the off-chain signature meets all the order parameters. This means that the order is only filled if it perfectly matches with the signature, telling the proxy to transfer the assets.
The most important thing to remember about this process is that the transfer permissions can be revoked at any time!
With this failsafe in place, even in the worst-case scenario of the exchange being hacked, there&rsquo;s a dummy proxy contract that knows nothing, with no one else having the ability to tell it to transfer the NFT.
Developing this methodology correctly took a lot of time, precision, testing, and auditing, and we can confidently say that is the most effective mechanism for utilizing a secondary NFT marketplace.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">The Benefits Are Clear</h1>
Now that you have a stronger understanding of the difference between on-chain and off-chain marketplaces, the benefits for users and creators should be obvious. Not only is there greater security and protection in terms of digital asset ownership, but with off-chain marketplaces, you can still utilize and interact with your listed NFT in other decentralized applications. On the contrary, when using an on-chain marketplace, once you begin a transaction and deposit your NFT into the marketplace&rsquo;s smart contract, you no longer have ANY control over your NFT, leaving it up to the marketplace to make sure they have the necessary security in place to secure your assets properly.
Although there are obvious benefits to an off-chain marketplace, it is a much more challenging infrastructure for many development teams to build, which is why NFTrade is one of the only marketplaces across the entire NFT ecosystem that offers these capabilities. The bottom line is that many marketplaces are simply too lazy, incompetent, or unskilled to introduce these implementations, which is all the more reason off-chain marketplaces should be utilized if someone is looking for a secure and decentralized secondary NFT marketplace.
If you&rsquo;ve ever wondered why some NFT marketplaces require you to deposit your NFT to interact and why some do not, you should now understand that this is due to on-chain versus off-chain infrastructures. When possible, it is ALWAYS better to use an off-chain solution, as they leave the control and value in the hands of users and asset owners instead of potentially manipulatable third-party marketplaces.
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Off-Chain NFT Marketplaces vs. On-Chain NFT Marketplaces: What Are the Differences and Benefits?

Off-Chain vs. On-Chain NFT Marketplaces

Off-Chain NFT Marketplaces vs. On-Chain NFT Marketplaces

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We are happy to announce the release of our optimized search feature, allowing anyone to search for individual NFTs, collections, users, and more, accessible from any page on NFTrade.com.
With the millions (if not billions) of NFTs now on the market, searching for specific collections, users, and NFTs on a secondary marketplace has been a major hassle. Many marketplaces offered minimal searching capabilities, limited to a generalized capacity. Even searching within a specific collection has proved to be a tedious task for many marketplaces, with the lack of usability evident to all who had tried.
Now that we have an optimized searching mechanism, users will be able to search in a multi-chain capacity, strengthening NFTrade as the singular application NFTrade users need to use to access the entire NFT ecosystem across all chains.
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