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 userbase, 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 a 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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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 to expand and establish lоcal cоmmunities in each cоrner оf the glоbe. We would like to communicate with individuals ready to contribute to building our global community and become a part of the bright future of Web3.
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Ambassador Roles</h2>
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<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>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Exclusive Ambassador Perks</h2>
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<li>Regular face-time with the NFTrade leadership team</li>
<li>Exclusive Art NFT Drops&nbsp;</li>
<li>Special Ambassador badge on Discord</li>
<li>Access to the private ambassador and the NFTrade core team chats</li>
<li>Access to exclusive content and Alpha group</li>
<li>Access to exclusive NFT giveaways from our partners</li>
<li>Access to bonus collaboration offers from our partners&nbsp;</li>
<li>$NFTD token rewards up to $2000 every month</li>
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*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.
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Criteria to join the NFTrade Ambassador program</h2>
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<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, or Chinese speakers (other languages are accepted as well)</li>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">How to Apply</h2>
The application form for the NFTrade Ambassadors program will be open from 12th July 2022. Please fill out this <a style="color: #3598db; text-decoration: underline;" href="https://forms.gle/iyJwMRhcm9weR3BX9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">application form</a><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1-WiQvFmusqE-i0kqW2KGw-4yo5BodhZHleF-txusuRs/edit?ts=62bc2ec2"> </a>to join the NFTrade crowd. When the ambassadors are selected, we will then announce more specific instructions on tasks of each level.
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NFTrade Ambassador Program

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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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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 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 be covering 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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<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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<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.

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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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<h5 style="text-align: center;">A part of the features section on the new and revitalized NFTrade landing page (nftrade.com)</h5>
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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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<h1 style="text-align: center;">Mobile Support</h1>
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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<h5 style="text-align: center;">A trade proposal in the NFTrade mobile marketplace (app.nftrade.com)</h5>
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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 potential 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 all together 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 Etheruem, 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 Etheruem 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 make sure 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 Etheruem, 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 a 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 a 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

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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.
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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.
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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 $NFTD as accessible as possible.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">About NFTrade</h1>
NFTrade is the first cross-chain and blockchain-agnostic NFT platform. We host the complete NFT lifecycle, allowing anyone to seamlessly create, buy, sell, swap, farm, and leverage NFTs across different blockchains. Using NFTrade, anyone can gain access to the entirety of their NFT, unlocking the total value of the NFT market.
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$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.
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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.
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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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The &lsquo;Connect Account&rsquo; button in the upper right-hand corner.
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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;, 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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New Search Bar Feature

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We want to begin our 10 Days of Growth Campaign with a hot start, so what better way than bringing some more utility and value to our native $NFTD token? To kick off these 10 days, we&rsquo;re happy to announce our native $NFTD/$USDT LP farm is now live for all token holders, and with HUGE rewards.
As early backers of the NFTrade ecosystem, we want to reward our core base of token holders with an additional APY on their holdings to support the community and show our thanks. Our community is the lifeblood of the NFTrade platform and everything we are building, so keeping everyone involved and active is our best course of action.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">The LP Farm</h1>
Unlike most DApps with their own native tokens who outsource their LP farming, we have built everything in-house! We are a technology-focused NFT marketplace, not another fly-by-night marketplace riding the coattails of the latest celebrity drop, and the best way to demonstrate this is through action. Not only are we offering cutting edge opportunities to NFT creators, collectors, and users, but we have the capabilities to produce almost anything via our development team, which is how we are able to offer so many cutting edge features unavailable anywhere else!
With the LP farm officially open, start staking your $NFTD today to earn a high yield while the campaign is still active!
Start providing liquidity here: <a href="../../eth-staking">https://nftrade.com/eth-staking</a>
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$NFTD LP Farm is Now LIVE — With Huge Rewards

$NFTD LP Farm is Now LIVE

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It&rsquo;s the third day of our 10 Days of Growth Campaign, and there are absolutely no signs of slowing down! Today, we are delighted to share the upcoming launch of our multi-chain NFT rarity tool. This innovative tool will combine the best aspects of many of the currently available options, allowing users to easily and verifiably determine the rarity of their NFTs, and thus, a more appropriate price compared to the average floor-priced NFT within a specific collection.
Currently, there are NFT rarity tools for singular blockchain networks, but at NFTrade, we don&rsquo;t believe in network segmentation, so, as usual, we are creating a one-stop solution that aggregates all available NFT rarity information from all of our available chains.
This native tool will be available directly on nftrade.com, providing valuable insight and analytics on different aspects of rarity and collectibility within NFT collections. As the leading secondary marketplace by users and trading volume on multiple different blockchain networks, we are happy to create and launch tools that will bolster the capabilities of our community members. As the launch of this multi-chain application gets closer to fruition, we will start accepting collections to apply for rarity analytics and insights before a complete rollout.
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NFTrade Set to Release Multi-Chain NFT Rarity Tool

Multi-Chain NFT Rarity Tool

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As a technology-focused NFT marketplace and platform, we are always looking for innovative and refreshing ways to bring value to our users, token holders, and community. As we continue to grow, we are thrilled to announce the introduction of our NFT Launchpad, a catered application that will allow $NFTD token holders exclusive access to Initial NFT Offerings (INOs) from some of the hottest and most sought after projects in the metaverse, NFT, gaming, and DeFi spaces.
Like always, we have built this application natively, and it will go live soon for project developers and end users to utilize! We have conducted our alpha NFT launch with DeRace with great success; the launch sold out almost instantly, with available NFTs listing and selling on our secondary marketplace with significant returns for users who had the opportunity to purchase these NFT assets. Of course, there is no guarantee on the future price of any NFT available via our launchpad, but by using our launchpad, $NFTD holders will get access to premier NFTs at the lowest possible price that will be made available by project developers.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">A Tiered System Benefits All</h1>
Our native $NFTD token will grant access and the opportunity to participate in these upcoming INOs, with a tiered structure that gives larger token holders greater access to participate and contribute. We will be releasing our tier system following the competition of our 10 Days of Growth campaign, so stay tuned!
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NFTrade Announces First Cross-Chain Metaverse NFT Launchpad for $NFTD Holders

First Cross-Chain NFT Launchpad

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It&rsquo;s the third day of our 10 Days of Growth Campaign, and there are absolutely no signs of slowing down! Today, we are delighted to share the upcoming launch of our multi-chain NFT rarity tool. This innovative tool will combine the best aspects of many of the currently available options, allowing users to easily and verifiably determine the rarity of their NFTs, and thus, a more appropriate price compared to the average floor-priced NFT within a specific collection.
Currently, there are NFT rarity tools for singular blockchain networks, but at NFTrade, we don&rsquo;t believe in network segmentation, so, as usual, we are creating a one-stop solution that aggregates all available NFT rarity information from all of our available chains.
This native tool will be available directly on nftrade.com, providing valuable insight and analytics on different aspects of rarity and collectibility within NFT collections. As the leading secondary marketplace by users and trading volume on multiple different blockchain networks, we are happy to create and launch tools that will bolster the capabilities of our community members. As the launch of this multi-chain application gets closer to fruition, we will start accepting collections to apply for rarity analytics and insights before a complete rollout.

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We have already announced the launch of our native LP farm, and as we continue through our 10 Days of Growth, we&rsquo;re excited to announce another yield creation opportunity for our $NFTD holders. We have just launched our single-sided $NFTD staking application via an NFT farm on Binance Smart Chain, allowing our global user base to put their tokens to work to earn artistic and utility-based NFTs directly from NFTrade!
Our dynamic $NFTD staking farm is open to all of our token holders, with the ability to stake native tokens in order to earn NFTs exclusively available to our token holders. Throughout this farm, stakers will be able to earn NFTs from NFTrade directly, as well as from NFTrade partner projects, INOs, and other relevant NFT offerings.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">The First NFTs Available to $NFTD Stakers</h1>
$NFTD staking is now live, allowing users to begin earning NFTrade-based NFTs through the click of a button. However, these utility and artistic NFTs will be revealed at a later date, leaving them as an exciting surprise for our user base. Although the NFTs are not yet released, users will be able to start earning synthetic tokens through NFT farming that will allow them to claim these exclusive NFTs; once the NFTs are live and dropped, it will be first come, first serve.
There will be a variety of different NFTs available to cater to the different wants and needs of our community, with new NFTs becoming available to our stakers on a regular basis. Our farm will feature both artistic and utility NFTs, such as generative art NFTs, NFTs that eliminate transaction fees for 30 days, NFTs that give free NFT promotion opportunities on our homepage, collaborative NFTs, and much, much more. This NFT farm will feature the first-ever artistic and utility NFTs released by NFTrade, which should remain as sought-after assets as we grow and continue expanding our reach throughout the NFT universe. As the preeminent NFT platform, aggregator, and marketplace, these NFTs will provide immense value across the entirety of the NFTrade and NFT ecosystem.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">Differences Between LP Farming and Single-Sided Staking</h1>
Unlike the LP farm we recently launched, users do not have to provide liquidity of a secondary asset in order to take part and begin earning rewards, they only need to stake $NFTD. This means that users only need to stake half the amount of value they would in a traditional LP farm, creating various different reward opportunities for $NFTD holders. On top of this, users will not earn the standard cryptocurrency yield for their staking contributions, but a unique digital asset that can provide a variety of different value propositions.
What are you waiting for? Start staking your $NFTD in our NFT farm and earning rewards today!
You can start your single-sided $NFTD staking here: <a href="../../farms/nftd-bsc">https://nftrade.com/farms/nftd-bsc</a>

$NFTD Single Asset Staking Is Live Through Our NFT Farm

$NFTD Single Asset Staking

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Ask, and you shall receive. Our community of $NFTD token holders has requested an AVAX bridge, and now, we are happy to announce the official launch is coming within the next 48 hours. In collaboration with ChainPort, we are releasing an ERC20 bridge for our AVAX tokens, allowing users to swap $NFTD tokens between Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain, and Avalanche (the three networks our utility and governance token is currently available on).
As a multi-chain (and soon-to-be cross-chain) NFT platform, marketplace, and aggregator, it&rsquo;s only fitting that we make our native token as fluid as the NFTs available on our platform, and with this new bridge, we can confidently say that this is now the case.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">New $NFTD Tokens Will Be Airdropped to AVAX-Based Token Holders</h1>
In order to facilitate this novel bridging capability, we will be releasing a new version of our AVAX-based $NFTD token, airdropped in a 1-to-1 ratio to all current $NFTD holders on the Avalanche blockchain. This new token will be interchangeable across networks, making $NFTD more accessible than ever before.
Once the new token is airdropped, we will be removing liquidity from our trading pair on Trader Joe, reintroducing liquidity and a trading pool with the newly airdropped token. If you currently hold AVAX-based $NFTD you do not have to do anything, everything will be handled for you automatically.

$NFTD AVAX Bridge Launching Within 48 Hours

$NFTD AVAX Bridge

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Peer-to-peer swapping, also known as direct user-to-user trading, is a cornerstone of any multiplayer gaming experience. Every gamer knows how essential trading abilities are, and this is more true than ever with the tangible value tied to NFT and play-to-earn gaming.
Before NFTrade&rsquo;s peer-to-peer swapping feature, the only way to trade NFTs was via an over-the-counter (OTC) deal, which comes with inherent counterparty risk that should be avoided at all costs. Now, with our innovative swapping application, we have created a trustless way for anyone in the cryptocurrency space to easily, safely, and efficiently swap their NFTs with anyone else.
Below, we highlight all of the necessary steps to complete your own peer-to-peer NFT swaps.
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<h1>Step 1 &mdash; Go to https://nftrade.com/swaps and click the &lsquo;Connect Account&rsquo; button</h1>
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This connects your browser wallet to NFTrade and allows you to make trades. Once your wallet is connected, make sure to open the blockchain you would like to trade your NFTs with (currently Ethereum, BSC, Avalanche, or Polygon).
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<h1>Step 2 &mdash; Find the NFT(s) you want to trade for, hover over it with your mouse, and click &lsquo;Propose Swap&rsquo;</h1>
By clicking &lsquo;Propose Swap&rsquo;, the NFT you are interested in trading for will be added to your trading bar. Once a user&rsquo;s NFT has been added to the trade bar, their wallet with all of their available NFTs will pop up with NFTs that can be traded.
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<h1>Step 3 &mdash; Choose the NFTs you want to trade for and propose your own NFTs</h1>
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<h1>Step 4 &mdash; Propose the trade to the other user by clicking &lsquo;Trade&rsquo;</h1>
Once you click &lsquo;Trade&rsquo;, you will be prompted to agree to NFTrade&rsquo;s terms and conditions before signing a wallet transaction. Once you click &lsquo;Confirm&rsquo;, you will be prompted to sign a transaction, sending the trade offer to the other user.
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<h1>Step 5 &mdash; Check your trade status in your &lsquo;My Account&rsquo; tab</h1>
After the trade has been offered, the other party can accept, decline, or counteroffer. All information is available in your &lsquo;My Account&rsquo; tab.
That&rsquo;s it! Now, you should be a swapping professional using NFTrade &mdash; enjoy.

How to Peer-to-Peer Swap on NFTrade

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We had to go all out for the final announcement of our 10 Days of Growth, saving one of our best and most innovative announcements for last. We are proud to announce the upcoming release of our advanced trading platform for NFTs, introducing order book functionality that will drastically increase buy-side and sell-side liquidity, making entering or exiting a specific NFT collection more accessible than ever.
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<h5 style="text-align: center;">The UI of our upcoming NFT order book and advanced trading platform.</h5>
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">How a NFT Order Book Revolutionizes the NFT Trading Market</h1>
For anyone who has ever tried to enter or exit a NFT collection (whether artistic, gaming, or utility-based), they know first-hand the problems that can arise when trying to get access to liquidity and complete a transaction. For most users, they are simply looking for exposure to the collection, buying the floor-priced NFTs in order to get the access they are seeking out. With traditional NFT market infrastructures, this can be a very tedious process, especially if the user wants to buy or sell multiple NFTs within the same collection.
In this case, especially when compared to the fluidity of cryptocurrencies like ERC20 tokens, NFTs could almost be considered an illiquid asset in some respects, at least on an individual basis. If you&rsquo;re a seller, you may have to list your asset well below the floor price for a quick sale, and if you&rsquo;re a buyer, it may take days or weeks until you find the right NFT price you are looking for. With the introduction of our order book feature, users and project devs alike can wave goodbye to this inaccessibility and segmentation.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">Combining Established and New Features to Re-Imagine NFT Trading</h1>
If you wanted to buy ERC20 tokens to get exposure to a new blockchain protocol, imagine how much time you would waste if you had to purchase each token individually, one by one. Would you even do it? Would it be worth it? With questions like this arising, the apparent value of market orders comes in, making it easy for people to place buy orders and sell orders in the exact amount and quantity they want. This has helped turn a nascent asset class, cryptocurrencies, into a multi-trillion dollar industry, and now, these same capabilities will be introduced for NFTs.
Thanks to our new advanced trading platform, users will be able to easily place buy orders and sell orders within specific collections at the price of their choice, mimicking traditional order books, but with a new twist. Users will be to go into a collection, analyze the trading history, and sweep the floor or bolster it with additional NFTs, creating a dynamic and flowing market of accessible liquidity.
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<h5 style="text-align: center;">An example of a market order placement within a collection&rsquo;s NFT order book.</h5>
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">Paving the Way for the Future</h1>
We are incredibly excited to be able to offer this innovative trading mechanism soon, and think it can help redefine how NFTs are traded moving forward. Digital assets shouldn&rsquo;t suffer from the same liquidity problems as isolated physical assets (like real estate or fine art), and with an intuitive order book, no longer will buyers or sellers have to lose value to gain immediate access to liquidity within a NFT collection.

NFTrade to Launch Advanced Trading Platform for NFTs

Advanced Trading Platform for NFTs

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Our 10 Days of Growth recently came to an end, but in reality, we are just getting started. Many of the announcements we have made are already live, such as our $NFTD NFT Farm, but many others are still in the process of building and finalization. As we prepare for the integration of the entirety of our offerings, we&rsquo;d like to highlight an overview of everything announced during our growth campaign.
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Day 1 &mdash; $NFTD LP Farm</h2>
To kick things off, we started our 10 Days of Growth campaign with the launch of our native LP farm. This farm gives amazing APY to $NFTD / $USDT liquidity providers, with the current APY sitting at 170.16%. You can access our native LP farm here: <a href="../../eth-staking">https://nftrade.com/eth-staking</a>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Day 2 &mdash; Cross-Chain NFT Launchpad</h2>
Another hard-hitting announcement &mdash; on our second day, we announced the upcoming launch of our native NFT launchpad. This will allow $NFTD holders to get pre-sale access to some of the most exclusive and sought-after NFTs and cryptocurrencies in the market, providing access at the ground floor.
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Day 3 &mdash; Multi-Chain Rarity Tool</h2>
Rarity tools are vital to determining the true value of a NFT within a collection, and as a multi-chain (and soon-to-be cross-chain) NFT marketplace, a multi-chain rarity tool is only fitting. This innovative tool combines the best aspects of rarity data and analytics, allowing users to easily and verifiably determine the rarity of their NFTs, and thus, a more appropriate price.
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Day 4 &mdash; Credit Card/Fiat Integration</h2>
In collaboration with MoonPay, we will provide a fiat-onramp to NFTrade, making NFT accessibility easier than ever. Soon, users will be able to purchase and sell NFTs using fiat currency.
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Day 5 &mdash; $NFTD Single Asset Staking</h2>
On the fifth day of our campaign, we announced yet another utility of $NFTD: single-sided staking. Through our NFT farm, users can stake $NFTD to earn exclusive artistic, collectible, and utility-based NFTs.
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Day 6 &mdash; Tezos Integration</h2>
Since NFTrade is focused on hosting the entire NFT ecosystem, including all relevant chains with segmented NFT economies, we announced our Tezos integration. This integration will introduce the Tezos blockchain and Tezos NFTs to our dynamic platform.
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Day 7 &mdash; Kusama Integration Via Moonriver</h2>
We are working with the Moonriver (and Moonbeam) team to introduce the Kusama NFT ecosystem to our broader user base. Through their unique platform, NFTrade users will be able to create, buy, sell, trade, and p2p Kusama-based NFTs.
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Day 8 &mdash; $NFTD Bridge for Avalanche Tokens</h2>
In collaboration with ChainPort, we released a bridge for our NFTD tokens on Avalanche. Now, all of our holders, regardless of whether they own their tokens on Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain, or Avalanche, can seamlessly swap NFTD tokens between chains.
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Day 9 &mdash; Harmony Integration</h2>
As the final mainnet announcement in this campaign, we were excited to introduce Harmony NFTs into the NFTrade ecosystem. Like Tezos, Moonriver, and many other networks, we will integrate Harmony to make their NFTs more accessible and available to the broader NFT community.
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Day 10 &mdash; Advanced NFT Trading Platform / Order Book</h2>
For our final announcement, we released details on our upcoming advanced NFT trading platform. Through the use of traditional order book functionality, our advanced trading platform will fundamentally change how NFTs are traded, especially at the floor price. By increasing buy-side and sell-side liquidity within specific NFT collections, entering or exiting a NFT collection will be easier and more accessible than ever before.
This is just a recap of all the announcements we made during our 10 Days of Growth, with more in-depth overviews on each topic available on our Medium blog and Twitter page. As we continue towards the implementation of all these features, on top of adding to our user base and daily/weekly/monthly NFT trading volume, we are excited to see how NFTrade impacts the broader NFT sector.

10 Days of Growth Recap

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With such a new and innovative technology such as NFTs, the possibilities for fraud are still prevalent, especially as marketplaces, creators, and platforms are still largely segmented and siloed off. In order to protect our users against fraud in the NFT space, such as purchasing a non-original NFT masking itself as an original, we are teaming up with Numbers Protocol to implement the fraud protection protocol for NFTs.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">A Variety of Implementations</h1>
We will be working with Numbers Protocol in a variety of ways, with additions that will bring value to both of our communities of users. Our first steps will be a support search of BSC assets issued from Number Protocol&rsquo;s NFTScan, making it easier than ever to identify fraudulent NFTs on the Binance Smart Chain network. We will also soon run a verification campaign, rewarding the community for correctly pointing out fraudulent NFTs looking to take advantage of innocent users. Not only will this help the community, but it will also directly reward those who can identify these fraudulent NFTs.
On top of this, we will also begin to set up a $NUM NFT farm, allowing $NUM token holders to stake their tokens in order to earn collectible or utility-based NFTs (and a potential $NUM APY). Numbers Protocol will also aid in additional integrations, such as setting up a photo NFT collection store on NFTScan to make identifying fraudulent NFTs even easier.
When asked about the partnership, Bofu Chen, Founder and CTO of Numbers Protocol, stated, &ldquo;As the first fully decentralized marketplace that supports the entire NFT lifecycle, NFTrade is helping to push forward Web3.0 that is both pure and accessible. We are excited for the opportunity to further facilitate transparency and community with our tools and technology in an effort to bring trust to the NFT space.&rdquo;
Ori Levi, NFTrade&rsquo;s CEO and co-founder, also commented, &ldquo;As the NFT ecosystem continues to grow, fraud prevention is becoming more and more important for protecting the rights of creators and barricading NFT communities against malicious actors. We are excited to work with the Numbers Protocol team to weed out fraudulent NFTs, copies, and scams from NFTrade&rsquo;s marketplace and growing list of P2E, gaming, NFT, DeFi, and GameFi partners.&rdquo;
We look forward to working with Numbers Protocol to provide an additional level of security and protection to our users.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">About Numbers Protocol</h1>
Numbers is building a decentralized photo network for creating community, value, and trust in digital media. Its Numbers Protocol redefines the nature of digital visual media as assets and is the backbone of a suite of tools for registering and retrieving photos and videos in the Numbers network &mdash; the Capture app, Seal API, and Trace website &mdash; plus the CaptureClub marketplace and a proprietary NFT Search Engine. Numbers champion the purity of digital media and enable people to think more critically about the interactions between our images and the world around us.
<a href="https://numbersprotocol.io/">Website</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/numbersprotocol">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://t.me/numbersprotocol">Telegram</a>| <a href="https://link.numbersprotocol.io/discord">Discord</a> | <a href="https://medium.com/numbers-protocol">Medium</a>

NFTrade and Numbers Protocol Partner to Fight Fraud in the NFT Space

NFTrade Fights Fraud in the NFT space

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As the largest NFT marketplace on Avalanche by both users and trading volume, we enjoy collaborating with other top projects in the ecosystem, creating mutually beneficial value for all involved. We are excited to team up with Pangolin, one of the top DEXs in the entire crypto market, to launch their first NFT collection &mdash; available exclusively to $PNG token holders!
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">Earn Pangos in the Pangolin NFT Farm</h1>
For its first NFT launch, Pangolin made the admirable move of prioritizing its token holders, making the NFTs free to claim to anyone who stakes $PNG in our Pangolin NFT farm. By staking $PNG in the newly released Pangolin NFT farm, stakers will earn xPNG, a synthetic and non-transferable token that can be used to purchase NFTs within the farm. All of the available NFTs are deviations of Pangolin&rsquo;s mascot, Pango, offering an assortment of options for interested users.
In total, Pangolin has made 1600 NFTs available across 16 different NFT variations, with a quantity of 100 NFTs each. This first batch of NFTs is based on the Pangolin stickers usable within their community channels, bringing a vital piece of their ecosystem to life for all Pangolin supporters to own!
Once you stake your $PNG, there is a 30 day lock-up period within the farm, allowing you to earn xPNG on every block to go towards your NFT purchases. Some of the Pango NFTs cost more xPNG than others, but there are available options at many price levels, making them accessible to token holders of all different shapes and sizes. Each wallet address will be able to claim a maximum of 5 NFTs each, making multiple NFT claims possible, but at a level where everyone should be able to take part and make their claim. Following the purchase of the Pango NFT, the NFT will go directly to the user&rsquo;s browser wallet, where they can then decide to keep it, list it for sale, or trade it. If you&rsquo;re not a $PNG holder or do not want to lock up your token liquidity, don&rsquo;t worry, as you will still have the option to buy or p2p swap for a Pango NFT once it hits the secondary market.
We are very happy to work with the Pangolin DEX team, and will continue to work together to introduce additional value to both of our communities into the future.
You can access the Pangolin NFT farm here: <a href="../../farms/pangolin">https://nftrade.com/farms/pangolin</a>
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">About Pangolin Exchange</h1>
Pangolin Exchange is a top decentralized exchange (DEX) on the Avalanche Network that provides the best DEX experience through deep liquidity, easy swaps, advanced tooling, and smooth onboarding. Pangolin brings you the best trading opportunities to find and maximize your yield.
<a href="https://pangolin.exchange/">Website</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/pangolindex">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://discord.com/invite/PARrDYYbfw">Discord</a> | <a href="https://github.com/pangolindex">GitHub </a>| <a href="https://pangolin.exchange/litepaper">Documentation </a>|<a href="https://forum.avax.network/"> </a><a href="https://t.me/pangolindex">Telegram</a> | <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/74288656/admin/">LinkedIn</a> | <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/pangolinexchange">Reddit</a> | <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClJJTG4FRL4z3AOf-ZWXZLw">YouTube</a>
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Pangolin Up For DEX-Themed NFTs 

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With the still raging high gas fees users are experiencing on the Ethereum network, we have already started to see a user and developer exodus to chains deemed more scalable and efficient. One of these networks is Kusama, but without EVM compatibility, it is extremely challenging to bridge dApps over to the network. This is where <a href="https://moonbeam.network/networks/moonriver/">Moonriver</a>, an Ethereum compatible smart contract platform in Kusama, comes in, providing the necessary infrastructure for applications to go live on the Kusama network.
We are pleased to announce the launch of our Moonriver integration, bringing new life to the Kusama NFT ecosystem, and allowing all users and project development teams on the network to easily create, buy, sell, p2p swap, farm, and launch NFTs in a fully decentralized and non-custodial manner.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">The Kusama NFT Ecosystem</h1>
There are already quite a few notable collections on Kusama, such as the Damned Pirate Society, Moonsama, and Zoombies, and we are excited to provide them the platform they need to take their collections to the next level. Plus, when our cross-chain interoperability goes live, a whole new user base and flow of liquidity will have much easier access to Moonriver and Kusama-based NFTs.
Through this integration, Moonriver and Kusama NFT holders will have a plethora of value-adding features at their disposal.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">Verified Collection Pages</h1>
We will set up verified collection pages for all collections that fit our parameters (don&rsquo;t worry, you can access ALL Moonriver NFTs on NFTrade, but only verified collections will have the coveted blue checkmark), allowing for easy and safe buying, selling, and escrowed peer-to-peer swapping (trading). These collection pages also track relevant statistics within a collection, such as total trading volume, average sales price, floor price, and more. Since we index all of the metadata within individual collections, users will also be able to search for specific NFTs based on their immutable characteristics, making pinpointing the exact NFT you desire more manageable than ever.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">Initial NFT Offerings</h1>
Our decentralized launchpad makes it simple for developers and users to launch and access native NFTs. Soon, Moonriver and Kusama NFT projects will be able to apply for launch, taking advantage of our infrastructure and NFT-focused user base. Users will be able to spend MOVR for all purchases and interactions.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">NFT Farming</h1>
NFT Farming is a one-sided staking application that allows for the lock-up of cryptocurrencies (reducing active liquidity and keeping it off the trading market) while simultaneously rewarding token holders. Unlike traditional staking, no high APYs or token dilution is necessary to reward users, benefiting the entire ecosystem.
As we further our involvement in the Moonriver NFT ecosystem, we are excited to see what our futures together will hold.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">About Moonbeam and Moonriver</h1>
Moonbeam and Moonriver are Ethereum-compatible smart contract platform 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 href="https://moonbeam.network/">https://moonbeam.network/</a>.
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NFTrade Launches Moonriver Integration to Elevate the Kusama NFT Ecosystem

NFTrade Launches Moonriver Integration

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At NFTrade, we are building towards providing all of the necessary technical infrastructures to take the NFT ecosystem to new heights, and with our latest launch, we are continuing to break down these barriers. We are thrilled to announce our live integration with MoonPay, introducing fiat payments into the NFT space. Through this partnership, MoonPay provides a fiat on-ramp for NFT buyers, sellers, and collectors, making it easier than ever to access NFTs without many of the technical barriers to entry users previously had to experience.
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">The Fiat Purchasing Process</h1>
Through our simple to use dashboard and wallet interface, users will be able to quickly and seamlessly buy cryptocurrency with their credit and debit cards, making these payment forms accessible to the broader cryptocurrency and NFT community. To get started, all you have to do is connect your wallet to NFTrade, and the rest of the process is simple and straightforward.
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Once your wallet is connected to NFTrade, click on the &lsquo;Add Funds&rsquo; button to start the purchasing process through MoonPay. Once you click this, a new window will pop up, prompting you to put in information about the type of cryptocurrency you want to purchase (which will depend on the network of the NFT you want to purchase), the amount of crypto you want to buy, your wallet address to receive the funds, and so forth.
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After you&rsquo;ve confirmed the cryptocurrency and the amount you&rsquo;d like to purchase, press &lsquo;Continue&rsquo; to go on to the next steps. You will be asked to enter your cryptocurrency wallet address and an email address where MoonPay can send you a verification code. After entering the verification code, you will be asked to enter your billing address so that your card can be charged for the cryptocurrency purchase.
Finally, after putting in your credit card details and confirming the purchase, your new cryptocurrency will be seamlessly transferred to your wallet, allowing for the easy purchase of NFTs using fiat as your base currency. We are super excited to see how this impacts the broader NFT ecosystem, and know this is a step in the right direction in regards to introducing NFTs to a broader audience of global users.
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NFT Purchases With Fiat Are Now Possible Thanks to NFTrade’s MoonPay Integration — Live Now

Buy With Credit Card On NFTrade

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Whether you are developing a dApp, play-to-earn game, metaverse, profile picture collection, or anything in between, making sure that your NFTs are visible, accessible, and usable within secondary marketplaces is of utmost importance to long term community usage and growth. Previously, there was no way to test this viability, but now, we are happy to announce this is no longer true, as we have just integrated the Rinkeby (Ethereum) and Fuji (Avalanche) testnets into NFTrade!
Through this integration, project development teams can easily test out their collections and make sure they function as designed, taking out the guesswork previously associated with launching a new NFT collection. Once your wallet is connected to NFTrade, you can choose to operate on either Rinkeby or Fuji to determine how your NFTs will look and function once live.
Testnets are accessible through the following link: <a href="https://testnets.nftrade.com/">https://testnets.nftrade.com/</a>
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NFTrade Launches Testnet Functionality For Rinkeby and Fuji

NFTrade Testnet

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What&rsquo;s the point of making those sweet, sweet NFT profits if we may be hurting the planet along the way? As a forward-thinking organization, environmental consciousness is not something we want to overlook, so we are absolutely thrilled to be the first decentralized application to implement Brokoli&rsquo;s innovative carbon offset program. Through this implementation, our users will have the opportunity to offset their environmental impact on every one of their transactions, and at an extremely nominal price!
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<h5 style="text-align: center;">An example of what Brokoli&rsquo;s carbon offset looks like on NFTrade</h5>
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<h1 style="text-align: center;">Making the NFT Ecosystem Greener For All</h1>
Although non-Proof-of-Work networks are much more environmentally friendly than their Proof-of-Work counterparts, we can go further to reduce our global impact without having to sacrifice accessibility and usability within the NFT asset class. This is where Brokoli comes in, providing an intuitive infrastructure that makes it easy for anyone to eliminate their environmental impact by planting a tree on each transaction! For only $2 extra (payable in the native currency of the transaction), all users have the opportunity to plant a new tree, offsetting their carbon footprint and providing an easy way to be at ease about environmental impact moving forward.
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We announced our partnership with Brokoli towards the end of 2020, and with hard work from both teams, we are excited to be able to bring this meaningful implementation to fruition. This complimentary partnership has already borne fruits through our $BRKL NFT farm and the verification of their NFT collection on NFTrade, and now, we are happy to take it one step further. We wanted to be the first platform to implement a carbon offset, and by maximizing efforts from both parties, we were able to accomplish this goal and make it available to all.
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Now that we are paving the path towards solving the environmental impact of blockchain networks, naysayers will need to find another angle to complain about this revolutionary technology. And don&rsquo;t worry, we will collectively solve those problems too.
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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.
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NFTs Go Climate Positive: NFTrade Integrates Brokoli — Allowing Users To Plant A Tree On Every Transaction

NFTs Go Climate Positive

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<h1 class="title" style="text-align: center;">NFT Aggregator</h1>
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For NFT collectors, investors, creators, and fans, it can be quite challenging to successfully track the NFTs launches and releases you are looking for. Currently, through an industry structure where most NFT platforms are centralized and therefore non-cooperative, you see artists, athletes, and creators fenced off to specific platforms. At this point, it&rsquo;s coming down to what incentives platforms can offer their creators in order to attract new business and maintain their presence, but this does not play out well for users and customers. Customers have to hop from place to place, hoping that they can track down all of the different news and events taking place on each platform.
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Through aggregation, NFTs can launch independently across different platforms, but the sales information will be collected and moved to an open secondary marketplace where buying, selling, and trading can also commence. This is one of the beauties of open source technology and decentralized ledgers such as Ethereum and BSC, as they allow for easy traceability and integration with easily viewable and verifiable code. With an NFT aggregator, the marketplace will become much more accessible, as everyone will know they only need to use a single application to access everything they could potentially find available on the open market.
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For NFT collectors, investors, creators, and fans, it can be quite challenging to successfully track the NFTs launches and releases you are looking for.

NFT Aggregator

<h1 style="text-align: center;">Multi-Chain + Cross-Chain</h1>
Imagine if you could only send texts or make phone calls to other people who used the same phone network as you; your communication capabilities would be extremely limited. Not only that, but a service that would be able to provide communication across networks would inevitably become one of the most successful in the industry. The cryptocurrency and NFT markets are experiencing this same problem of segmentation, and it&rsquo;s severely dampening that amount of usage and liquidity that would be taking place within these asset classes if they were able to move freely across networks.
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This mechanism is known as a cross-chain transaction or cross-chain swap, and allows for non-native assets to become interoperable on other blockchains. This will be a major leading force to adoption, as it will make all networks much more congruent with one another, bringing all the best attributes and aspects of each network and application into a single hub.
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A cross-chain transaction, known to some as an atomic swap, allows for the straightforward trading of cryptographic assets from two separate blockchains using smart contracts. Essentially, the transactional smart contract gives users access to the other&rsquo;s coin within a specific time frame, completing the transaction and finalizing the swap once both parties meet the conditions stated with the smart contract. With an example of cryptocurrencies, this could be a transaction such as trading a Bitcoin for the equivalent amount of Ether, and for NFTS, it could be something like exchanging an NBA Top Shot card for a CryptoPunk.
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Cross-Chain transactions don&rsquo;t only appeal to regular investors and collectors looking to broaden the capabilities of the market, but also to the &lsquo;whales&rsquo; who may not even be looking to cash out their rare NFTs. For example, if someone owns a multi-million dollar Beeple NFT, they may not want to sell it for its cash equivalent, but would be willing to trade it for an extremely rare CryptoKitty or valuable NFT from another artist or celebrity. With cross-chain trading, the opportunities are borderless and literally endless, opening up every possible trading situation that the market could allow for.
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<h3>Multi-Chain</h3>
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.
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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, WAX, Cardano, HECO, and more, giving the native NFTs of each chain the ability to be access in one place brings additional opportunities to all.
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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.

Imagine if you could only send texts or make phone calls to other people who used the same phone network as you; your communication capabilities would be extremely limited.

Multi-Chain + Cross-Chain

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<h1 class="title" style="text-align: center;">NFT Farming</h1>
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NFT farming builds off the concept of token staking and liquidity farming, with users staking native tokens to earn an additional yield through an NFT-based reward. Unlike traditional staking, which pays out the reward in the natively staked token, through NFT farming, users can obtain much rarer and distinctive yield generating assets. These earnable NFTs can vary greatly depending on the token being staked, the use case behind the project, and what the native development teams deems as the proper reward to be made earnable.
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For projects that do not offer a form of staking or yield generation, which are many, NFT farming provides an obvious value generation event that provides additional value to the end user. The rewards for NFT farming vary, but are mainly separated into two categories, collectible NFTs and utility-based NFTs.
Collectible NFTs can range from digital art, gaming items, or a rare and numbered asset, with the exclusivity of the NFT at least partially driving aspects of its appeal and value. With the NFTrade farming platform, the NFTs available on the platform will be 100% exclusive, meaning that the only way to earn them is through token staking and NFT farming within our platform. For example, if you play a blockchain-based game, a collectible NFT reward could be an exclusive in-game item, character, or usable asset, which can then be equipped, sold, or swapped to recognize its inherent value. This creates a more liquid option for NFT farmers who want to see tangible profits from their staking endeavors.
The second class of farmable NFT rewards are utility-based NFT tokens, which, when held, provide exclusive benefits to the asset holder. The possibilities available within utility-based NFTs are almost endless, and will continue to expand in complexity and value as more projects begin to understand the value propositions that NFTs can present to token holders. Some basic examples of utility-focused NFTs are redeemable NFTs that allow early platform access to a new application, a discount on transaction fees for a native platform, the ability to opt-in for a higher reward tier, and many others.
With NFT farming, projects benefit by having additional tokens locked up and off the market, strengthening their ecosystem, and users benefit by earning tangible value through the availability of exclusive NFT assets.
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NFT farming builds off the concept of token staking and liquidity farming, with users staking native tokens to earn an additional yield through an NFT-based reward.

NFT Farming

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<h1 class="title" style="text-align: center;">NFT Launchpad</h1>
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With the popularity seen amongst top launchpads, it has gotten to the point where the majority of the projects that approach them have to be turned away, even if it&rsquo;s a project that presents a lot of potential value. Each launchpad only has a certain bandwidth of projects it can maintain at once, leaving many looking for a home for their upcoming token generation event. We see this throughout the entire DeFi economy at large, but also specifically within the NFT marketplace, where there has been a lot of established and growing interest.
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Launchpads provide a verified way to introduce high-quality projects. The launchpad development team works directly with new projects, thoroughly vetting them, their solution, and their project infrastructure to ensure they are up to community standards. As more everyday users understand the power of NFTs, more projects will launch to serve and innovate within this ecosystem. NFTrade wants to be the jumping-off point for the best projects launching in the NFT space, and with a multi-chain and cross-chain creation capabilities and exchange hub, it presents the optimal point for new projects to introduce themselves to an audience of already interested users in the asset class.
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With the popularity seen amongst top launchpads, it has gotten to the point where the majority of the projects that approach them have to be turned away, even if it’s a project that presents a lot of potential value.

NFT Launchpad

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<h1 class="title" style="text-align: center;">Escrowed P2P Swaps</h1>
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Peer-to-peer trading is the ability to trade without the necessity of an intermediary, which was previously impossible through the online realm before the introduction of blockchain technology. Now, anyone can conduct transactions with whomever they wish, all through a fluid trading process that only involves the parties within the trade. With swaps, this is done off-chain with no transaction fee, making the trade as seamless and easy to execute as possible.
This presents a massive opportunity for NFT holders and users, as there is now a genuine open market where anyone can realize the tangible value of their items. This feature will take place throughout a NFTs entire online lifecycle. We should understate the value these types of transactions can generate.
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Imagine you have been spending months building up your character in order to complete a quest, and now you only need one more rare in-game item to qualify and begin. Instead of playing for innumerable more hours to earn the qualifying item, you can simply buy it or trade for it in an open market with another player. You can trade a variety of digital items you own, all with a uniquely identifiable value, in exchange for the item you require, or you could simply offer the seller a price they cannot refuse. With peer-to-peer NFT swaps, users can navigate a gaming world in a much more straightforward way, conducting transactions in a manner that mimics the real world.
We can also see the value of swaps through games like CSGO, where users are always buying, selling, and earning new guns and skins. If you have multiple of a single item or are looking to diversify, peer-to-peer NFT swaps make the transaction easy and leave the entire value of the transaction within the hands of the gamers making the trade. On top of that, swaps mean no transaction fees have to be wasted on the exchange, optimizing the outcome for both trading parties.
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Peer-to-peer trading is the ability to trade without the necessity of an intermediary, which was previously impossible through the online realm before the introduction of blockchain technology.

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NFTs offer a true digital representation of collectible art, and just like its physical counterpart, it too has begun to develop a passionate community. However, even though the NFT marketplace is entirely digital, and therefore shareable all over the internet, there isn&rsquo;t a community social media platform where NFT collectors, investors, creators, and generally interested users can share and converse about non-fungible tokens.
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The possibilities that a NFT-based social media platform can present are practically limitless, as it can include each different industry or aspect of the NFT marketplace. This can consist of art, gaming-based NFTs, utility-focused NFTs, NFTs based on physical assets, and more. The art and gaming industries alone represent a combined market size of almost $235 billion as of 2020, a massive amount, and there are not many places for fans of these spaces to go online to socialize with other members of their community. Most NFT platforms focus on the marketplace aspect of the asset class, which is undoubtedly vital, but we want to expand on what&rsquo;s already available.
Like most social media platforms, with NFTrade&rsquo;s future social features, you will be able to easily follow your favorite creators, artists, collectors, and of course, your friends and peers. The social platform will allow you to easily share your collection and thoughts with the world, as well as post stories of your favorite pieces and any NFT insights you&rsquo;d like to promote to the greater digital community. We expect lively discussions to break out all over the place, bringing together users from different areas of the market to collectively challenge each other while simultaneously growing. This could be anything from a discussion on the valuation of a specific NFT or artist&rsquo;s collection of work, or a debate on the usability of certain NFT gaming items for a particular online game.
By having the opportunity to show off your NFTs and actively communicate with everyone else interested, the NFT community will become more robust and more dynamic. We are planning to offer much more than a page to showcase your collection, as you&rsquo;ll be able to express yourself and your opinions while directly communicating with other interested users. By creating a social hub where NFTs and interested users can thrive, the market will continue to solidify itself within the eyes of the mainstream.
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NFTs offer a true digital representation of collectible art, and just like its physical counterpart, it too has begun to develop a passionate community. 