Theme: Predictions for 2023

Type of NFTs up, down, flat

• PFPs
  • Down (except yuga)
• Games
  • Flat, to up based on blockchain going into mainstream gaming companies
  • https://dappradar.com/rankings/category/games 
• Music
  • Flat, we need to see larger wallet adoption to overlap with listeners
• Events/Poap
  • Up. Watch out ticketmaster 
• Corporate 
  • Up. 
• “Art”
  • Up/flat. Marketing tools and ability of artists is going up. 
• Sports
  • Down.   but bullish on NCAA nft 
• DAO/Financial
  • down
• Fashion/wearables
  • Up. 

Other trends:

• 1 new project a quarter topping $10M in launch and initial activity
• YUGA drops from top spots in top 10 with only 2 projects remaining (punks/Apes)
• Polygon dominates as layer 2 upgrade to ETH comes, this crushes other layer 
• ETH guesses
  • $2,400 EOY and high of $3,500
  • Punks - 80ETH vs 90ETH 
  • BAYC - 60TH vs 50ETH

• Project: https://collectibles.bankless.com/genesis 

• NFT News

• • • Yuga Labs' Sewer Pass NFT Collection Nets Over $6M in Sales in Just Hours 

• Blocks Blur, Sudo

• • The first “Bored Ape” NFT game costs $2,300+ for three weeks of play
  • Hack via malware served by Google Ads 
  • SFMOMA Acquires Their First NFT – ARTnews.com
  • Beeple Teases an Event 3/11/23 (Likely in SC) | NFT CULTURE  
  • Rarible Unveils NFT Marketplace Builder That’s 100% Free
  • Optimism Blockchain Sees Surge in NFT Mints - NFTgators 
  • First National Geographic NFT Launch Meets Massive Backlash, Technical Issues - Decrypt
  • The Tribeca Film Festival Adopts VIP NFT Passes