Hello NFTphiles!
We are now two days away from peak Festivus and things are beginning to slow down here on Know Your NFTs headquarters for the holidays. So let us begin with the airing of our NFT grievances and feed the Crypto grinch inside of us.
Let’s start with some of the big backlashes in the recent few days of NFT drops and the rise of NFT culture.
The rocky start of the Adidas NFT
“Mutant Ape NFT holders – who had early access to the drop – could not complete their transactions after they had already paid gas fees for the digital collectibles. The brand briefly paused the highly-anticipated NFT launch “while the developers investigated issues,” Adidas tweeted. “
Well to be honest, it was kind of a mess. However it is the third largest NFT drop ever so that was an achievement considering the mainstream brand was involved.
“Though he does think it’s sweet that “now artists can become little capitalist assholes as well,” Eno says that if he “primarily wanted to make money,” he would have a “different career as a different kind of person.” Although to be fair, Eno did apologize for his cynicism. He’s “not feeling too positive right now.” Hard to fault him for that. “
From musician accounts of Brian Eno, it seems he’s kind of a jerk but also a bit of a pioneer genius.
No one cares about Unisoft’s Tezos
“Ubisoft’s Digits are part of its Ubisoft Quartz “experience,and instead of slightly different pictures of poorly drawn monkeys, Digits are in-game cosmetic items with unique serial numbers. The initial offering, distributed free to players who met certain playtime or account level requirements, include a gun skin that requires players reach XP level five, a pair of pants requiring 100 hours played, and a mask only obtainable by spending 600 hours in a game that was a complete disaster at launch.”
The backlash of this NFT announcement has been epic for its massive negative reaction by the gaming community.
Enough of the grievances, NOW it is time for feet of strength !
Here are data points and glossaries that demonstrate the surging rise of NFT’s as an investment class but also as a pop culture and mimetic force to be reckoned with in 2022.
Here is the NFT zeitgeist in a nice packaged report format.
The Goldman Sachs PDF report on
This is an old-school type report released last Summer by Goldman Sachs showing the bright future of digital crypto assets.
New tech words for 2021 will now be standard dinner conversations for 2022.
These are the key terms for NFTs that you should know in the new year to impress friends at dinner and icebreakers at cocktail parties.
COOL LINKS
Now you can hunt and kill bored apes on this NFT Doom
Let’s be honest we’re kind of sick of Bored Ape Yacht Club news.
Athlete NFTs are here to stay. Just wait for the E-Sports athletes and Mathletes to come along.
Tokenizing Mongolian history with NFTs
The open steppes, a fast mare and the wind in your hair, that is good in life.
Are NFTs a new creative commons?
Maybe……………..Not
