According to new market analysis printed by blockchain knowledge agency Nansen, crypto users spent 963,227 Ether (ETH), value $2.7 billion, minting nonfungible tokens (NFTs) on the Ethereum blockchain in the first half of 2022. An overwhelming majority of minting came about on OpenSea.io.
Minting occurred throughout 1.088 million distinctive pockets addresses on Ethereum throughout this era, Nansen mentioned. In comparability, about $107 million value of NFTs have been minted on BNB Chain and $77 million for Avalanche. A complete of 263,800 distinctive pockets addresses have been concerned in NFT minting on the 2 blockchains.
1/ Market individuals spent 963,227 $ETH (roughly $2.7b) on minting NFTs in the first half of 2022.
So what did the NFT initiatives do with the cash they raised?
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Sixty-nine NFT collections launched on May 22 alone, ensuing in day by day minting quantity surpassing 120,000 ETH. The whole quantity of NFT collections minted and bought on Ethereum in the course of the first half of the yr was 28,986. Over two-thirds of the NFT initiatives raised lower than 5 ETH, though 140 collections raised effectively over 1,000 ETH. Cumulatively, the highest 5 NFT collections on Ethereum accounted for 8.4% of total minting. These embrace Pixelmon-Generation 1, Moonbirds, VeeFriends Series 2, Genesis Box and World of Women Galaxy.
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About half the quantity raised stayed with NFT initiatives, whereas the opposite half circulated to non-entity wallets. However, Nansen might solely hint direct transfers from the NFT initiatives’ addresses to the rapid transaction addresses. Subsequent transactions to different counterparties weren’t captured, thus limiting potential conclusions on how funds have been used after NFT drops.
Aside from analysis, Nansen can be recognized for index aggregates, such because the NFT-500, that observe the efficiency of the highest 500 NFT collections on Ethereum for each the ERC-721 and ERC-1155 token requirements. The agency secured $12 million in investments from Andreessen Horowitz final yr.
