{"id":176269,"date":"2021-02-11T20:08:20","date_gmt":"2021-02-11T17:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nfts-take-center-stage-at-eth-denver-2021\/"},"modified":"2021-02-11T20:08:20","modified_gmt":"2021-02-11T17:08:20","slug":"nfts-take-center-stage-at-eth-denver-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nfts-take-center-stage-at-eth-denver-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"# NFTs take center stage at ETH Denver 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

“# NFTs take center stage at ETH Denver 2021 <\/strong>”
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At ETH Denver\u2019s virtual conference, non-fungible tokens have been in the limelight with seven mainstage presentations devoted to utility, adoption, and novel use cases \u2014 a sign of growing acceptance for what was once considered a niche or lesser app<\/a>lication of blockchain tech.<\/p>\n

While the seven presentations have been dwarfed by decentralized finance\u2019s 14 (not to mention a dedicated four-hour summit), the stage time comes on the back of a remarkable year for NFTs. Sales numbers have routinely pushed past half a million, multiple NFT-backed game<\/a>s enjoyed major advancements in playerbases and governance, and as of late even celebrities have been using the technology<\/a> to distribute art of sometimes-questionable quality to die-hard fans. <\/p>\n

However, gaming and collectibles aren’t the only arena where NFTs are beginning to play a role. In a talk titled \u201cBridging the Gap Between DeFi and NFTs,\u201d Alex Salnikov of Rarible noted that creative smart contract engineering is leading to a boom in DeFi use cases for non-fungible tokens. <\/p>\n

Fractional ownership, wrapping ERC-20s, using NFTs as collateral, and NFT funds are all pushing NFTs into the similarly hot emerging financial vertical \u2014 and Salnikov thinks that trend will only continue as newer projects come to market. <\/p>\n

\u201cI think a lot of new projects will pop up in the recent future, because we\u2019ve seen a big uptick in activity since September, but it takes half a year to a year to build a really good project […] so NFT project activity will explode.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Likewise, John Crain\u2019s \u201cNFTs: Trends in 2021\u201d presentation focused on not just the growth of familiar NFT verticals, but also on how NFTs can help enable traditional meatspace agreements like mortgages, and not just in the metaverse (which is also making promising strides).\u00a0<\/p>\n

These technical advancements are having an impact on the number of addresses getting involved in NFTs, as well as in total volume for popular NFT marketplaces like Opensea. According to Dune Analytics, traffic on Opensea\u2019s platform is beginning to curve parabolic: <\/p>\n

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NFT growth this month @opensea<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/57L6ppHPGi<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Nick Tomaino (@NTmoney) February 10, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n