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Why Are NFTs the One Bright Spot in the Crypto Markets? - Ep.309

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Avid NFT collector Aftab Hossain (aka @iamDCinvestor on Crypto Twitter) discusses why OpenSea and NFT volumes are popping to start 2022, how LooksRare’s vampire attack is a good thing for the NFT market, and how royalties affect a project’s trading potential. Show topics:
why Aftab thinks NFT floor prices are rising and what role NFT “flippers” have to do with his theory
whether the NFT industry could continue growing even if fungible crypto assets enter a bear market
how the LooksRare vampire attack on OpenSea works
why people are wash trading NFTs on LooksRare
why Aftab would choose to list NFTs on LooksRare over OpenSea
whether LooksRare’s vampire attack will force OpenSea to decentralize and/or tokenize
what sort of NFT projects should have royalties… and which projects shouldn’t 
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Episode Links
 
Aftab Hossain
Twitter: https://twitter.com/iamDCinvestor

 
LooksRare
LooksRare vampire attack + wash trading: 
https://decrypt.co/90317/ethereum-nft-market-looksrare-wash-trading

https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2022/01/11/one-day-after-launch-opensea-competitor-looksrare-sells-over-100m-in-nfts/ 

LooksRare: https://twitter.com/LooksRareNFT 
LooksRare vs OpenSea data: https://dune.xyz/hildobby/LooksRare-VS-OpenSea

 
Background Links
NFT volume to start the year: https://cryptopotato.com/opensea-records-over-2-billion-in-trading-volume-early-in-2022/ 
OpenSea metrics: https://dune.xyz/rchen8/opensea 
Fred Ehrsam tweet: https://twitter.com/FEhrsam/status/1370414944265572353

The Chopping Block: https://unchainedpodcast.com/the-chopping-block-why-the-crypto-markets-have-been-down-this-week/ 
Nas NFTs: 
https://decrypt.co/89881/rap-legend-nas-sells-2-songs-as-nfts-on-dj-3laus-royal-platform 

https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/130123/3lau-backed-platform-royal-crashes-during-first-music-nft-drop-mint-delayed 

OpenSea IPO rumors: https://decrypt.co/87701/opensea-ipo-criticism-crypto-ethereum-token 
SushiSwap vampire attack: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/76419/uniswap-fork-sushiswap-700-million-total-value-locked


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