This week’s real-life conference “NFT.NYC 2022” in New York just concluded a few days ago, a four-day event of celebrities in the NFT field from June 20th to 23rd, bringing together hundreds of artists, musicians, Filmmaker, investor and tech entrepreneur. This event showcases the artistic trend of NFTs and proves that NFT culture goes beyond “small pictures” and can be integrated into real-life events, parties and formal meetings.
NFT.NYC 2022 aims to expand the potential of NFTs by bringing them closer to people, and this year’s agenda theme is “Diversity of NFTs” in the fields of art, film, music and gaming. The event has about 1,500 speakers covering 16 fields including sports, music, branding, art, film and gaming. Notable speakers at the event include Coinbase’s Alex Mo, artists Amber Vittoria, and Yam Karkai, among others. The event took place at seven different venues in New York’s Times Square.
When NFT participants come together to share ideas with one another during panel discussions, fireside chats, pop-ups, gallery presentations, and more, the sparks of ideas that collide may lead to new innovations, developments and creations that unlock the potential of digital collectibles Pave the way.
The second annual NFT awards, BAYC is expected to be the biggest winner
On the second day of the event, NFT.NYC hosted its second annual NFT Awards Ceremony, sponsored by OpenSea, APENFT and NFT.Kred. Its awards cover more than 30 fields such as visual arts, games, fashion and marketing, and the well-known projects Bored Ape Yacht Club, artists Beeple and Takashi Murakami have won awards.
Among them, Bored Ape Yacht Club won a total of four awards, including the best sales collection, the largest collection, the most creative NFT project, and the best NFT business model. Launched in April 2021, the project achieved $2 billion in historic sales just over a year later, and its owners include celebrities like Justin Bieber, Tom Brady and Stephen Curry. Artist Beeple, whose individual works sold for a high price of US$60.25 million, and well-known Japanese artist Takashi Murakami won the Most Popular NFT Artist and Best (Traditional) NFT Artist awards respectively.
In addition, the once-popular Wolf Game also performed very well in this selection, winning three awards: Best New User Experience Game, Best Game Community, and Best Blockchain Game Company. The digital horse racing platform Zed Run and the My Curio Cards series won the most-traded collection and the top-traded art collection, respectively.
The various awards presented this year aim to recognize different media, blockchain and industries. It is worth mentioning that the award for the highest number of collections from Asia is the only award that is limited to a geographic region. The Murakami Flowers Seed, which surpassed $100 million in trading volume within a month of its launch, took the honor without a doubt (with a bit of a bespoke taste), the 11,664 that Japanese artist Takashi Murakami launched in March after a one-year delay. Collection of NFTs. The images are sold as seeds, which will turn into flowers that bloom in drip irrigation.
