The Coingecko report found that the metaverse and gaming sector will be the likely movers of $800 million worth of NFTs in the next 2 years
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The Coingecko report states that over $800 billion worth of assets will be moved by the NFT markets in the coming two years. The major share of the NFT market will belong to popular collections such as the BAYC (Bored Ape Yacht Club) and CryptoPunks. 35.8 percent of the investors were interested in NFTs related to Play-to-Earn and metaverse games, while 25 percent showed an inclination towards art NFTs.
The report said, “The metaverse sector is expected to move approximately $800 billion over the next two years, and gaming appears to be the most likely entry point into the NFT market.â€
50 percent of the respondents showed clear indications of HODLing NFTs. These investors considered NFTs to be holding significant value in the future, especially in gaming. The NFTs they would choose to HODL would likely depend on whether they had any current or future utility. The report also stated that investors determined the intrinsic value of a NFT using several parameters, of which minimum floor price remained a primary factor preferred by 38.5 percent of investors. 23 percent of the investors stated strong community as a factor, while 21.8 percent chose NFTs based on the artistic value/attachment.
Bobby Ong, co-founder and CTO of Coingecko, said, “Our respondents have indicated that ‘flip & earn’ was the primary motivation behind their NFT purchases, though two-third of respondents indicated that NFTs only made up less than 25% of their overall crypto portfolio. When asked what would incentivise them to HODL NFTs instead of flipping, more than half indicated that “having current/future utility†would be a primary factor in choosing to hodl.â€