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According to Nansen, their NFT Blue Chip-10 and NFT 500 Indexes displayed strength last month. At that time, Bitcoin and larger cryptocurrencies were on the brink of recording yearly lows. BTC’s price crashed to a multi-year low of around $17,500.Blue Chip NFTs led the trend reversal in June (…). Although the last week of June saw a bear market rally within the broad crypto market, it appears that this uptrend started earlier in the NFT market. All Non-Fungible Token (NFT) sectors recorded a bounce in June (when measured in ETH), except for Gaming NFTs at the end of Q2 2022.In July, the crypto market has seen some relief with the price of Bitcoin trading above its 2017 all-time high, north of $20,000. However, BTC’s price has been losing steam and seems poised for another period of sideways movement and consolidation.
What NFTs Spell For The Crypto Market In The Short Term
Additional data provided by Nansen claims the recovery in this sector might be unsustainable. Despite the positive performance in June, these digital assets record a decrease in trading volume, transaction count, and active users, as seen below. This decrease in sector activity corresponds with NFTs investors reducing risk and adapting to current macro-economic conditions. Nansen noted:(…) Within the Ethereum (ETH) DeFi sector, we are witnessing a dramatic deleveraging event with a sizable investor base realizing historically significant losses. A ‘risk off’ sentiment is still highly evident in the NFT market and the limited liquidity in the NFT market hints that this uptrend might not sustain (…).
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However, the sector records an increase in first-time buyers and a decrease in its Buyers-Seller Ratio. This metric is used to measure the general sentiment across NFT investors which seems to be more optimistic than in the overall crypto market and, according to Nansen, “highlights the development of NFTs as a sector”.