12 Pivotal Moments that took the #NFT Industry exponential.

Not just money - we're talking Industry Progress & WTF Moments.

1/ Thread 👇

2/ #Decentraland goes public - Feb 20th

First impressions were, empty, lonely, buggy, crashes, not much to do, etc.

Now there's HQ's, Top DJ Events, 100+ Galleries and
December so far had over 5k weekly visitors.

I wrote a post-launch article,
https://t.co/s6VzQ8bENp
3/ $WHALE Launches May 3rd - A social currency backed by $2M+ of #NFT assets by @WhaleShark_Pro & @whale_community.

People across all NFT projects & platforms were incentivized to work together.

A top social currency by market cap, volume AND community.

https://t.co/7RZ4QyNu8N
4/ @trevorjonesart Picasso's Bull sells for $55k on @niftygateway.

A record sale at the time for a single Art NFT. Many in the broader NFT space started to pay attention from here.

The drop totalled ~ $75k with a Silver /10 recently going for $19.5k! on 8th Dec, (from $750)
5/ Eth fees Sky rocket - Mid 2020

With Activity on ETH going berserk, ETH fees went from average $0.20 per transaction to now ~$5.4. More with NFTs.

This forced NFT projects, (especially gaming), to prioritize scaling/L2 while it was still 'ok' to trade Art as most are $300+
6/ @AxieInfinity's $SLP token 50x's - July 2nd Week.

The SLP token is a reward mechanism for players of the game. It's uncapped supply and was never seen as 'investible' until it 50x'd in 2-3 days.

ERC-20 Exposure for NFT projects made a lot of sense.

They now have $AXS
7/ @JordanLyall & the MEME Team launch @DontBuyMeme Aug 15th.

Started as a joke on copy pasting De-Fi projects & Farming food coins.

Which evolved quickly to an NFT Farming De-Fi experiment.

DeFi+NFT intersection was born.
https://t.co/QD2pmuvVJd
8/ @WAX_io continuing to add project launches proving collectibles are here to stay.

Many of the top 24 hours volume are on WAX.

Also had a drop by @WilliamShatner & @deadmau5 !

data by https://t.co/MQ5XUIZSZ8
9/ @rariblecom $RARI Airdrop - September

Rarible launched their token & incentive structure in July. 6+ Months into existence.

In September MANY people realized they had a juicy airdrop. Some $10-$20k+

It👏Went👏Wild👏

High volume, influencers, flippers everyone rushed there.
10/ @nba_topshot launches on @flow_blockchain by @dapperlabs.

Significant because it was a sports collectible NFT project done right. $2M traded so far.

Looked good, healthy secondary market, mainstream appeal.

Top by Volume + on Flow. New L1 in town.

https://t.co/MQ5XUIZSZ8
11/ @ChristiesInc auctions the first NFT-Physical piece by @robertalice_21 - Oct 7

The first 'NFT' to be sold at the largest Art Auction house goes for $130k.

A mainstream moment that got larger auction houses to pay attention.

https://t.co/7bbw0gWb0s

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The 3 big things that made the 1980's/early 1990's surreal for me.

1) Satanic Panic - satanism in the day cares ahhhh!

2) "Repressed memory" syndrome

3) Facilitated Communication [FC]

All 3 led to massive abuse.

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Other 'therapists' would badger kids until they invented stories about watching alligators eat babies dropped into a lake from a hot air balloon. Kids would deny anything happened for hours until the therapist 'broke through' and 'found' the 'truth'.

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