Understanding The Recent NFT Hype

A recent study by Gartner has shown that blockchain has reached the ‘peak of inflated expectations’ phase of the hype cycle as the chief architect of ACI Worldwide states that the distributed ledger technology is not yet able to handle financial transactions at scale. The study by Gartner ‘Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 2016,’ found that blockchain won’t reach mainstream adoption for another five to ten years. According to Mike Walker, research director at Gartner, the Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies report is the longest-running, providing an overview of what technologies are....

Uniswap’s UNI token launch generated massive hype for around 24 hours, leading the token’s price to surge up to highs of $8.50 before the hype faded and the cryptocurrency’s price plunged lower. It doesn’t appear that the hype will return anytime soon, as the token has since erased the vast majority of its gains and […]

Bitcoin’s price history has followed Gartner Inc.’s “Hype Cycle” model, a branded geographical presentation of a 5-step process by the well-respected computer research firm, noted Zafar Khan, CEO of RPost, a provider of electronic communications, in a recent blog. This gives some legitimacy to the idea that bitcoin and blockchain are maturing and it might be a good time to consider investing in the technologies. The blog also goes into what Khan thinks is really new about blockchain — namely that it is an open source technology — something that is useful in some situations but not others.....

Spurred by Ethereum’s recent high-profile write up in the New York Times, Chris DeRose, Community Director at the Counterparty Foundation took to Twitter to vent his disbelief that Ethereum will amount to all its hype. On DeRose’s personal Twitter page, he sent a tweet to Bitcoin beat writer Nathaniel Popper, the journalist who penned the NYT piece warning him that he should be wary to endorse the alt.currency as a “project” due to it only having hype behind it and no substance. Of course, a bold and contrarian statement such as this one didn’t go unheard in the world of social media....

Ethernity, the team behind Ethernity Chain, has successfully concluded its Initial DEX Offering (IDO) on Polkastarter. The campaign lasted all but three minutes, as over 160,000 users wanted to participate in the token sale. This marks a significant milestone for the charity NFT project.  Growing NFT Hype Over the past few weeks, there has been a lot of hype associated with Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs). Most recently, Ethernity announced their Muhammad Ali collection in collaboration with […]