Blockchains vie for NFT market, but Ethereum still dominates — Report
Ethereum leads the NFT market, generating more than 97% of recent sales as Flow, Polygon and WAX mount an opposition. This month, Cointelegraph Research will release a comprehensive report on nonfungible tokens, discussing NFTs in detail and providing a detailed guide to getting into this market. In collaboration with multiple partners — including Enjin, NFTBank, The Sandbox and others — the report will evaluate the technology behind NFTs, their regulatory challenges, and their prospective growth and current market positions. The report will also outline the hurdles that the market may....
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