CoinGecko <\/strong>on Twitter.<\/p>\nThe so-called NFT flippers, who \u2013 like traders \u2013 aim to buy low and sell high, were the biggest category of NFT buyers in CoinGecko\u2019s survey, with 42% of respondents saying flipping was their main reason for buying.<\/p>\n
The flippers were followed by NFT collectors, who made up 26% of the respondents.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Furthermore, those who said they bought NFTs for their utility, for example for use in a game, made up 25%.<\/p>\n
Worth noting, however, is that fewer than half of the respondents said they have made a profit from their NFT trading, while 23% said they are \u2018HODLers\u2019 \u2013 or collectors \u2013 with no aim of turning a quick profit.<\/p>\n
70% of respondents said NFTs are only a minor part of an overall crypto investment portfolio, making up between 0% and 25% of their portfolios.<\/p>\nSource: CoinGecko<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nMeanwhile, the survey also found that most NFT owners used the OpenSea<\/strong> marketplace to acquire their piece of crypto art. With close to 59% saying they used this platform, this result is notable given that competing platforms such as LooksRare<\/strong>, and even exchange-owned marketplaces such as Binance NFT<\/strong> and Coinbase NFT<\/strong>, have sprung up.<\/p>\nThe survey further found that most NFT users still rely on the Ethereum (ETH) network for their trades, with 46% choosing it as the network they used. Ethereum was followed by Polygon (MATIC) and Solana (SOL) as the second and third most popular blockchain networks for NFT trading.<\/p>\n
Lastly, CoinGecko\u2019s survey report said that the most common way to look for new NFT projects is through either the social network Twitter<\/strong> or the messaging platform Discord<\/strong>.<\/p>\nThe report described these tools as being \u201cfragmented\u201d and having relevant information \u201cscattered among other noises,\u201d but still said they appear to be \u201cthe best option to stumble across fresh-out-of-the-oven projects.\u201d<\/p>\n
For more specific tools, such as the aggregator platform Rarity Tools<\/strong>, the survey found usage to be low, with only 1.4% of respondents saying they used it.<\/p>\nAfter buying an NFT, the most common way to track the market value of the art piece is through tools available on the marketplace itself, rather than through custom-made spreadsheets or other tailored approaches, the report said.<\/p>\n
CoinGecko\u2019s survey answers were collected through a Twitter poll, and the number of participants varied between 394 and 874. The majority of respondents were from the Asia-Pacific region, which CoinGecko said leads in NFT adoption globally.<\/p>\n
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Source: Adobe\/Ascannio \u00a0 Close to half of the surveyed non-fungible token (NFT) owners actively trade NFTs to earn profits, while the other half of holders mainly bought their NFTs either \u201cto collect\u201d or \u201cfor their utility,\u201d according to a survey conducted by coin tracking site CoinGecko on Twitter. The so-called NFT flippers, who \u2013 like […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10376,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nft"],"yoast_head":"\n
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