WHAT DETERMINES THE VALUE OF AN NFT, AND WHY ARE SOME WORTH MILLIONS?

Fintelics
5 min readOct 15, 2021

WHAT DETERMINES THE VALUE OF AN NFT, AND WHY ARE SOME WORTH MILLIONS?

You’ve probably heard about the NFT space boom unless you’ve been living in a cave for the past nine months. The value of CryptoPunks (which were given away for free to everybody with an ETH wallet in 2017) has risen to over USD 7 million. Earlier this year, Christie’s auctioned the most valuable NFT ever for about USD 70 million.

With NFT sales exceeding $1.25 billion in Q2 2021, it’s safe to say that this asset class is here to stay. It’s also clear that, even though there’s a lot of money to be earned in the NFT industry, it’s not always clear what distinguishes one NFT from another.

While the millions-of-dollar NFTs may have sparked your attention, the average price of an NFT is only USD 120. Let’s take a look at some of the crucial areas where NFT’s perceived value might be discovered while shopping.

Why are some NFT’s worth millions compared to others?

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