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How NFTs work and what makes them so valuable

The metaverse, in addition to bringing to discussion common aspects of human life that can be reproduced in the virtual environment, has also provoked curiosity about the economy of this new reality. The term NFT, for example, is something that arouses a lot of curiosity among internet users . Especially when global personalities started investing money in it. But do you know what NFT means?

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What are NFTs?

Translated from English, NFT is the acronym for Non-Fungible Tokens. In the dictionary, fungible means that which is spent or consumed. In the case of NFT's, the proposal is totally different. After you acquire an asset, or a token, it will not be spent and will have a unique value, although variable. In this sense, each “object” has its own signature, or electronic code.

What can NFTs be?

NFTs can be artistic paintings, audios, animations, game items, everything in the digital sphere. Bringing it to the context of the metaverse, you can purchase an outfit to use on your avatar, and after acquisition it will be unique. In this case, on the market, your piece only has one owner. Therefore, it is a non-fungible token.

To illustrate, it is as if you had in your hands, or within some metaverse platform, a collector's item, which will never be reproduced, with a kind of registered serial number, incapable of being copied. In this way, unique pieces have a greater value. 

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Who has already invested in NFTs?

Names like Neymar, Justin Bieber, Snoop Dogg and Madonna invested millions of dollars to have their own NFTs. 

Work by Bored Ape Yacht, an NFT company responsible for pieces acquired by Neymar and Justin Bieber. Mario Tama/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by MARIO TAMA / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

To acquire NFT's you must keep in mind that traditional currencies, from the physical world, take a backseat. Here transactions take place in virtual currencies, like all items traded through the metaverse. 

What is the metaverse?

Platforms with their own currencies for acquiring tokens

Currently, several platforms have their own currencies, as is the case with Decentraland, with Mana and The Sandbox, with Sand, environments that are among the most popular in the metaverse.

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One of the features of Decentraland is the possibility of trading properties within the platform through virtual currencies.

When purchasing an NFT, the investor must be aware that the token works like any other item linked to the capital market. There are factors that can bring down or boost the price of parts, such as volatility and liquidity.

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