Investors seek dependability as the NFT market remains volatile.
These use cases show how to design an NFT that offers more than just a quick return.
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NFTs
The recent market collapse has affected all aspects of cryptocurrency, and non-fungible tokens are no exception. The floor price of the majority of NFT collections has decreased by almost 80% during the past few months. Many investors are confused. What if all the hype surrounding NFTs was just a fad based on pure speculation? Worse, several industry reports say that wash trading was a big reason why the NFT sector grew so quickly the year before.
Even so, musicians are coming up with new and interesting ways to use non-fungible tokens. Let's look at three of these: revenue rights sharing, digital tickets and VIP access, and charity NFTs.
Sharing Revenues
When an investor buys an artist's NFT, they may also get the rights to the income generated from their music. This is the concept that can be implemented by tokenizing revenue rights. This business model greatly benefits independent artists. They can receive money in advance to cover production and marketing expenditures while keeping ownership of their work. Users are contributing money to musicians they believe have a chance of success, hoping to partake in their success.
To summarize, sharing revenue rights will give investors a reason to keep their assets and wait because the value of the rights will increase as the artist's popularity grows.
Fan Clubs and Tokenized Tickets
Using NFTs as digital tickets or passes that provide their users with special privileges is another idea that is picking up steam. The
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partnership between FTX and Coachella, which led to the production of the Coachella Collectibles collection, is a notable illustration of this. The Swedish Way Out West (WOW) Festival is also working on its NFT collection, which will include captured moments from festival attendees.
A number of musical groups have used NFT collections to give their fans VIP access. Avenged Sevenfold was one of the first bands to implement this concept, releasing their Deathbats Club NFT collection. The band has also provided owners with IP rights to their own Deathbats and continues to offer opportunities, such as incorporating three Deathbats into Iron Maiden's 'Legacy of the Beast' mobile game. Another outstanding example is deadmau5's HEAD5 Collection. Those who have already purchased official deadmau5 NFTs were given the option to start minting additional fan club NFTs ahead of time. The blockchain makes it possible for artists to thank their most loyal fans.
So, when people buy tickets to exclusive events or join fan clubs, they are more likely to be interested in the benefits of digital passes than in selling them.
According to this logic, if investors invest in tokens to reduce carbon emissions, they are unlikely to use them to gamble, as transactions also cause pollution.
The Age of Speculation Will End
Changing how people think about NFTs is a long-term process. Over time, NFTs will no longer be seen as 'overpriced JPGs'. The fact that these three use cases exist shows that the NFT industry is slowly moving from speculation into the realm of utility.
The recent market collapse has affected all aspects of cryptocurrency, and non-fungible tokens are no exception. The floor price of the majority of NFT collections has decreased by almost 80% during the past few months. Many investors are confused. What if all the hype surrounding NFTs was just a fad based on pure speculation? Worse, several industry reports say that wash trading was a big reason why the NFT sector grew so quickly the year before.
Even so, musicians are coming up with new and interesting ways to use non-fungible tokens. Let's look at three of these: revenue rights sharing, digital tickets and VIP access, and charity NFTs.
Sharing Revenues
When an investor buys an artist's NFT, they may also get the rights to the income generated from their music. This is the concept that can be implemented by tokenizing revenue rights. This business model greatly benefits independent artists. They can receive money in advance to cover production and marketing expenditures while keeping ownership of their work. Users are contributing money to musicians they believe have a chance of success, hoping to partake in their success.
To summarize, sharing revenue rights will give investors a reason to keep their assets and wait because the value of the rights will increase as the artist's popularity grows.
Fan Clubs and Tokenized Tickets
Using NFTs as digital tickets or passes that provide their users with special privileges is another idea that is picking up steam. The
Mattias Tengblad
partnership between FTX and Coachella, which led to the production of the Coachella Collectibles collection, is a notable illustration of this. The Swedish Way Out West (WOW) Festival is also working on its NFT collection, which will include captured moments from festival attendees.
A number of musical groups have used NFT collections to give their fans VIP access. Avenged Sevenfold was one of the first bands to implement this concept, releasing their Deathbats Club NFT collection. The band has also provided owners with IP rights to their own Deathbats and continues to offer opportunities, such as incorporating three Deathbats into Iron Maiden's 'Legacy of the Beast' mobile game. Another outstanding example is deadmau5's HEAD5 Collection. Those who have already purchased official deadmau5 NFTs were given the option to start minting additional fan club NFTs ahead of time. The blockchain makes it possible for artists to thank their most loyal fans.
So, when people buy tickets to exclusive events or join fan clubs, they are more likely to be interested in the benefits of digital passes than in selling them.
According to this logic, if investors invest in tokens to reduce carbon emissions, they are unlikely to use them to gamble, as transactions also cause pollution.
The Age of Speculation Will End
Changing how people think about NFTs is a long-term process. Over time, NFTs will no longer be seen as 'overpriced JPGs'. The fact that these three use cases exist shows that the NFT industry is slowly moving from speculation into the realm of utility.
CEO and co-founder of Corite. I am a Universal Music Group and MTG alumni and an experienced serial entrepreneur with +20 years of unique management, business development, and marketing skills from telecom and gaming to music, green tech and media. As a CEO, I also managed the Pop House Group, owned by Conni Jonsson and ABBA member Björn Ulvaeus, during an intensive expansion period.
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XTB and Robinhood both post first-quarter earnings. But the numbers point in very different directions. Also ahead: Capital.com pushes into three new markets and signals a move into payments.
It's Wednesday, the 29th of April 2026. You're listening to the Finance Magnates Daily Brief.
XTB and Robinhood both post first-quarter earnings. But the numbers point in very different directions. Also ahead: Capital.com pushes into three new markets and signals a move into payments.
It's Wednesday, the 29th of April 2026. You're listening to the Finance Magnates Daily Brief.
XTB and Robinhood both post first-quarter earnings. But the numbers point in very different directions. Also ahead: Capital.com pushes into three new markets and signals a move into payments.
It's Wednesday, the 29th of April 2026. You're listening to the Finance Magnates Daily Brief.
XTB and Robinhood both post first-quarter earnings. But the numbers point in very different directions. Also ahead: Capital.com pushes into three new markets and signals a move into payments.
It's Wednesday, the 29th of April 2026. You're listening to the Finance Magnates Daily Brief.
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