BlockBeats news, on May 16, OpenSea Chief Marketing Officer Adam Hollander stated that the next NFT cycle may be driven by assets such as tokenized Pokémon cards, Rolex watches, digital tickets, and in-game items, rather than the speculative frenzy dominated by profile picture NFTs from 2021 to 2022. NFTs remain a valid technology for proving ownership of digital and real-world assets, but the market was previously overpowered by speculative trading.
Hollander believes that advancements in AI technology are lowering the barriers to creating digital art, animation, games, and on-chain assets, and may further drive NFT adoption in the future. He also revealed that OpenSea is currently working on building a unified asset management platform to enable users to manage NFTs and crypto assets across wallets and chains, while simplifying the user onboarding process—including introducing a fiat payment experience similar to Apple Pay and displaying tokenized assets in USD.
Regarding the much-anticipated launch date of the SEA token, Hollander stated that if the token is merely treated as a "launched-and-forgotten meme coin," it will not generate real value; therefore, OpenSea is prioritizing the establishment of a sustainable business model first.