Krystle Bass

doubling down today. annoying i know. but here we are… i’ve spent years trading crypto and most recently collecting art within its rails, and the longer i’m here, the more i think we’re asking the wrong question. yes. this terrible, too often repeated, eye scratching question. “when are NFTs coming back?” fuck i hate that question. maybe the better question is why we’re still expecting the next generation of art collectors to care about the same things people did 5 years ago. also to the common person, nfts are pfps. they don’t realize there’s actually art art here. like Gen Z spending over $350k, up 19% and rising from last year art. crypto-native art and glitch art have their place, too. but gen pop/the people spending ^ views that as just something you look at on your phone and move on. not something you display in your home (especially if your prone to epilepsy ha). so imo we need to stop pretending the entire future of digital art depends on reviving the same audience that bought into the first cycle. there’s a much bigger world of collectors outside of here. people who love art. who care about originality, composition, emotion, and the artists behind the work. people who want to actually live with what they collect. imagine more digital artists offering museum-quality physical editions alongside the NFT. or creating incredible digital native works meant to be experienced on beautiful displays in people’s homes. suddenly, the conversation isn’t about floor prices, utility, or when liquidity returns. it’s about the art.