On August 29, the digital collectibles company Veve announced that the platform has launched digital variant non-fungible token (NFT) covers from three Marvel comic book artists. Veve and Marvel detailed that the NFT drops called the Marvel Artworks collection will be limited edition, 1-of-1 releases of three Marvel comic covers featuring Spider-Man, and the Black Panther.
Weave unveils Marvel Artwork collection
Marvel Entertainment continues to release products for the NFT industry with the company Weave Digital Collectibles. Both firms recently revealed plans to drop three limited edition NFTs from the Marvel Artwork collection. Weave has worked with Marvel to help drop Spider-Man and Captain America Digital Collectibles in 2021. In addition, Veeve cooperated Along with Marvel’s competitor DC Comics and entertainment giant Walt Disney.
The latest Veve and Marvel NFT auction started today, and it runs through Friday, September 2, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. (PT). Bids start at $1,500 per digital collectible and Veve says the auction is silent, and “all bids are hidden from auction participants and the highest bid wins once the auction timer expires.”
NFT features artwork from Sarah Pichelli’s “Miles Morales: Spider-Man #25,” Brian Stelfries’ “Black Panther #25,” and Scottie Young’s “The Amazing Spider-Man #1.” The Weave scaling solution leverages ImmutableX, a company that most recently partnered with GameStop’s NFT platform last February.
The last drop Veve did with Marvel was six days ago on August 23, when the two firm’s dropped “Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars #3” NFTs. The Secret Wars-centric non-fungible tokens are fully readable and offer five cover rarities and are distributed in blind box format.
30-day NFT sales down 10% from the first month, Google Trends shows NFT interest has declined since January
Meanwhile, the non-fungible token sale is down about 10% during the past month compared to the figures recorded over the course of 30 days. According to Cryptoslam.io Metrics, NFT sales managed to collect $603.33 million in sales last month, but a month ago saw $666.93 million in NFT sales.
Immutable X is currently this month’s third largest blockchain, in terms of NFT sales, and Immutable X-based NFT sales increased by 169% compared to the month before. Google Trends data indicates that interest in the term “NFT” is very low compared to the first month of January, back when the search term scored a GT score of 100.
This week, the search term “nft” is too low and too monotonous, as the query’s GT score for the week starting August 21 is around 14. Lack of interest and low NFT sales volume hasn’t stopped large firms such as Funko, Paramount, Warner Bros., Hasbro, Mattel, Atari, Topps, and more from continuing entertainment and brand-related NFTs leaving in 2022.
