Jasmine Monsegue, also known by the artist name Spacebrat, released her first free NFT called "Gleam" via open edition, and its popularity exceeded her expectations.
"[I] I can't believe planet earth hit my first NFT 30,762 times in the last 23 hours,” she cheered on Twitter. “You are on another level! »
But that was only halfway through the Mint's 48-hour window. In total, a protocol called Holograph provided fans with the ability to mint the NFT over 300,000 times across multiple channels, and the lion's share of collectors claimed their token on Polygon.
Created by CXIP Labs, the protocol takes a multi-chain approach to digital art and collectibles, producing assets "that exist as single instances in multiple runtimes," according to the protocol. website.
Users can then link NFTs – unique digital tokens that signify ownership of an item, often digital art – across multiple chains. It currently supports Ethereum, Avalanche, BNB Chain, and Polygon.
Monsegue'a's work has been featured in vogue and Hypebeast. The piece featured in the NFT mint, "Gleam," has previously been exhibited at WHAAM!, an art gallery in New York City, for her solo exhibition, "Pipe Dream."
The artist has also designed murals for Virgil Abloh's OFF WHITE and done commissioned work for Drake, Holograph said in a statement. Press release. His collaboration with Holograph marks his first foray into the Web3 space.
NFT is currently available on secondary marketplaces like OpenSea, but each channel has its own dedicated page, whether for Based on Ethereum versions of "Gleam" or those that exist on Polygon.
It was originally available for free during the two-day window on Holograph's website, where collectors could choose which string to hit their collectible on. But they still had to pay the costs associated with transactions, also known as gas fees.
Of the 301,798 times “Gleam” was hit, the NFT was hit around 203,000 times on Polygon, Ethereum’s scaling solution, a Holograph spokesperson said. Decryptquoting a Dune to question.
This was significantly more than the versions of “Gleam” hit on Avalanche or BNB Chain, which totaled around 53,000 and 46,000, respectively. On Ethereum, the collectible has only been minted 82 times.
However, the total number of unique wallets that participated in the open edition was around 164,000, the spokesperson said, referring to another Dune to question. One wallet hit "Gleam" a total of 1,241 times, while at least 50 other wallets hit "Gleam" more than 100 times.
Holograph's first collaboration in April, which was also an open edition, featured Dan Witz's "Mosh Pit 2000", and was available to hit $45 and raised 444 times. Comparatively, Spacebrat's "Gleam" has grown in popularity.