November 25, 2025 • 4 mins
Web3 Deep Dive: NFTs, DeFi, and Cryptocurrency Explained podcast.
Hey friends, Crypto Willy here, bringing you the latest scoop from the weird, wild world of Web3. Whether you’re deep into DeFi, obsessed with NFTs, or just tracking your crypto portfolio, this week’s news is proof the only constant in the blockchain game is change.
Let’s kick things off with the **NFT scene**. November saw a dramatic rise in the number of NFT buyers—a whopping 77% jump to over 293,000. Sellers also surged to over 284,000. Sounds bullish, right? But here’s the rub: sales volumes actually **fell nearly 5% to $72.53 million**. This disconnect between user engagement and raw transaction dollars is echoing the broader crypto market’s current volatility. As reported by TradingView and CryptoSlam, Bitcoin took a nosedive below $84,000 while Ethereum slipped to $2,785, dragging the total crypto market cap down to $2.87 trillion—a cool $390 billion less than two weeks ago. NFT market cap has crashed, too, sitting around **$2.78 billion**, the lowest since April.
If you’re a fan of blue-chip NFT collections like **Bored Ape Yacht Club** or **CryptoPunks**, there’s a silver lining. Bored Ape prices rebounded 37% to total almost $2 million in sales this week, and CryptoPunks continue to dominate with over **30% market share**, according to CoinGecko and The Cryptonomist analysis. Still, most projects are having a tough time as casual investors are ditching high-risk assets for something a bit safer, driven by global economic jitters and the U.S. Federal Reserve’s “don’t mess with us” vibes.
Innovation hasn’t stopped, though! Projects like **RaveGods** are rolling out tokenized real-world events, letting NFT holders actually share in revenue and get a say in governance. Last week, The Lost Tesla Art Car Project opened a holographic, blockchain-secured art show with **Axiom Art**, using NFTs for cultural preservation rather than basic speculation. Big stuff if you're rooting for actual utility.
On the big-picture front, the **global NFT market is projected to hit $49 billion by year-end**, says Exploding Topics and Host Merchant Services. But let’s be real—the path has been anything but smooth. We’ve seen “phygital” drops from brands like Gucci and Adidas, who are mixing physical and digital ownership. 41% of global NFT trades now come from the U.S., but gaming NFTs stand out—they make up 38% of transactions, a $4.8 billion slice in 2024 and climbing. AI-generated NFTs are spiking too, with artists like Claire Silver pushing crossovers with big brands.
The future may well belong to cross-chain NFTs, with platforms like Polkadot, Cosmos, and LayerZero leading the charge. According to Future Market Insights, the **cross-chain NFT sector** is set to explode from **$0.3 billion in 2025 to $5.4 billion by 2035**. That’s all about empowering creators and collectors to take their assets anywhere, and it’s pulling in DeFi integration and enterprise backing.
Lastly, Ethereum remains #1 for NFT volume, but the BNB Chain saw a 6.24% spike this week and a 160% bump in buyers. As Coinbase tightens its Solana DEX integration and the Tensor Foundation ramps up governance, the whole industry is locked on infrastructure and community-driven survival rather than fast flips.
To wrap it up: the market’s wobbly, but the tech and creative energy behind Web3 aren’t slowing down. Only time will tell if we’re staring at the next supercycle or a longer winter.
Thanks for tuning in with your pal Crypto Willy. For more detailed deep-dives like this, make sure to come back next week! This has been a Quiet Please production, and for more, check out Quiet Please Dot A I. Catch ya on the blockchain, friends!
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Hey friends, Crypto Willy here, bringing you the latest scoop from the weird, wild world of Web3. Whether you’re deep into DeFi, obsessed with NFTs, or just tracking your crypto portfolio, this week’s news is proof the only constant in the blockchain game is change.
Let’s kick things off with the **NFT scene**. November saw a dramatic rise in the number of NFT buyers—a whopping 77% jump to over 293,000. Sellers also surged to over 284,000. Sounds bullish, right? But here’s the rub: sales volumes actually **fell nearly 5% to $72.53 million**. This disconnect between user engagement and raw transaction dollars is echoing the broader crypto market’s current volatility. As reported by TradingView and CryptoSlam, Bitcoin took a nosedive below $84,000 while Ethereum slipped to $2,785, dragging the total crypto market cap down to $2.87 trillion—a cool $390 billion less than two weeks ago. NFT market cap has crashed, too, sitting around **$2.78 billion**, the lowest since April.
If you’re a fan of blue-chip NFT collections like **Bored Ape Yacht Club** or **CryptoPunks**, there’s a silver lining. Bored Ape prices rebounded 37% to total almost $2 million in sales this week, and CryptoPunks continue to dominate with over **30% market share**, according to CoinGecko and The Cryptonomist analysis. Still, most projects are having a tough time as casual investors are ditching high-risk assets for something a bit safer, driven by global economic jitters and the U.S. Federal Reserve’s “don’t mess with us” vibes.
Innovation hasn’t stopped, though! Projects like **RaveGods** are rolling out tokenized real-world events, letting NFT holders actually share in revenue and get a say in governance. Last week, The Lost Tesla Art Car Project opened a holographic, blockchain-secured art show with **Axiom Art**, using NFTs for cultural preservation rather than basic speculation. Big stuff if you're rooting for actual utility.
On the big-picture front, the **global NFT market is projected to hit $49 billion by year-end**, says Exploding Topics and Host Merchant Services. But let’s be real—the path has been anything but smooth. We’ve seen “phygital” drops from brands like Gucci and Adidas, who are mixing physical and digital ownership. 41% of global NFT trades now come from the U.S., but gaming NFTs stand out—they make up 38% of transactions, a $4.8 billion slice in 2024 and climbing. AI-generated NFTs are spiking too, with artists like Claire Silver pushing crossovers with big brands.
The future may well belong to cross-chain NFTs, with platforms like Polkadot, Cosmos, and LayerZero leading the charge. According to Future Market Insights, the **cross-chain NFT sector** is set to explode from **$0.3 billion in 2025 to $5.4 billion by 2035**. That’s all about empowering creators and collectors to take their assets anywhere, and it’s pulling in DeFi integration and enterprise backing.
Lastly, Ethereum remains #1 for NFT volume, but the BNB Chain saw a 6.24% spike this week and a 160% bump in buyers. As Coinbase tightens its Solana DEX integration and the Tensor Foundation ramps up governance, the whole industry is locked on infrastructure and community-driven survival rather than fast flips.
To wrap it up: the market’s wobbly, but the tech and creative energy behind Web3 aren’t slowing down. Only time will tell if we’re staring at the next supercycle or a longer winter.
Thanks for tuning in with your pal Crypto Willy. For more detailed deep-dives like this, make sure to come back next week! This has been a Quiet Please production, and for more, check out Quiet Please Dot A I. Catch ya on the blockchain, friends!
Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta
This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hey friends, crypto Willie here bringing you the latest scoop
from the weird wild world of Web three. Whether you're
deep into DeFi, obsessed with NFTs, or just tracking your
crypto portfolio, this week's news is proof the only constant
in the blockchain game is changed. Let's kick things off
with the NFT scene. November saw a dramatic rise in
(00:23):
the number of NFT buyers, a wopping seventy seven percent
jump to over two hundred and ninety three thousand. Sellers
also surge to over two hundred and eighty four thousand.
Sounds bullish, right, but here's the rub. Sales volumes actually
fell nearly five percent to seventy two dollars and fifty
three cents million dollars. This disconnect between user engagement and
(00:46):
raw transaction dollars is echoing the broader crypto market's current volatility.
As reported by Trading View. In cryptoslam, Bitcoin took a
nose dive below eighty four thousand dollars, while Ethereum slipped
to two thousand, seven hundred and eighty dollars, dragging the
total crypto market cap down to two dollars and eighty
seven cents trillion, a cool three hundred and ninety dollars
(01:07):
billion less than two weeks ago. NFT market cap has
crashed too, sitting around two dollars and seventy eight cents billion,
the lowest since April. If you're a fan of blue
chip NFT collections like bord Ape Yacht Club or crypto Punks,
there's a silver lining. Boordac prices rebounded thirty seven percent
to total almost two dollars million in sales this week,
(01:28):
and crypto Punks continue to dominate with over thirty percent
market share according to coin Deco and the Cryptonomist Analysis. Still,
(01:56):
most projects are having a tough time, as casual investors
are ditching high risk assets for something a bit safer,
driven by global economic jitters and the US federal reserves
don't mess with US vibes. Innovation hasn't stopped, though, Projects
like Grave Gods are rolling out tokenized real world events,
letting NFT holders actually share in revenue and get a
(02:18):
say in governance. Last week, the Lost Tessel art car
project opened to holographic blockchain secured art show with axiom Art,
using NFTs for cultural preservation rather than basic speculation. Big
stuff if you're rooting for actual utility. On the big
picture front, the global NFT market is projected to hit
forty nine dollars billion dollars per year end says exploding
(02:40):
topics in host merchant services. But let's be real, the
path has been anything but smooth. We've seen figital drops
from brands like Gucci and Adidas, who are mixing physical
and digital ownership. Forty one percent of global NFT trades
now come from the US, but game and NFTs stand out.
They make up thirty eight percent of transactions of fort
(03:00):
a dollar and eighty cents billion dollars in China and
sold by sixty five and forty five percent. AI generated
NFTs are spiking two with artists like Claire Silver pushing
crossovers with big brands. The future may well belong to
cross chain NFTs, with platforms like Polka Dot, Cosmos and
Layo zero leading the charge. According to Future Market Insights,
(03:21):
the cross chain NFT sector is set to explode from
zero dollars and thirty cents billion in twenty twenty five
to five dollars and forty cents billion by twenty thirty five.
That's all about empowering creators. And collectors to take their
assets anywhere, and it's pulling in DeFi integration and enterprise backing. Lastly,
Ethereum remains number one for NFT volume, but the B
(03:44):
and B chain saw six point two four percent spike
this week and one hundred and sixty percent bumpin buyers.
As coin Base titans its Solana dez integration and the
Tensor Foundation ramps up governance, the whole industry is locked
on infrastructure and community driven survival rather than fast flips
to wrap it up. The market's wobbly, but de tech
(04:04):
and creative energy behind Web three aren't slowing down. Only
time will tell if we're staring at the next supercycle
or a longer winter. Thanks for tuning in with your
pal crypto Willie for more detailed deep dives like this,
make sure to come back next week. This has been
a quiet please production and for more check out Quiet
Please dot Ai. Catch you on the blockchain friends,
Hey friends, crypto Willie here bringing you the latest scoop
from the weird wild world of Web three. Whether you're
deep into DeFi, obsessed with NFTs, or just tracking your
crypto portfolio, this week's news is proof the only constant
in the blockchain game is changed. Let's kick things off
with the NFT scene. November saw a dramatic rise in
(00:23):
the number of NFT buyers, a wopping seventy seven percent
jump to over two hundred and ninety three thousand. Sellers
also surge to over two hundred and eighty four thousand.
Sounds bullish, right, but here's the rub. Sales volumes actually
fell nearly five percent to seventy two dollars and fifty
three cents million dollars. This disconnect between user engagement and
(00:46):
raw transaction dollars is echoing the broader crypto market's current volatility.
As reported by Trading View. In cryptoslam, Bitcoin took a
nose dive below eighty four thousand dollars, while Ethereum slipped
to two thousand, seven hundred and eighty dollars, dragging the
total crypto market cap down to two dollars and eighty
seven cents trillion, a cool three hundred and ninety dollars
(01:07):
billion less than two weeks ago. NFT market cap has
crashed too, sitting around two dollars and seventy eight cents billion,
the lowest since April. If you're a fan of blue
chip NFT collections like bord Ape Yacht Club or crypto Punks,
there's a silver lining. Boordac prices rebounded thirty seven percent
to total almost two dollars million in sales this week,
(01:28):
and crypto Punks continue to dominate with over thirty percent
market share according to coin Deco and the Cryptonomist Analysis. Still,
(01:56):
most projects are having a tough time, as casual investors
are ditching high risk assets for something a bit safer,
driven by global economic jitters and the US federal reserves
don't mess with US vibes. Innovation hasn't stopped, though, Projects
like Grave Gods are rolling out tokenized real world events,
letting NFT holders actually share in revenue and get a
(02:18):
say in governance. Last week, the Lost Tessel art car
project opened to holographic blockchain secured art show with axiom Art,
using NFTs for cultural preservation rather than basic speculation. Big
stuff if you're rooting for actual utility. On the big
picture front, the global NFT market is projected to hit
forty nine dollars billion dollars per year end says exploding
(02:40):
topics in host merchant services. But let's be real, the
path has been anything but smooth. We've seen figital drops
from brands like Gucci and Adidas, who are mixing physical
and digital ownership. Forty one percent of global NFT trades
now come from the US, but game and NFTs stand out.
They make up thirty eight percent of transactions of fort
(03:00):
a dollar and eighty cents billion dollars in China and
sold by sixty five and forty five percent. AI generated
NFTs are spiking two with artists like Claire Silver pushing
crossovers with big brands. The future may well belong to
cross chain NFTs, with platforms like Polka Dot, Cosmos and
Layo zero leading the charge. According to Future Market Insights,
(03:21):
the cross chain NFT sector is set to explode from
zero dollars and thirty cents billion in twenty twenty five
to five dollars and forty cents billion by twenty thirty five.
That's all about empowering creators. And collectors to take their
assets anywhere, and it's pulling in DeFi integration and enterprise backing. Lastly,
Ethereum remains number one for NFT volume, but the B
(03:44):
and B chain saw six point two four percent spike
this week and one hundred and sixty percent bumpin buyers.
As coin Base titans its Solana dez integration and the
Tensor Foundation ramps up governance, the whole industry is locked
on infrastructure and community driven survival rather than fast flips
to wrap it up. The market's wobbly, but de tech
(04:04):
and creative energy behind Web three aren't slowing down. Only
time will tell if we're staring at the next supercycle
or a longer winter. Thanks for tuning in with your
pal crypto Willie for more detailed deep dives like this,
make sure to come back next week. This has been
a quiet please production and for more check out Quiet
Please dot Ai. Catch you on the blockchain friends,
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