GameStop Takes Off On NFT Shopping Mall & Cryptocurrency Partnerships

Planned expansions of GameStop Corp’s non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace and relationships with virtual currency businesses had raised the video game retailer’s premarket share by 17.5 percent, as well as stocks in other memes.

As enthusiasm among ordinary investors dwindled, GameStop stocks, like several other meme stocks, have been declining for a time. The party, which was organized on online forums such as Reddit to talk about stocks and wreck havoc on bearish hedge funds, resulted in a massive stock surge in early 2021.

GameStop is preparing to launch an online hub for exchanging NFTs for virtual game collectibles, as well as cooperation with two cryptocurrency businesses to assist in the development of games based on blockchain and NFT technology.

NFTs, which use blockchain to record the ownership of digital assets like photographs or films, soared in 2021, making few people perplexed as to why so much money gets spent on things that don’t exist in the physical world.

In recent months, high volatility crypto commodities have dropped, with Bitcoin falling to a three-month low of $ 42,218.84, a 38 percent decrease from its all-time high of $ 69,000 in November.

The price of Ether, which is used to acquire NFTs, has plunged to $ 3225.79, the lowest it has been since early October.

“Meme equities are speculative rather than essential,” said analyst Neil Camping. “To some level, cryptocurrency is likewise speculative in nature… too much exposure to cryptocurrencies can damage the balance sheets of these companies.”