Top 5 NFT influencers to follow
on twitter in 2022
NFTs or ‘Non-Fungible Tokens’ has been the hottest topic in tech for the past two years and
has gathered attention of many big businesses as a way to create a digital proof of ownership,
attendance or sometimes even to market their new products. NFTs are an application of the
blockchain technology, and uses it to store the record of ownership which can be only
changed by the owner, allowing NFTs to be sold and traded. NFTs in essence provide a
public proof of ownership of a digital file such as photos, videos, and audio and hence turn a
file into a ‘Digital Asset’ which can be owned publicly by an individual or organization. The
main difference between cryptocurrencies and NFTs is that cryptocurrencies are ‘fungible’
which means they can be mutually interchanged, all bitcoins are equal, but each NFT may
represent a different underlying asset which can lead to difference in their value.
NFTs have got attention of many big industries like gaming, music, marketing and even
clothing as they can act as a proof of ownership of an asset in ‘Metaverse’ which is a digital
world with the likes of Meta (Facebook), Nike, Microsoft and many more investing heavily into
the space.
NFT marketplace reached a value of $15 billion in 2021 itself and is expected to grow
by $147.24 billion from 2021 to 2026. The market is anticipated to witness a healthy growth
at a CAGR of 35.27% during the forecast period.
Individuals buy NFTs to own a piece of art or sometimes to benefit from the value
appreciation as was the case of ‘The Bored Ape Yacht Club’ where the floor price of a single
NFT reached from 0.08 Ether to 89 ethers with the most expensive being sold for $3.4
Million. The most expensive NFT ever sold was The Merge by the well-known digital artist Pak
for an astonishing sum of $91.8 million paid by 28,983 collectors.
Social media has been crucial in the success of NFTs, individuals and organisations use social
media platforms like twitter, discord , telegram and medium where awareness of new projects.
People use social media to get to know about new projects, Twitter has been the biggest
among them with many influencers and artists creating awareness about new projects and
giving people insights around the NFT marketplace.
Here is the list of Top 5 influencers on twitter in 2022 which you can follow –
1.beeple (692.5 k followers)
@beeple
Michael Joseph Winkelmann , known professionally as Beeple, is an American digital
artist, graphic designer, and animator known for selling NFTs.In February 2021, beeple
started selling non-fungible tokens, digital tokens associated with works of art .
The most expensive beeple NFT titled Everyday:the First 5000 days was sold for a whopping
$69 million .Beeple is one of the most famous artists in the NFT space with 600k+ followers
on twitter where he tweets about his new projects and gives his opinion on works of other
artists in the space. He also talks about future of NFTs and gives insights about the industry
2.Gary Vaynerchuk(3.1 million followers)
@garyvee
Gary Vaynerchuk or popularly known as Garyvee has been the most vocal and early
adopter of the NFT place. Garyvee founded software company Resy , is the chairman of
Vaynerx a communication company but is most well-known for assessing emerging trends and
was an early investor in the likes of Meta (Facebook), Tumblr and Twitter.
He recognized the potential in the NFT marketplace early on and built a beautiful collection
and in March 2021 Garyvee launched his own NFT collection called VeeFriends.His social
media is flooded with educational videos about emerging space like crypto, blockchain and
NFTs .
Garyvee is one of the most well-known influencers in NFT place with millions of followers
spread across various social handles and his name had to be included in the list
3.Pranksy( 422k followers)
@pranksy
Pranksy is a pseudonymous NFT collector and investor who has build a large following on
twitter. Pranksy is arguably one of the best in the business; he is one the top crypto NFT pros.
Trading under the Pranksy handle since January 2018, he’s been involved (and EARLYinvolved) in all the breakthrough collections: Punks, Bored Apes, Women of World . He is
very vocal on art and supports upcoming art. Pranksy tweets about new projects and is
working on his own marketplace known as NFTboxes to support new artists.
Pranksy has about 35,000 NFTs on his Opensea account and has created about 800 NFTs
on his own and is one of the most famous NFT collector
4.Farokh.eth(299k followers)
@farokh
Farokh Sarmad Tehrani, known in the crypto space as Farokh.eth, is a 26-year-old
entrepreneur and CEO of Goodlife Media .Farukh is a Bored Ape Yacht club enthusiast and
was an early one to join the party , he also owns some cryptopunk NFTs among other projects
Farukh is also known for Rug Radio—a fully decentralised media company he founded with a
focus on rewarding its listeners and creators—and also through his Discord group House of
Farokh, which is home to more than 15,000 members who see it as a hub for impassioned
discussion. On Twitter he is a well known presence with over 299k followers spreading
information about NFTs and their future
5.Realmissnft(171k followers)
@realmissnft
Realmissnft is an upcoming influencers and one of the few female influencer in the NFT
space. She loves to support small artist and is an advocate of expansion of the NFT
marketplace
MissNFT is known for her writing, hosting a column for NFT Plazas where she brings smaller
artist into limelight and gives her opinion on the artist’s work.She is an influencer who uses
her following to support struggling artist and create awareness about new projects by small
artists.Her following has increased tremendously on twitter as she continuous to bring great
work into light.She is an active member and supports the community and hence her name
deserves to be in this list .
Conclusion
Influencers are a great way to learn about the NFT marketplace and can help guide you
through it and give useful insights.
In the NFT or Crypto world it is very important to stay up to date as it is ever-changing
industry with new projects launching every day and an influencer can be of great help in
staying up to date about these latest changes.
At the end of the day your own research and gaining knowledge is very important, so you can
follow the influencer with whom you can relate the most