FinTech Magazine - February 2023 | Page 80

THE EASE OF USE OF WALLETS NEEDS TO IMPROVE IN GENERAL ,, IT IS NOT ALWAYS TO THE STANDARD THAT MAINSTREAM USERS EXPECT OF COLLECTIBLES AND APPS

WES LEVITT HEAD OF STRATEGY , THETA LABS
These activities , and fraudsters , have resulted in the NFT space gathering itself a somewhat renegade reputation . Della Casa explains : “ We have had inflated NFTs over the last 12-18 months and every bubble pops . Another thing wrong with the market is the amount of fraudulent NFTs floating out there . Something like 80 % of Opensea NFTs are fake . That ’ s mind-boggling . The worst part is finding out the identity of these fraudsters . Nobody has a clue who they are .”
Della Casa also questions the regulatory procedures of certain NFT platforms that don ’ t take action when complaints are made by users . “ Who polices Opensea ? I would love to know since I ’ ve reported the fake
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