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What is NFT Day?

✨ A worldwide event called NFT Day honors the beginnings of NFTs.

✨ Every year on September 20, it is celebrated as a remembrance of the day Dapper Labs CTO Dieter Shirley published ERC-721, the protocol that underpins NFTs, and first used the term "non-fungible token."

✨ Shirley co-developed CryptoKitties at Dapper Labs, the first game known to use NFTs on a blockchain.

✨ Players can buy, collect, breed, and trade virtual cats in this application, which is the first use case for Ethereum's blockchain and smart contracts technology.

Inaugural Highlights:

✨ The inaugural NFT Day celebration features participation from projects, blockchains, and brands across the industry.

✨ In attendance were a16z, Animoca Brands, BuildSpace, Coinbase NFT, CryptoSlam!, Dapper Labs, Flow, Gaia, LearnWeb3, Matrix World, Metaverse HQ, OpenSea, Rarible, Ripple, TheFirstMint, Tokenproof, and XRP Ledger.

✨ As part of the celebration, NFT developers and projects across blockchain ecosystems are coming together both digitally and physically to mark the occasion.

What's next for NFTs?

✨ The NFT market is expected to grow to $231 billion by 2030. NFT industry people positive about the future of NFTs ?