The NFT market is silently becoming infrastructure

Charu Sethi, president of Unique Network, argues that NFTs are neither dead nor poised for a speculative revival, but are becoming core digital infrastructure for gaming, AI and machine-driven applications. Citing DappRadar, Sethi says that in Q1 2025 NFT trading volume fell 24% while sales declined only 10%, pointing to lower average prices rather than user exit. The article gives examples of NFTs in production, including ReinforcedAI's Bittensor subnet, which issues NFTs as proof of completed Solidity audits, and Peaq's "machine NFTs" for devices such as vehicles and drones.