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First NFTs Backed by Shipwreck Treasure




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BUSINESS TECH MARKETING CRYPTO PODCASTS BOOKS CONTRI
EXECUTIVE VOICE
Avoiding Emotion And Working Toward
Stable Capital Gain: JR Bissell Shares
The Secrets Of Shipwreck Treasure
NFTS
WHA
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It feels like every day, there's a news story about the volatility and excitement of the stock
market. With all the press swirling around, it can be easy to get caught up in the excitement and
put money down on a risky decision without thinking it through. JR Bissell is working to provide
his clients with an alternative to the risk of betting on the stock market by providing them with
the very first NFT to be backed and redeemable by a physical artifact. With his company, Pirate
Gold Coins, he has made 10 high end shipwreck treasure coins into NFTs to be sold.
"At any point in time, the NFTs can be sent
back to be burned, and we are able to ship
you the physical shipwreck coin. All NFTs
are 1 on 1 representations, of course,
because they claim ownership of the
physical piece itself, ours are the first to be
backed by physical items," Bissell outlines.
With the increased spending seen in the market as people are dropping hundreds of thousands
to acquire NFTs in the digital realm, it only seems natural to turn physical items, such as Bissell's
shipwreck treasure artifacts, into these NFTs. Prices have continued to skyrocket on what is
considered digital artwork, without any physical backing to what the ownership represents. The
issue, however, is that ownership of these items is easily influenced by trends following Twitter
and Reddit.
"Stocks can influence our emotions
everyday based on theoretical gains or
losses. People will have a good or bad day
based on their stocks positions even without
ever selling them. The saying, "Only thing
worse than being in the stock market is
being married to someone in the market."
Until someone sells the stock, they never
made or lost anything. However, their daily
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emotion is tied to their positions regardless
of selling," Bissell explains.
When NFTs came to the forefront of the cryptocurrency world, Bissell wondered who was going
to determine their prices as they moved forward to the future. Curious if NFT pricing would
follow the same rules as the high end art market, with dealers and collectors following billionaire
and oligarch taste, or if online message boards such as Reddit groups and Twitter trends would
steer where the money flows.
On the flipside, collectibles are different. They do not come with highly fluctuating prices under
the influence of the global market, and therefore an easier and less stress inducing investment
for the consumer.
"In this uncertain new market, I believe
having these NFTs backed by a physical
artifact such as shipwreck treasure will add
significant stability to the piece in the form
of a safety net. The NFT will always be worth
at least the price of the physical artifact,
which remains very stable. In addition, the
population of shipwreck treasure compared
to the volume of the cryptocurrency industry,
where there's tens of thousands from a
single series like cryptopunks, are
significantly rarer. The amount of shipwreck
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treasure will, for the most part, remain fixed
indefinitely, which in turn, makes its value
stable," Bissell says.
If the stability against the fluctuation of cryptocurrency and stocks wasn't enough to turn the
tide towards investing in physically backed NFTs, JR reminds his clients about the status and
clout that follows owning a piece of shipwreck treasure.
"Although it sounds funny, it's still worth
mentioning that owning a rare piece of our
planet's history is very exciting. It's a great
conversation piece with friends and family,
or even potential new clients. Although
owning a large share of stock in a company
gives someone status, it's not quite as
glamorous and alluring of a status symbol as
owning an original Monet or an ancient
Egyptian artifact," Bissell states.
Make sure to follow JR Bissell on instagram here.
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