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Methodology

Methodology

SeaLaunch’s goal is to make the data as digestible and accessible as possible for both the data-driven NFT investor and the curious NFT collector.

It’s important to note that the NFT data shown on our platform expresses an editorial point of view by our team. We do not show all the NFT data available out there, but choose to present what we consider to be relevant and what adds value to our audience and the NFT community.

For transparency and clarity’s sake, we share the criteria we follow to feature a specific NFT project and to build our Indexes.

General criteria

  • Currently SeaLaunch only features NFTs issued on the Ethereum blockchain (ERC-721 and ERC-1155);
  • Strong reputation and notability within the NFT community (i.e., Blue-chip NFT Index and NFT ecosystems Index specifically);
  • We disclose all the NFT collections that constitute each index;
  • Index constituents are re-evaluated every 90 days.

Market overview and Marketplaces

Market and Marketplaces graphs allow both institutional and retail investors to gain a broader and longer term view the NFT market performance (last 90 days and last year) by tracking:

  • NFT sales volume;
  • NFT unique sellers and buyers;
  • Number of sales.

Additionally, it can capture the market’s shifts and spot trends by observing NFT marketplaces’ activity.

Blue-chip Index

This Index includes NFT collections that meet cumulatively the following requirements:

  • Created more than 90 days ago;
  • Top sales volume over the last 120 days;
  • Historic relevancy, strong reputation and notability within the NFT community.

NFT Funds Index [soon]

These indexes track assets held by investment funds or investment DAOs specialized in NFT investments that:

  • Disclose assets held or have a public trackable wallet;
  • If the holding position on each asset is disclosed, the price and volume performance of the fund’s NFT assets take into account this factor.

NFT Ecosystems

These charts track assets that together may constitute an NFT ecosystem.

What can be considered an NFT ecosystem?

  • An organization that has launched/controls/acquired more than one NFT collection;
  • Or an NFT collection that because of its notability and relevance was used as an inspiration for a high number of forks or derivatives.

What assets can be tracked in the NFT Ecosystem Indexes?

  • All the collections under the control by the same organization;
  • And/or the main NFT collection, plus the vast majority of derivatives that constitute the ecosystem and add value to the main collection.

Top NFT Collections

Top NFT collections are the ones that meet the following criteria:

  • Top 14 NFT collections with the highest sales volume over the last 120 days;
  • All the charts refer to the last 60 days’ 10% percentile price, median price, and volume;
  • All values in the charts are presented in ETH;
  • Historic relevancy, strong reputation and notability within the NFT community.

Note that these criteria are revised periodically. Additionally, these criteria can be updated if a new blockchain is added (e.g: Solana NFTs or BSC NFTs) or if market conditions change dramatically.