How are NFT use cases evolving?
That's a good point. I think that when you look at new technology, the immediate question is: is this something really new or is this a new acronym? Because what you described sounds like an early adopter loyalty program.
But the tracking capabilities of NFTs are awesome, so folks can also leverage the tech that way. Collectors want to be the only ones to own an item; that's part of the uniqueness of being a collector of things. When everyone has the item and the only difference is that yours has a barcode on the back that says it’s unique, it's less special. So I don't think NFTs will appeal to collectors in that way but it could be an authenticity component, as it is with that Snoop album. There’s a lot of potential for that use case.
Another interesting NFT that dropped was called Edible NFT. It was created by a chef, Christian Petroni, and getting this NFT gave you special access to parties at his pizza place in New York. I thought that was a fairly interesting way of blending the digital ecosystem with the reality of having special access to physical experiences. It even goes back to the original Bitcoin purchase in which someone paid 10K Bitcoin for two pizzas.