As Atom Accelerator DAO (AADAO) continues to drive growth and innovation within the Cosmos Hub and the ATOM Economic Zone (AEZ), we are excited to announce our recent grant sponsoring NFT Nashville 2024, a key in-person event for the NFT community.
In the blog below, we spotlight how this grant will enable not only the expansion of ATOM’s reach into the NFT space but also mark a strategic step in advancing NFT collaboration around the Hub and leveraging ATOM’s potential.
About NFT Nashville
NFT Nashville is a community-organized, community-focused event designed for NFT creators and collectors. Its inaugural 2023 event saw a 100% attendance rate, reflecting the strong demand for a local, in-person gathering of NFT enthusiasts.
For its 2024 edition, to be held on November 2, 2024, AADAO has granted funding to help grow the event and align it with ATOM adoption efforts. The grant will cover event programming, speaker panels, ticket purchases in ATOM, and co-marketing opportunities for Cosmos-based projects.
The organizing team behind NFT Nashville includes notable community figures:
- Crypto Tank: A Cosmos-focused YouTuber and the main organizer of the event.
- Amanda Keay: An experienced event organizer with a track record at ETH Denver and NFT NYC.
- Cosmos Joe: Cosmos Joe: An educational content creator in the Cosmos ecosystem, will serve as the event’s master of ceremonies.
The grant is capped at $9,559, ensuring maximum impact while staying on budget.
The Importance of Supporting NFTs in the AEZ
The NFT space has emerged as a dynamic frontier within the crypto ecosystem, creating new opportunities for creators, collectors, and developers. However, until recently, the Cosmos Hub had limited direct engagement with NFT communities. With the rise of innovative projects like Stargaze, Superbolt, and Asteroid Protocol, AADAO has made it a priority to bridge this gap and promote ATOM’s utility within NFTs and even CFTs (Collectible Fungible Tokens).
Sponsoring NFT Nashville furthers AADAO’s mission to integrate ATOM into the growing NFT ecosystem. Events like this provide a vital platform for fostering collaboration and experimentation, showcasing how ATOM can be integrated into NFTs, from ticketing and collections to creative financial tools like fractionalized NFTs. Supporting these kinds of initiatives is crucial to positioning the Cosmos Hub at the heart of NFT innovations, further strengthening its value in the AEZ.
This sponsorship also allows Cosmos Hub-based projects to gain direct exposure to NFT enthusiasts and creators, building momentum for ATOM adoption in entirely new sectors of the digital economy. Expanding ATOM’s use case beyond traditional DeFi and interchain capabilities into NFTs and CFTs is a key component of the Cosmos Hub’s long-term growth strategy.
Let’s Get NFT Nashville Started!
If you’re in the Nashville area on November 2, 2024, don’t miss this exciting event! Grab your limited-edition NFT tickets—denominated in ATOM—and join the community of creators, collectors, and innovators at NFT Nashville!
Sponsored by an AADAO grant, this event is a unique opportunity to see the latest developments in NFTs while experiencing how Cosmos Hub-based projects are integrating ATOM into the NFT world. We look forward to seeing NFT Nashville provide engaging talks, hands-on demonstrations, and networking opportunities—all centered around the future of ATOM and NFT collaboration.
Are You Driving Value to the Cosmos Hub?
Like NFT Nashville, are you building a project or organizing an event that could help drive value for the Hub? If so, be sure to check out our Funding Themes and apply for a grant today.
About the Atom Accelerator DAO
Atom Accelerator DAO (AADAO) is a governance-mandated DAO of the Cosmos Hub. We have been formed and mandated to drive value for the Cosmos Hub & ATOM, supporting initiatives that either directly create economic impact or produce value that can drive its growth. From this, our current primary mandates are public grants and venture grants.
Atom Accelerator’s venture arm, strategically invests in promising early stage web3 founders and startups both within and outside of the Cosmos Hub’s ecosystem. Offering expertise, guidance, and support as experts within the Cosmos ecosystem while driving value towards Atom.
In 2023, we deployed $3.8 million in grants to 39 recipients – resulting in, among other things – a $22m USD airdrop to the Community Pool, an AEZ Accelerator program to expand the AEZ, a successful hackathon with 42 project submissions bringing innovations to the AEZ – and many other key initiatives. Read about them in our 2023 Impact Report.
