NFT Paris and RWA Paris 2026 have been canceled by the organizers. This event lasted for four years and then stopped following the market crash in late 2025.
NFT Paris and RWA Paris 2026 organizers have canceled the event, citing pressure from the crypto market crash. The meetup was held for the fourth consecutive year during the 2022-2023 bear market.
In 2025, old narratives such as NFTs have been greatly affected as sentiment towards cryptocurrencies changes. NFTs remain near all-time lows in terms of activity and interest. Despite RWA’s growing popularity, RWA Paris was also canceled.
‘The market crash hit us hard. Despite significant cost savings and months of effort, we weren’t able to pull it off this year.‘ announced team.
Tickets will be refunded, but organizers may not refund all sponsors as the event was running until funds were exhausted.
The cancellation of one of the top NFT events has brought the issue of collection failures and low activity into even more focus.
Will NFTs come back?
In 2025, NFT creation will continue and the total number of collections will increase. However, trading activity slowed significantly.
NFT volumes already vary widely between chains, and Ethereum remains the most active network for legacy collections. Ethereum still has $2.74 million in NFT activity. Other chains include Solana, Polygon, Cardano, and Immutable.
Cardano and Bitcoin collectibles have gone through more active periods depending on the popularity of specific projects. Over the past 30 days, Bitcoin briefly took the lead as the most active chain. collectibles.
NFTs on most L2 chains or new L1 chains are even less active and the amount is virtually negligible. OpenSea continues to offer traffic jam NFTs on Base rely on low transaction fees and low-cost activities.
NFTs as an idea still exist and are issued alongside tokens, either as additions to games or as community memorabilia. At the same time, NFTs no longer store value and are rarely resold at high-profile auctions.
Top collections trade at lower price floors
Crypto Punks, Bored Apes, and Pudgy Penguins remain the top three NFT collections. In the case of CryptoPunks, the floor price has fallen to its all-time low in 2024, around 29 ETH.
Cryptopunk remains a staple collectible, but the price floor has recently dropped to an all-time low. |Source: NFT Price Floor
Ape NFT has fallen to an all-time low of 5.52 ETH, but Penguin has recovered to 5.15 ETH.
In the short term, NFTs will still experience rock-bottom price increases or high sales. Some of the NFTs too. Ministry of Finance And they are changing hands at relatively high valuations. Although NFT construction continues, the market is highly illiquid.
The cancellation of the conference is considered a lagging indicator, as the bottom of the NFT market has already been established. At the same time, on-chain transactions and activity We are developing a new collection. Despite some collections crashing to zero, NFTs make a comeback In another form.