Abstract

The collectibles market, encompassing diverse assets such as fine art, rare books, and sports memorabilia, faces significant challenges in authentication, provenance tracking, and liquidity. Web3 technologies, particularly non-fungible tokens (NFTs), offer transformative solutions to these issues. This paper explores the application of NFTs and blockchain technology across various collectible asset classes, highlighting their potential to enhance transparency, security, and accessibility. The study explores the practical applications of NFTs, with a focus on their impact on physical collectibles, and examines the challenges and opportunities presented by Web3 integration. The paper concludes with a discussion on future research directions, emphasizing the need for comparative analyses and economic impact studies to fully understand the potential of Web3 in revolutionizing the collectibles market.

Keywords: Web3, Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), Collectibles, Provenance tracking blockchain, Asset authentication