The big ICY/ICZ snapshot is over.
Now what?
Well, the snapshot undoubtedly brought many new ICX holders into the fold, although ICX is down nearly 16% today at the time of writing — read into that what you will.
Regardless, the ICON community has been hard at work trying to convince new ICX holders to stick around.
The ICON Foundation’s Min Kim has been leading the charge. In a tweet thread, Min tells new ICX holders to sit tight because ICON will be “kicking 2022 with a BANG” with “lots of announcements in the pipeline in January alone.”
Min points to next year’s push to promote BTP, the “most decentralized interoperability solution the world has to offer,” teasing a massive “BTP Incentive Program” that will apparently be announced next month.
He also predicts that ICY and ICZ — the latter the native token of SNOW, ICE’s canary network on Kusama — will have “real value on their own” akin to other substrate chains.
Interestingly, he also points to NFT interoperability fueled by BTP. He says, “Korea is the mecca of the gaming industry and we’re just getting warmed up there.”
In addition, he notes ICON’s big developments in 2021, its helpful community and the fact that ICON is one of the few 2017 ICO coins still alive and thriving.
Meanwhile, ICON product manager TJ Hunt has penned a similarly themed Twitter thread on why ICON is “going to be a powerhouse in the future.”
He says ICON “has the vision of becoming the leading “blockchain aggregator” in the cryptocurrency industry. This entails connecting every public and private blockchain as an interconnected “web” of blockchains.”
TJ also notes ICON’s 200,000+ transactions per day, superior tokenomics scheme, rich DeFi ecosystem, and the cool things happening at ICONLOOP, ICON’s chief technology partner.
In summary, ICON had a big 2021 and promises to have an even bigger 2022. So even after the ICY/ICZ snapshot, you might want to hold on to your ICX a bit longer.
