Note: A version of this post was first published on Decrypt. On Tuesday, a financial reporter friend texted me about NFT NYC and asked, "How is it even happening this year when the volume is so low?" On Wednesday, a different reporter asked me if this year's event felt like a shell of what it once was. Hey, I get it. After the speculative JPEG-flipping bubble of 2021 popped and overall NFT sales volume plummeted, the mocking stories write themselves. But if you ask me if the scene is dea...