NFT was always a meme and crypto has proven its staying power.
Crypto has proven that it can bribe governments into pouring tax money into it. It still hasn't shown any use.
NFT was a meme in "People are going to buy my jpeg"
But as a protocol it has legs and is still used under the hood in projects.
Cryptokitties was always the best monetisation use case for NFTs, and its still going.
Gambling has also proven its staying power. A low trust society and some early coin explosions will do that. I don't think its staying power is here in a healthy way, personally.