I sincerely hope that Creative Business Unit III (and SQEX on this matter) sees that all that NFT non-sense (that fun stuff, it's hurting artists more than ever) would be horrible for the game and that it's a bad trend to follow.
If the higher ups say that "the majority of players have voiced concerns about the matter", do they want to repeat not listening to their playerbase because "they know better"?

I really enjoy FFXIV and I sincerely hope they don't stain this game, or any of this company, with anything on this.