Meta says FB and IG users can post NFTs: Nifty Newsletter, Aug 24–30
Trading volume from NFT marketplace OpenSea has gone from $405 million on May 1 to $5 million in Aug. 28. In this week’s newsletter, read about Meta’s newest update on the integration of nonfungible tokens (NFTs) on Facebook and Instagram. Check out how the NFT trading volume on OpenSea has plummeted by 99% and how despite the downturns, digital artists still firmly believe in the future of NFTs. In other news, learn about the changes in participation in GameFi. And, don’t forget about this week’s Nifty News roundup featuring Taco Bell’s Metaverse wedding competition in collaboration with....
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Eminem and Snoop Dogg switched between themselves and their Bored Ape Yacht Club characters in their newest music video. In this week’s newsletter, read about Meta’s plans to expand their nonfungible token (NFT) testing on Instagram and Facebook. Check out how soccer legend Cristiano Ronaldo is planning to introduce his fans to Web3 through NFTs and how the rap legends Snoop Dogg and Eminem featured Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) characters in their latest music video. Join Cointelegraph’s Tom Farren as he shares details from an event called The Digital Diaspora as part of last week’s NFT.NYC....
“This will enable people to connect their digital wallets once to either app in order to share their digital collectibles across both,” said Meta. Facebook and Instagram users can both post nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, and digital collectibles to their accounts by linking their wallets.In a Monday update to a May 10 blog post, Facebook’s parent company Meta said the social media platform’s roughly 2.9 billion users would have the ability to share digital collectibles and NFTs. The announcement followed an Aug. 4 update in which Meta said Instagram users across 100 countries could post....
Racing league Formula One is positioning its brand in Web3 as it files trademark applications for "F1" covering crypto and NFTs. In this week’s newsletter, read about how the racing brand Formula One is planning to position itself in Web3 and how nonfungible tokens (NFTs) will transform betting on upcoming athletes. Check out how GameFi can provide the unemployed with a new means to earn and find out how the wealthiest British artist alive burned $10 million in artworks to complete his NFT project. And, don’t forget this week’s Nifty News featuring OpenSea adding Avalanche support and Meta....
UNICEF Giga used NFTs to help raise funds to give schools in developing countries the ability to connect to the internet. In this week’s newsletter, read about how UNICEF is using nonfungible tokens (NFTs) to help connect schools to the internet and how post offices are able to revive the philately sector through NFTs. Check out how an NFT gaming project lets many aspects of its game be customizable and sold as NFT packs. In other news, Animoca Brands co-founder Yat Siu spoke with Cointelegraph and shared his thoughts about Asia’s perception of NFTs. And, don’t forget this week’s Nifty....
Nonfungible tokens will be found under a tab on creators’ Facebook timelines in a gradual rollout starting in the United States. Facebook will support nonfungible tokens (NFTs) with a “digital collectibles” tab on creators’ timelines to display their work. Meta technical program manager Navdeep Singh displayed screenshots of NFTs and a creator’s page Thursday on Twitter. A spokesperson for Meta, the parent company of Facebook, told TechCrunch the same day that the rollout of NFTs on Facebook would be gradual, beginning with select creators in the United States. Eventually, NFT creators....