Meta (Facebook) has started testing facebook profiles nfts of Ethereum y Polygonoffering the possibility of connect your wallets to your profiles. He has also indicated that he plans to add other cryptocurrencies such as Solana y Flowaccording to Kate Irwin and Decrypt.
The gerente de Meta Product, Navdeep Singhshared a sneak peek of what NFTs on Facebook will look like in a Twitter post on Wednesday. According to the publication, users will have a tab of “digital collectibles” on their Facebook profiles where they will be able to display their NFTs, which are unique blockchain tokens that signify ownership.
Users will be able to connect their cryptocurrency wallets to their Facebook profiles. Also will be able to convert their NFTs into Facebook postswhich can be reacted to, liked, commented on, and shared like any other post.
The technology and media consultant Martin Bryant argued that Meta “clearly wants offer a home to the people of Web3with the announcement, considering the company also recently started testing changes to Facebook groups to make them look like “more to Discord.”
The social media giant previously began rolling out NFTs on Instagram for some creators “in a handful of countries” in May, Meta’s representative confirmed to Decrypt via email.
In a previous announcement, Instagram shared that NFTs posted or shared on the app will automatically tag both the creator and collector of the NFT, and the company will not charge any fees for posting or sharing NFTs. Collectors can also share your NFTs as augmented reality stickers.
Adam Mosseri, Head of Instagrampreviously said that Instagram is launching NFT functions partly due to the growing creator economy.
“Now, we think a really interesting opportunity for a subset of creators is NFTs – the idea of owning a unique digital item,” Mosseri noted in May.
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