Facebook Begins Testing Ethereum and Polygon NFTs on Profiles

Meta, previously generally known as Fb, has begun rolling out NFTs for some U.S. creators on its flagship social community.

Fb is beginning with Ethereum and Polygon NFTs however will quickly add assist for NFTs on Solana and Flow, a Meta consultant informed Decrypt by way of e mail.

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Meta Product Supervisor Navdeep Singh shared a sneak peek of what NFTs will appear to be on Fb in a Twitter submit Wednesday. In accordance with the submit, customers can have a “digital collectibles” tab on their Fb profiles the place they will showcase their NFTs, that are distinctive blockchain tokens that signify possession.

Customers will be capable of join their cryptocurrency wallets to their Fb profiles. They’ll additionally be capable of flip their NFTs into Fb posts, which will be reacted to, favored, commented on, and shared identical to some other submit.

Tech and media guide Martin Bryant argued that Meta “clearly desires to supply a house to Web3 people” with the announcement, contemplating the corporate has additionally lately begun testing out adjustments to Fb Teams to make them look “extra like Discord.”

Singh didn’t reply to Decrypt’s request for remark.

The social media big beforehand started rolling out NFTs on Instagram for some creators “in a handful of nations” in Might, the Meta consultant confirmed to Decrypt by way of e mail.

In an earlier announcement, Instagram shared that NFTs posted or shared on the app will robotically tag each the NFT’s creator and collector, and the corporate received’t cost any charges for posting or sharing NFTs. Collectors can even be capable of share their NFTs as augmented reality stickers.

Adam Mosseri, Head of Instagram, beforehand stated that Instagram is launching NFT options partially due to the rising creator economic system.

“Now, we expect one actually attention-grabbing alternative for a subset of creators is NFTs—the thought of proudly owning a novel digital merchandise,” Mosseri said in May.

Meta didn’t reply to Decrypt’s request for touch upon whether or not or when Fb’s NFT options will go dwell to all customers.