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The e-commerce large Amazon has formally jumped on the NFT bandwagon, an e mail despatched out to no less than one buyer suggests.
In response to the e-mail, Amazon has already launched some sort of “digital token” that may be saved in a “gallery.” The digital tokens additionally seem like one thing that may be purchased and offered on the platform, with Amazon being able to lock and unlock the tokens to make them accessible for buying and selling.
The e-mail added that customers might want to “register as a reseller” earlier than NFTs will be listed on the market.
The information was first reported by CoinDesk after certainly one of their workers acquired the e-mail.
Amazon has not but commented on the information, however the firm’s CEO, Andy Jassey, in an interview final yr hinted that Amazon has discovered NFTs to be fascinating.
“I believe NFTs have actually began to take off […] I anticipate that NFTs will proceed to develop very considerably,” Jassey mentioned on the time. He added that “it’s doable” that Amazon will begin promoting NFTs in some unspecified time in the future “down the highway.”
The e-mail that seems to verify Amazon’s NFT plan follows months of rumors about Amazon’s crypto plans.
A number of unconfirmed media reviews have steered that Amazon is engaged on an NFT challenge, with one report suggesting it may very well be a Web3 gaming initiative the place gamers can declare free NFTs.
One other report have mentioned Amazon is engaged on an NFT market. Citing nameless sources, the report claimed {the marketplace} shall be launched April 24 and that it might be referred to as “Amazon Digital Market.”
Amazon itself has by no means confirmed any of the reviews.