The company opened a waiting list for users interested in beta testing the NFT marketplace. It says its intention is to facilitate the adoption of NFT.
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More and more cryptocurrency cryptocurrencies are digital currencies that use cryptographic technologies to secure their operation. exchanges are looking to capture a share of the growing cryptocurrency market.tokens no fungibles (NFT).
Blockchain.coma digital digital technologies are these electronic tools that have the ability to generate, store or even process data. currency currency is a medium of exchange that defines value. wallet a place where cryptocurrency users can store, send and receive digital assets. and trading platform, announced this week that it is working to launch its own NFT marketplace. The new collectibles platform a place to buy, sell and store cryptocurrency will be powered byOpenSea and will soon be available to users in beta, or testing phase.
The company reported the plans in acomunicado in which invited users to sign up for a waiting list to get first access to the marketplace when the beta version is released.
In the coming weeks, you will be able to buy, sell and store NFT directly within your Blockchain.com wallet.
Blockchain.com seeks its place in the NFT space
In his statement,Blockchain.com indicated that the initiative arises in the face of the “growth and emotion” that the NFT space has seen this year. The digital collectibles market has exploded this 2021 reaching celebrities, sports teams and well-known brands likeAdidas,Coca Cola,Gucciamong others. In the last month alone, the NFT market has registered revenues of USD $1.8 billion, according to NonFungible .
However, in the company’s view, this burgeoning industry still presents many difficulties in terms of adoption. “ We see many of the same challenges to adoption that faced cryptocurrency in its early days. Specifically, accessing the NFT non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are cryptocurrencies that do not possess the property of fungibility. market an area or arena, online or offline, in which commercial dealings are conducted. is too complex and unintuitive. “, dijo Blockchain.com , adding that its mission is to make this interaction easier for users.
We want to make accessing the NFT marketplace as easy as accessing the crypto marketplace. With Blockchain.com’s NFT marketplace (in beta), you can securely browse, buy, sell and store NFT without ever leaving your wallet.
Although an exact launch schedule was not provided, the initial version of the marketplace is expected to be launched in the coming weeks, according to the company.Blockchain.com in the communiqué.
The news about the development of an NFT market come the same week thatBlockchain.com announced the acquisition of the Argentinean cryptocurrency investment platform SeSocio .As reported byDiarioBitcoinThe agreement is part of the company’s strategy to expand into Latin American countries.
Competition between exchanges is heating up
Blockchain.com is the latest cryptocurrency company to foray into the NFT space with plans to launch its own marketplace. Popular exchangesBinance y FTX.US launched their own NFT markets this year. Also Coinbase is an American company that operates a cryptocurrency exchange platform.is working to launch its platform. Recently, FTXbecame the first to admittokens scarce based on Ethereum a decentralized open-source blockchain with smart contracts functionality.y Solana.
Undoubtedly, the popularity of the collectibles space could accelerate in the face of these exchanges coming in, especially if they build more user-friendly interfaces for the less experienced. JustBlockchain.com claims to have a wallet user base of 70 million users in more than 180 countries.
However, for the exchanges, this only means that competition between NFT markets has begun to heat up. For example, the exchange businesses that allow customers to trade cryptocurrencies for fiat money or other cryptocurrencies.Geminithe Winklevoss twins, acquired the platform NFTNifty Gateway in 2019, before the boom in the space, and while it initially garnered much of the market’s attention, more recently sales have started to decline as more companies enter the space.
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Sources: Press Release , Decrypt , archivo
Article by Hannah Estefania Perez /DiarioBitcoin
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