Meta has announced the rollout of features that will expand its support for NFTs on Instagram. As part of Meta’s expansion into digital assets, creators will soon be able to mint their own NFTs, and sell them both on and off Instagram. The digital collectibles features are currently being tested with a limited number of creators in the US and will thereafter be rolled out to more countries.
Since August, creators have only been able to share NFTs on Instagram via posts and stories. Now creators will have an end-to-end toolkit supported by the Polygon blockchain, allowing creators to create, showcase and sell their digital assets directly on Instagram.
In addition to the blockchains and wallets that are already supported on Instagram, Meta is also adding more features, including video NFTs and support for the Solana blockchain. It already supported Ethereum, Polygon and Flow. In addition, NFT owners can use the Phantom wallet.
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