The e-commerce big Amazon has formally jumped on the NFT bandwagon, an e mail despatched out to a minimum of one buyer suggests.
Based on 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 out there for buying and selling.
The e-mail added that customers might want to “register as a reseller” earlier than NFTs may 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 12 months hinted that Amazon has discovered NFTs to be attention-grabbing.
“I think NFTs have really started to take off […] I expect that NFTs will continue to grow very significantly,” Jassey mentioned on the time. He added that “it’s possible” that Amazon will begin promoting NFTs in some unspecified time in the future “down the road.”
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 experiences have steered that Amazon is engaged on an NFT undertaking, 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} can be launched April 24 and that it might be referred to as “Amazon Digital Marketplace.”
Amazon itself has by no means confirmed any of the experiences.
