The e-commerce big Amazon has formally jumped on the NFT bandwagon, an e mail despatched out to no less than one buyer suggests.
In accordance with the e-mail, Amazon has already launched some sort of “digital token” that may be saved in a “gallery.” The digital tokens additionally look 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 could be listed on the market.
The information was first reported by CoinDesk after one in every 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 feel NFTs have actually began to take off […] I count on that NFTs will proceed to develop very considerably,” Jassey mentioned on the time. He added that “it’s attainable” that Amazon will begin promoting NFTs sooner or later “down the highway.”
The e-mail that seems to substantiate Amazon’s NFT plan follows months of rumors about Amazon’s crypto plans.
A number of unconfirmed media studies have steered that Amazon is engaged on an NFT challenge, with one report suggesting it might 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} might be launched April 24 and that it could be known as “Amazon Digital Market.”
Amazon itself has by no means confirmed any of the studies.