Meta’s NFTease and AI’s Impact on Web3
Meta’s NFTease: Meta Platforms, the parent company behind Facebook and Instagram, announced it would be winding down its NFT program after testing it out for several months. The feature allows some NFT creators to mint and sell their creations on the platforms and collectors to display their NFTs. Stephane Kasriel, Meta’s head of commerce and financial services, said in a statement the company “learned a ton” and would continue to build products “to support creators, people and businesses on our apps, both today and in the metaverse.”
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