FTX, one of the most successful derivatives exchanges, has announced today the launch of a new NFT marketplace embedded in its trading platform. The announcement was made by the company’s CEO, San Bankman-Fried, who took to Twitter to invite users to make their own NFTs. This means the marketplace also includes a minting tool that will let users create their own NFTs from images and other data.
Bankman-Fried showed a test NFT minted on the platform — an image with the word “test” scribbled on a white background. Bankman-Fried announced that the marketplace will allow deposits and withdrawals in the next couple of weeks following launch. It will also feature cross-platform support, allowing trading of different NFTs minted on the Ethereum and Solana blockchains.
FTX is trying to capitalize on the momentum that the NFT market is experiencing right now. Currently, three NFT projects have reached more than $1 billion in sales: CryptoPunks, a collectible series of images, Axie Infinity, an NFT project, and Opensea, an NFT marketplace.
Proof of the NFT mania is that the NFT submitted by Bankman Fried has already received 23 bids, with the highest one offering $2,100 for the “Testing Testing 123 #1” NFT. Since the announcement was made in the morning, hundreds of submissions have already been posted in the marketplace. But some problems have arisen with the platform.
source:https://news.bitcoin.com/ftx-launches-cross-platform-nft-marketplace/
