While the world was watching, the social network quietly announced that it would allow users to buy and sell non-fungible token from select marketplaces.
At the same time that the Musk deal went through, it was announced that the "NFT Tweet Tiles" are currently being tested by a small group of users and will work in tandem with other marketplaces.
The NFT will expand links to trade on these marketplaces with larger photos of the NFTs in question as well as information about its artist.
Legacy publishers like the New York Times and Wall Street Journal can use the new feature to expand links in their apps. The company said that the tiles were intended to be a door-opener for future innovation.
The new NFT feature isn't currently available to all users, but once it is, it won't require a Blue subscription, according to a representative from the company.
The timing of the integration announcement is curious given that Musk has made fun of cryptocurrencies and NFTs on the site he now owns. In December of last year, he went so far as to joke that they were a sign of mental illness, and in January of this year, he found the NFT profile pic to be annoying.
It's possible that he's changed his mind about NFTs now that he's the owner of the social networking site.
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