{"id":458493,"date":"2022-08-30T09:00:54","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T07:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=458493"},"modified":"2022-08-30T09:05:41","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T07:05:41","slug":"facebook-and-instagram-get-nft-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/internet\/458493-facebook-and-instagram-get-nft-support.html","title":{"rendered":"Facebook and Instagram get NFT support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Facebook now supports non-fungible tokens (NFTs), meaning users can link their digital wallets to post collectibles on the platform.<\/p>\n<p>The feature is also available on Instagram, and after users have connected their digital wallet to one of the apps, they&#8217;ll be able to access their NFTs on both platforms.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You can now post digital collectibles on @Facebook and @Instagram. &#x2728;Connect your digital wallet to either app and start sharing your #NFTs today,&#8221; Meta Platforms <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Meta\/status\/1564282540831248387?s=20&amp;t=op7RFIigMfUcj8HvJCmekA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Meta began <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cryptocurrency\/437564-instagram-is-getting-nfts.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">testing NFTs on Instagram<\/a><\/strong> in March 2022, and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg said users would even be able to &#8220;mint&#8221; some NFTs within the app.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/facebook-nfts-support-instagram-meta-191740915.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">According to Engadget<\/a><\/strong>, Meta is delving deeper into NFT territory and could be working on a marketplace for people to buy and sell the tokens.<\/p>\n<p>The move is not Meta&#8217;s first attempt to leverage digital currencies. In July 2022, the company announced it <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cryptocurrency\/451184-facebook-kills-cryptocurrency-wallet.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">would shut down Novi<\/a><\/strong> \u2014 its cryptocurrency wallet \u2014 at the beginning of September.<\/p>\n<p>The company had an app and a WhatsApp wallet for Novi and asked its users to withdraw their funds &#8220;as soon as possible&#8221;.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/internet\/458095-apple-vs-google-vs-facebook-this-is-who-tracks-the-most-personal-data-types.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Apple vs Google vs Facebook \u2014 this is who tracks the most personal data types<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Facebook and Instagram users can link their digital wallets and post NFTs on the platform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341076,"featured_media":458495,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44696,18],"tags":[161,10424,1767,73842,69137,74952],"class_list":["post-458493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency","category-internet","tag-facebook","tag-instagram","tag-mark-zuckerberg","tag-meta-platforms","tag-non-fungible-tokens-nft","tag-novi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458493"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/341076"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=458493"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":458503,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458493\/revisions\/458503"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/458495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=458493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=458493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}