Rakuten launches NFT marketplace to capitalize on growing adoption in Japan
Main Japanese e-commerce agency Rakuten has announced the launch of its personal nonfungible token (NFT) buying and selling platform dubbed Rakuten NFT.
The agency initially revealed its plans to launch a proprietary NFT market in 2021 amid the rising recognition of nonfungible tokens worldwide. In accordance with Rakuten, the NFT market additionally hosts a platform that permits mental property homeowners to create their very own web sites for issuing and promoting NFTs.
Cointelegraph contacted the Rakuten group for additional info on the event, and this story shall be up to date as extra particulars turn out to be accessible.
With a inhabitants of over 126 million and a famend popular culture that features anime and manga, many individuals think that Japan has the flexibility to spice up the adoption of blockchain property reminiscent of crypto collectibles.
#NFT adoption is forecast to extend all over the world in future, numerous individuals nonetheless don’t know what NFTs are.
Japan: 90%
Germany: 82.6%
UK: 78.8%
Argentina: 75.5%
US: 70.6%
Canada: 65.8%
Nigeria: 52.0%
— TheCableIndex (@thecableindex) November 24, 2021
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In 2021, the worldwide NFT ecosystem skilled large improvement. Following a file enhance in commerce volumes and adoption, main gamers in varied sectors started dealing in NFTs.
With the worth of the NFT market persevering with to rise, interest in these revolutionary property is rising in Japan. In March 2021, the nation’s native crypto change Coincheck debuted a devoted NFT market. In July, early cryptocurrency evangelist Mai Fujimoto, higher generally known as “Miss Bitcoin,” teamed up with the blockchain gaming ecosystem Enjin to create an NFT charity program in Japan.
