SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 27 ― NFTs are everywhere! Including social networks! Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and even Reddit… Platforms are angling to become THE place to be for buying and selling NFTs. The race is on!
It was just a matter of time before the NFT wave hit social networks. And Twitter is leading the way. The platform has launched an option that allows users to put an NFT in a profile picture. For the moment, it’s a gimmicky feature exclusively available for subscribers of the platform’s paid service, Twitter Blue on iOS. It’s a first step allowing NFT owners to boast about being in possession of one of these hot-ticket items, but also, and more importantly, to facilitate their sale. Indeed, Twitter indicates that the images will be linked directly to owners’ accounts on OpenSea, the global platform for NFT sales. It’s a clever move to discourage unauthorized use of an NFT. As for the owners, they will be able to enjoy their new NFT profile picture in a hexagonal shape, link their cryptocurrency wallet and display links to their NFT collections.
“We’re now seeing people use NFTs as a form of identity and self-expression, and as a way to join the thriving community and increasingly active conversation on Twitter. This new feature provides a seamless, user-friendly way for people on Twitter to verify their NFT ownership by allowing them to directly connect…
