Amazon NFT Marketplace launch delayed
E-commerce giant Amazon’s NFT marketplace launch has been delayed by a few weeks to May. The technology giant previously planned to launch “Amazon Digital Marketplace” April 24, as previously reported by CoinGape Media. The platform will start offering the service to US customers first and will gradually roll out to other countries.
Amazon postponed the launch of the NFT marketplace in late 2022 due to challenging market conditions following the collapse of crypto exchange FTX in November. The latest delay has come to ensure preparedness and prevent technical failures and other problems due to unexpected events.
Amazon delays launch of NFT Marketplace
According to reports, Amazon has delayed the launch of its NFT marketplace “Amazon Digital Marketplace” from April 24 to May 15 citing emergency reasons.
Amazon Digital Marketplace is the most anticipated event for the crypto space, especially the NFT community. An internal source connected to the e-commerce giant said that there are some technical and commercial challenges, such as per the great whale.
Amazon originally planned to start offering around 15 NFT collections on launch day itself. However, 80 NFT collections have been selected by the e-commerce giant for its NFT marketplace. NFT collections reportedly include Bored Ape, Mutant Ape, World of Women collection, Beeple and Pudgy Penguins. However, some claim benefits and merchandising will be offered for sale, not the main NFT collections.
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NFT buying and reselling without crypto payments
While the launch of Amazon Digital Marketplace could be a big step towards mass adoption of Web3, it will not accept crypto payments for NFTs. It will be available on a private blockchain and customers can access it on Amazon’s website by clicking on the “Amazon Digital Marketplace” tab.
CoinGape Media previously reported that Amazon Web Services partnered with Ava Labs to accelerate the adoption of blockchain technology. With the launch of an NFT marketplace, Amazon is taking another step into the Web3 ecosystem. AWS had also partnered with Chainlink (LINK) for the node creation solution and VeChainThor for blockchain-based carbon management services.
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