Taiwanese laptop computer maker Asus has launched a non-fungible token (NFT) platform, marking its first try to enterprise into the burgeoning Internet 3.0 business, the corporate introduced on Tuesday.
See associated article: Apple iPhone maker’s founder distances himself from crypto fraudsters utilizing his picture
Quick info
- Asus launched Artwork Black gap on Tuesday, a platform for Ethereum-minted NFTs underneath its new Web3 arm, Asus Metaverse Inc.
- The brand new platform, powered by Asus’ cloud computing and synthetic intelligence capabilities, is presently solely open to invited artists to listing their NFTs, an Asus spokesperson advised Forkast by way of telephone name.
- Collectors should purchase NFT artworks in New Taiwan {dollars}, the spokesperson mentioned.
- The platform doesn’t assist secondary buying and selling, however a secondary market “will launch quickly,” the corporate mentioned on its web site.
- “Asus pays shut consideration to the newest developments of rising industries, and we’re notably drawn by the potential of the Web3 business,” Joe Hsieh, chief working officer of Asus, mentioned in a press release shared with Forkast.
- Asus joins fellow Taiwanese tech companies, Apple iPhone maker Foxconn and its {hardware} subsidiary Ennoconn Company, in getting into the metaverse.
See associated article: Taiwan to launch digital ministry, use Internet 3.0 towards Chinese language cyberattacks
