Japan’s largest airline launches NFT marketplace
On May 30, All Nippon Airways (ANA), the biggest airline in Japan, released an aeronautical-themed nonfungible tokens (NFTs) market with its subsidiary, ANA Neo. Dubbed the “ANA GranWhale NFT Marketplace,” the platform will include an inaugural collection produced by aerial photographer Luke Ozawa. As informed by designers: ” From May 30, aerial photographer Luke Ozawas first digital image will be converted to NFT. Among them will be sold with a favorable film, which is the source of picture development. The cost is 100,000 yen, and the NFT with positive movie will be sold at auction.” Meanwhile, the 2nd collection of NFTs will be released on June 7, representing the NFT image conversion of the first Boeing 787 operated by ANA. “Selling as a 3D design plane. There are 787 products each of the 2 types, for a total of 1,574 items, and the rate is 7,870 yen,” ANA wrote.The ANA GranWhale NFT Marketplace. Source: ANAANA is Japans largest airline company, with profits of $12.2 billion in its last. The firm said it prepares to increase the NFT line of product in the future and aims to improve the value of the consumer experience through NFT commercialization.The advancement of ANA Neos GranWhale began last August as a virtual travel platform making use of “innovation, including VR, to recreate the locations and cultures of the world” in the form of metaverse parks. ANA Neo president Mitsuo Tomita formerly specified: ” The arrow in the symbol [logo design] represents the virtual and the real, respectively, and the combination of the 2 signifies the ANA GranWhale flying directly into the future with stability and growth, where Web 3.0 and metaverse travel will become more commonplace.” Magazine: Crypto City: Guide to Osaka, Japans second-biggest city