‘Connect Wallet, Share NFT’: Meta Users in US Get Feature on Facebook, Instagram

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Meta’s Facebook and Instagram users in the US can now connect their digital wallets to the app and share their NFT holdings with their followers and friends. Facebook and Instagram users in the US now have the ability to cross-post their holdings of digital collectibles on both apps at the same time. NFT sharers on Meta Apps will not be charged any extra. Wallets supported on Meta include Rainbow, MetaMask, Trust Wallet, Coinbase Wallet, and Dapper Wallet. Currently supported blockchains include Ethereum, Polygon, and Flow.

“Today we’re announcing that everyone on Facebook and Instagram in the US can now connect to their Wallet and share their digital collectibles,” Meta said in a statement. blog post,

Meta first tested this NFT by sharing it with select influencers in the US.

“Once a creator or collector posts a digital collectible, it will have a shimmering effect and may display public information, such as a description of the NFT. The posts will also appear on their profile. Digital collectibles post (their privacy settings) the manufacturer and the collector may be automatically held responsible,” the blog said.

This year, Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg has talked several times about integrating NFT-focused services under his control into social networking apps.

Without going into details, the tech mogul said in March that Instagram users would “expect” to get their own NFTs on the app in the coming months.

More recently, Zuckerberg’s Little League Baseball card, featuring eight-year-old Zuckerberg’s photo and his autograph, sold for $105,000 (approximately Rs 85 lakh) at an auction organized by ComicConnect.com.

For now, Meta-owned WhatsApp has not made it to the list of apps that are ready for the NFT twist. With Meta moving towards expansion [Web3)](https://gadgets360.com/tags/ Prasad, it will not take long for the NFT-related update to be released on the instant messaging app.


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