NFT marketplace Neon on Solana placed in New York near Wall Street a vending machine to sell NFTs. For buying tokens no cryptocurrency is required — users can pay in dollars by bank card.
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— Neon (@neon_gallery) February 22, 2022
After payment, the machine dispenses a physical card with a QR code, which then must be scanned in the app. Thus the buyer receives an NFT from the chosen collection.
Before the transaction, the prospective owner does not know which token awaits. Examples of the offered NFTs adorn the walls of New York, according to Decrypt. For now the machine dispenses tokens from two collections: Party Pigeons and Project Color.
Neon aims to make NFTs more accessible and understandable. The vending machine does not require any cryptocurrency or wallet. NFTs are issued on an ‘efficient and eco-friendly’ blockchain Solana.
“While only 2% of Americans have digital wallets, four in five use payment cards. This 40-fold increase expands the potential audience for digital artists. We want to broaden the opportunities for those whose work is often undervalued,” said NFTEvening co-founder of Neon Jordan Birnholtz.
A company spokesperson pledged to increase the number of supported artists and the number of machines installed by the summer, including in other US cities.
As noted, Grand View Research has valued the Bitcoin ATM market at $1.88 billion by 2028.
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