{"id":55674,"date":"2022-01-11T12:14:55","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T10:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=55674"},"modified":"2025-09-04T02:46:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T23:46:17","slug":"associated-press-to-launch-nft-marketplace-for-selling-photographs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/associated-press-to-launch-nft-marketplace-for-selling-photographs\/","title":{"rendered":"Associated Press to launch NFT marketplace for selling photographs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Associated Press (AP) announced the launch of a platform to sell its own photographs as NFTs. The marketplace will be built on the Polygon blockchain,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ap.org\/press-releases\/2022\/ap-to-launch-nft-marketplace-built-by-xooa\"> \u0433\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0440\u0438\u0442\u0441\u044f<\/a> in the press release.<\/p>\n<p>The developer behind non-fungible tokens Xooa will assist the agency in implementing the initiative. The launch of the marketplace and the release of the first NFTs are scheduled for January 31, 2022.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;For 175 years, AP photographers have captured grand moments of world history with striking and moving images that continue to resonate today. With Xooa&#8217;s technology, we are proud to offer these tokenized exhibits to a rapidly growing global audience of NFT photography collectors,&#8221; said Dwayne Desolniers, AP&#8217;s director of blockchain and data licensing.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Each token contains a set of original metadata: time, location, date, equipment, and its settings. Every two weeks, AP plans to run a Pulitzer Drop featuring a selection of Pulitzer Prize-winning photographs.<\/p>\n<p>The proceeds from NFT sales will be used to fund AP&#8217;s independent, fact-based journalism.<\/p>\n<p>The platform will support MetaMask wallets. Planned collaborations include Fortmatic, Binance and Coinbase, as well as implementing additional features for NFT holders.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier<a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/ap-auctions-nft-commemorating-the-2020-u-s-presidential-election-on-the-blockchain\"> the agency put up for auction an NFT<\/a> dedicated to the blockchain-recorded U.S. presidential elections of 2020. Bids closed on March 11, 2021 \u2014 the token sold for 100,888 ETH.<\/p>\n<p>In May, the Associated Press <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/associated-press-to-issue-nft-collection-to-mark-the-agencys-175th-anniversary-and-its-photojournalism\"> released an NFT collection<\/a> to mark the AP&#8217;s 175th anniversary and its journalism.<\/p>\n<p>In October, AP joined the Chainlink oracle network. The launched node will provide developers of <span data-descr=\"decentralized applications\" class=\"old_tooltip\">dapps<\/span> access to the data collected by the organization.<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog news on <a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/forklogcom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">VK<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Associated Press (AP) announced the launch of a platform to sell its own photographs as NFTs. 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