{"id":75498,"date":"2023-03-14T10:36:36","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T08:36:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=75498"},"modified":"2025-09-10T11:59:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T08:59:32","slug":"meta-halts-nft-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/meta-halts-nft-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Meta halts NFT projects."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Meta abandons NFT-related projects.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p dir=\\\"ltr\\\" lang=\\\"en\\\">Some product news: across the company, we\u2019re looking closely at what we prioritize to increase our focus. We\u2019re winding down digital collectibles (NFTs) for now to focus on other ways to support creators, people, and businesses. ?[1\/5]<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stephane Kasriel (@skasriel) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/skasriel\/status\/1635386565487898624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">March 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\\\"\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\\\">\n<p>\u00ab[\u2026] \u0432 \u043a\u043e\u043c\u043f\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0438 \u043c\u044b \u0432\u043d\u0438\u043c\u0430\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e \u0432\u044b\u0431\u0438\u0440\u0430\u0435\u043c \u043f\u0440\u0438\u043e\u0440\u0438\u0442\u0435\u0442\u044b, \u0447\u0442\u043e\u0431\u044b \u0431\u043e\u043b\u044c\u0448\u0435 \u0444\u043e\u043a\u0443\u0441\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0430\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f \u043d\u0430 \u0432\u0430\u0436\u043d\u044b\u0445 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0435\u043a\u0442\u0430\u0445. \u041d\u0430 \u0434\u0430\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0439 \u043c\u043e\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0442 \u043c\u044b \u0441\u0432\u043e\u0440\u0430\u0447\u0438\u0432\u0430\u0435\u043c \u0446\u0438\u0444\u0440\u043e\u0432\u044b\u0435 \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0434\u043c\u0435\u0442\u044b \u043a\u043e\u043b\u043b\u0435\u043a\u0446\u0438\u043e\u043d\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0438\u044f, \u0447\u0442\u043e\u0431\u044b \u0441\u043e\u0441\u0440\u0435\u0434\u043e\u0442\u043e\u0447\u0438\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f \u043d\u0430 \u0434\u0440\u0443\u0433\u0438\u0445 \u0441\u043f\u043e\u0441\u043e\u0431\u0430\u0445 \u043f\u043e\u0434\u0434\u0435\u0440\u0436\u043a\u0438 \u0430\u0432\u0442\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0432, \u043b\u044e\u0434\u0435\u0439 \u0438 \u0431\u0438\u0437\u043d\u0435\u0441\u0430\u00bb, \u2014 \u0437\u0430\u044f\u0432\u0438\u043b \u0433\u043b\u0430\u0432\u0430 \u043e\u0442\u0434\u0435\u043b\u0430 \u043a\u043e\u043c\u043c\u0435\u0440\u0446\u0438\u0438 \u0438 \u0444\u0438\u043d\u0430\u043d\u0441\u043e\u0432\u044b\u0445 \u0442\u0435\u0445\u043d\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0433\u0438\u0439 \u0421\u0442\u0435\u0444\u0430\u043d \u041a\u0430\u0441\u0440\u0438\u044d\u043b\u044c.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The company, together with Polygon <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/instagram-users-will-be-able-to-create-and-sell-nfts-on-the-polygon-blockchain\">announced<\/a> the launch of an NFT marketplace in November 2022. Meta had said that collectible tokens could help creators earn money and build their own economy.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kasriel, the company will now prioritise developing Instagram, in particular monetising Reels.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\\\">\n<p>\u00abWe optimise transactions using Meta Pay, simplifying deposits and withdrawals, and we are investing in payments via in-app messaging within the company\u2019s products\u00bb, \u2014 noted he.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Kasriel added that Meta will continue to support \u201cmany NFT creators who are still using Instagram and Facebook to work\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>As reported in the WSJ <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/meta-to-cut-10000-jobs\">learned<\/a> of new layoffs at Mark Zuckerberg&#8217;s company.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meta abandons NFT-related projects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":75499,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1293,1213],"class_list":["post-75498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-meta","tag-nft"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"12","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75498"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75500,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75498\/revisions\/75500"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}