{"id":79640,"date":"2023-06-02T11:54:44","date_gmt":"2023-06-02T08:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=79640"},"modified":"2025-09-11T12:11:31","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T09:11:31","slug":"japanese-airline-launches-nft-marketplace-on-ethereum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/japanese-airline-launches-nft-marketplace-on-ethereum\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese airline launches NFT marketplace on Ethereum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The largest Japanese airline group All Nippon Airways (ANA) has launched a marketplace <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/what-are-nfts\">non-fungible tokens<\/a> on the Ethereum blockchain.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">ANA has launched an NFT business and the virtual platform ANA NEO will operate the &#8220;ANA GranWhale NFT MarketPlace&#8221;, making ANA the first airline in the world to sell NFT products!<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Cf7wdIKj5N\">https:\/\/t.co\/Cf7wdIKj5N<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 All Nippon Airways (@FlyANA_official) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FlyANA_official\/status\/1664149780334018561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 1, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>At launch, the marketplace, named ANA GranWhale, supports the <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/what-is-metamask\">MetaMask<\/a> wallet, as well as fiat payments via credit cards.<\/p>\n<p>The platform features tokenized works by aviation photographer Luka Odzavy, 3D models of various aircraft, and a collection of generative images <a href=\"https:\/\/nft.ana-granwhale.com\/project\/detail\/01GSS92CWDYFBMR0HXF9JEHX2A?title=Airbits&#038;imgUrl=%2Fproject%2Fexhibitproject%2Fthumbnail%2F20230523105853835.jpg&#038;pageNumber=0\">Airbits<\/a> in the form of pixelated pilots.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;The initiative aims to unlock the potential of NFTs in the aviation sector by blending digital and physical realms to create unique and memorable experiences that bring the world together,&#8221; the company said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anahd.co.jp\/group\/en\/pr\/202305\/20230530.html\">press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The platform is owned by the airline group&#8217;s subsidiary \u2014 ANA NEO.<\/p>\n<p>The company is also <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/UIvuxjh5m3I\">working on its own metaverse<\/a>, which will integrate passengers&#8217; flight histories into digital avatars.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in March, Argentine low-cost Flybondi <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/argentine-budget-airline-flybondi-begins-issuing-nft-tickets\">launched the Ticket 3.0 campaign<\/a>, under which it began issuing tickets as non-fungible tokens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The largest Japanese airline group All Nippon Airways (ANA) has launched an NFT marketplace on the Ethereum blockchain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":79641,"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":[135,1213],"class_list":["post-79640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-japan","tag-nft"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"12","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79640"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79640\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79642,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79640\/revisions\/79642"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}