Rakuten Group, the Japanese electronic commerce and online retail firm based in Tokyo has launched an NFT marketplace.
. Rakuten’s press announcement notes that a minting and selling feature won’t be available until next year.
“A service for peer-to-peer issuing and selling of NFT content is planned for launch in 2023 or later, which will support IP holders in Japan and worldwide to issue NFTs, as well as spur further development of a global market for NFTs. Plans also call for the introduction of a diversity of additional payment methods,” Rakuten’s launch announcement discloses.
“Rakuten NFT is also planning to produce and sell the J.League NFT Collection Players Anthem, the J.League official NFT collection,” the company’s NFT platform announcement concludes.