{"id":7812,"date":"2022-02-13T18:07:52","date_gmt":"2022-02-13T18:07:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/?p=7812"},"modified":"2022-02-13T18:07:52","modified_gmt":"2022-02-13T18:07:52","slug":"ethereum-news-onlyfans-adopts-nft-profile-pictures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/?p=7812","title":{"rendered":"Ethereum news: OnlyFans adopts NFT profile pictures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ue-c-article--first-letter-highlighted\"><span class=\"capital-letter\">T<\/span>he craze for <strong>NFT <\/strong>continues to grow. While major social networks and internet platforms have not missed out on the business this technology is currently producing, <strong>OnlyFans<\/strong> announced that it will now allow users to upload verified non-fungible tokens (<strong>NFTs<\/strong>) as profile pictures.<\/p>\n<p>According to Reuters, the platform will only handle tokens created on the <strong>Ethereum <\/strong>blockchain, and profile images of non-fungible tokens will have an Ethereum emblem to indicate that they are genuine.<\/p>\n<p>Digital certificates of authenticity were born as the ultimate opportunity for artists to sell their art online, but the market has grown to also include ways to speculate and launder money with <strong>NFTs<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Crypto Technicals, Mundane Macro, OnlyFans NFTs\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9xlHOWGLfmg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>OnlyFans<\/strong>, created in 2016, has grown in popularity as a way for content creators to monetize their work by selling it to members. Many current social media firms, such as <strong>Twitter<\/strong>, have made the leap to introducing digital art profile pictures, and this is just one of them. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This feature is the first step in exploring the role that NFTs can play on our platform,&#8221; said <strong>Amrapali &#8220;Ami&#8221; Gan<\/strong>, OnlyFans&#8217; new CEO.<\/p>\n<p>According to &#8216;Ami&#8217; Gan, the company has been working on the development of this feature for two months.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"ue-c-article__subheadline\">NFTs in OnlyFans profiles<\/h2>\n<p><strong>OnlyFans<\/strong> will only accept NFTs registered on the <strong>Ethereum <\/strong>(ETH) blockchain. The profile picture will be displayed next to an ethereum cryptocurrency icon to signal that that image has its verifier and could be purchased. <\/p>\n<p>Last month, <strong>Twitter <\/strong>introduced verified digital art profile images, but the feature is currently only available to premium customers of the company&#8217;s service. <strong>Facebook <\/strong>and <strong>Instagram <\/strong>are reportedly planning to implement a similar function.<\/p>\n<p>The function, for the moment, is limited to this use, but <strong>Gan <\/strong>himself assures that it is only the beginning.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NFTs <\/strong>are a way to make it easier for people to maintain their activity with financial support from their followers. 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