Social media platform Parler mentioned on Monday it can develop its enterprise into non-fungible tokens (NFT), in a transfer that underpins the speedy progress of the digital asset in latest months.

An NFT, which is a digital asset normally purchased with cryptocurrencies or in {dollars}, encompasses all the pieces from photos, movies to textual content. The possession report is tracked on the blockchain, which serves as a public ledger permitting anybody to confirm the NFT’s authenticity.

Traded since round 2017, NFTs initially gained reputation in early 2021 after which round August.

Last week, former US first girl Melania Trump launched an NFT and blockchain know-how enterprise, which was spearheaded by Parler.

“Parler will continue building its digital offering with an NFT pipeline that builds communities and fosters creativity while furthering its commitment to free speech and security,” the corporate mentioned in a press release on Monday.

The app was launched in 2018 as a social-media web site, styling itself as a free-speech area for these searching for a substitute for main platforms akin to Facebook and Twitter. It rapidly gained traction from supporters of former US President Donald Trump.

Parler, nonetheless, went darkish for a couple of month after being minimize off by main know-how platforms Apple, Google father or mother Alphabet, and Amazon that accused the app of failing to police violent content material associated to the lethal January 6 assault on the US Capitol by Trump supporters.

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