Roblox CEO Envisions In-Game NFTs as Part of Open Ecosystem 'Dream' - Decrypt
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Roblox CEO Envisions In-Game NFTs as Part of Open Ecosystem 'Dream'
Roblox CEO David Baszucki said that limited edition NFT items could launch in the future as part of an open ecosystem. But will it happen? Roblox founder and CEO David Baszucki sees a future in which NFTs come to the popular metaver
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Roblox CEO David Baszucki envisions the possibility of incorporating NFTs into the popular gaming platform. He suggested that limited edition NFT items could be launched on Roblox and then potentially move off-platform. Baszucki gave the example of a celebrity like Elton John launching limited-edition capes for charity on Roblox, which could be sold as NFTs. This move could be significant for Roblox, as it has a large user base, especially among younger audiences. While Roblox has already introduced Limiteds, a category of virtual wearable products with similarities to NFTs, they do not utilize blockchain technology.
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- Roblox CEO Envisions In-Game NFTs as Part of Open Ecosystem 'Dream' Roblox CEO David Baszucki said that limited edition NFT items could launch in the future as part of an open ecosystem. But will it happen?
- Roblox founder and CEO David Baszucki sees a future in which NFTs come to the popular metaverse gaming platform—and he shared how that sort of significant move could happen.
- In an interview with CNBC, Baszucki was asked about whether the billion-dollar platform’s synthetic Robux currency might become a currency usable outside of Roblox—and whether NFTs could exist on Roblox and then be able to move off-platform.
- He gave the hypothetical example of a celebrity like musician Elton John launching limited-edition capes for charity on Roblox.
- “We would imagine someday that those would go off-platform, as an NFT, possibly get sold off-platform, and then come back on-platform,” Baszucki said of the theoretical capes. “What we do expect is the creators—whether it’s Elton John or Nike, or someone else making a digital item—that they would play a key role and have a fair amount of control ...
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