NFT Craze Explodes: Visa Launches NFT Program

The NFT crazy continues, and the popularity that this section of the industry has seen is on the growth. The latest important player in the game who is making these moves is Visa.

It’s been just revealed that Visa is launching a NFT support program to help artists join the digital art space.

Accoridng to the latest reports, the financial services giant teams up with former Major League Baseball player turned NFT artist Micah Johnson.

The plan is to build a program that will support artists who want to use NFTs to sell their work, Visa said in a press release.

It’s been also revealed that Visa will select a small group of creators via an app process and then help them learn about the crypto and blockchain industry.

“We believe that we are at the beginning of a digital renaissance in the world of art and content creation.”

This is what Visa’s Head of Crypto Cuy Sheffield wrote on Twitter as reported by Coindesk. Check out what they said next:

“New technologies emerging in the crypto ecosystem, like NFTs, have the potential to lower the barrier to entry for digital creators across the world to build their own small businesses.”

This move made by Visa comes at a time when a large number of NFT marketplaces have launched in recent months.

Just in case you dod not know, this Tuesday, crypto exchange Coinbase became the latest organization to join the trend.

DappRadar recently noted that the NFT market passed $10 billion in sales volume in the third quarter.

Johnson joined the digital art space in 2020 and is the creator of Aku – this is an animated black astronaut character, and has become the first NFT to be optioned for a feature film.

“Working together [with Visa], we want to arm creators with the resources they need to stay at the forefront of this revolution,” Johnson said in a statement.