Dead Technology

Meta Digital Collectibles

Shipped in May, expanded in November, discontinued by March.

Meta began testing NFT display and minting across Instagram and Facebook in May 2022, expanding by November to let a set of US creators mint and sell on Polygon directly from the apps. On 14 March 2023 it announced it was winding the feature down to focus on messaging and payments. The distance from expansion to discontinuation was roughly four months.

Timeline

May 2022 Launched
14 March 2023 Ending announced
March 2023 Discontinued during a company-wide efficiency drive

Ran for 10 months.

On-chain now

No single contract

This was a platform or marketplace rather than one collection, so there is no canonical address to record. Rather than pick one and imply it stands for the whole thing, the field is left empty.

Sources

3

Every claim above traces to one of these. Where a company or regulator said it themselves, that is marked primary.

Meta announced on 13-14 March 2023 that it was winding down NFT support across Instagram and Facebook TechCrunch · March 2023
Meta's commerce and fintech lead confirmed the discontinuation, citing a shift to messaging and fintech CoinDesk · March 2023
The wind-down formed part of the company's stated 'year of efficiency' Engadget · March 2023

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