Turn Cointelegraph Articles into NFTs – Early Access for 500 Readers

Turning Cointelegraph articles into digital collectibles to preserve the crypto industry’s most memorable moments is now becoming a reality. The Cointelegraph Historical collection will enable every article ever published by the largest crypto media to be minted into non-fungible tokens (NFTs).

With the help of readers, Cointelegraph seeks to create the first decentralized news directory that will cement the development of crypto on the blockchain. The waiting list is now open, but only the first 500 readers will be able to participate in the early access that starts in early November. The feature will be rolled out to everyone shortly after that, in mid-November.

Just as the NBA Top Shot symbolizes memorable moments from the world of basketball, Cointelegraph’s historical NFT collection ensures that news stories have a lasting impact. In a world where trending content is judged by how many likes it receives, an article’s value can now be governed by the number of readers willing to collect it.

With Instagram introducing digital collectibles to its wide audience, it’s becoming more apparent that media consumption patterns are changing. Just being able to like, share and subscribe isn’t going to cut it anymore for regular users. The next generation of media consumers will need a new way to engage with the content they believe is valuable, as it were demonstrated of a closed beta run of the Lens Protocol, for example.

There’s nothing new about collecting content you like. Remember those late Sunday afternoons spent at the kitchen table cutting out magazine articles about your favorite artist? Or even carefully curate your MP3 playlist to fill up the storage on your player?

Just like all collectibles, some news headlines have sentimental value; even more, they add value to human history. That’s why some old newspapers sell for thousands of dollars on eBay.

So how about exclusively owning a story commemorating Bitcoin’s Taproot upgrade or El Salvador adopting BTC as legal tender? Many items that seem like news today will become valuable items tomorrow.

Speaking about the launch, Cointelegraph’s Editor-in-Chief, Kristina Lucrezia Cornèr, stated, “Enabling the content platform to be an active part of the Web3 ecosystem is the key to sustainable creative economy. We at Cointelegraph proudly bear the responsibility of maintaining high standards of coverage of the decentralized space and preserve journalistic integrity – and it’s time for our articles to be treated as collectibles. I think it will bring more appreciation to the hard and important work reporters do and help support independent journalism.”

Mintmade, the outlet behind Cointelegraph’s historic NFT collection, is developed by a team of non-fungible token pioneers who have been exploring the concepts of tokenized media since 2018 when they launched an NFT-powered web series.

Ivan Sokolov, founder of Mintmade, added: “We are incredibly pleased to have teamed up with a media outlet of such caliber for this daring and innovative project. For decades, newspapers from the most important days in history have been prized by collectors .By allowing articles to be turned into NFTs, we are bringing this time honored tradition into the 21st century.”

Anyone can apply to the waiting list to start the hunt for the most valuable moments. But only the first 500 applicants get early access, so hurry!