ZK International's Subsidiary xSigma Announces Its NFT Marketplace Launch Date and Binance Smart Chain Support for the $1.6 Billion NFT Industry
ZK International (Nasdaq: ZKIN) has announced that its subsidiary, xSigma Corporation, will launch its NFT Marketplace on June 25, 2021, supported by Binance Smart Chain and Ethereum. The NFT market has seen impressive growth, with cumulative sales exceeding $1.6 billion since the last update. xSigma has generated significant interest with thousands on its waitlist and is working to onboard notable figures in the NFT space. Chairman Mr. Huang expressed excitement about entering the digital asset market, aiming to create value through this innovative platform.
- Launch of xSigma NFT Marketplace on June 25, 2021, indicating rapid development.
- Marketplace supported by Binance Smart Chain and Ethereum, enhancing its appeal.
- Strong interest with thousands on the waitlist, suggesting potential market demand.
- Growth of the NFT industry highlighted, with cumulative sales surpassing $1.6 billion.
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WENZHOU, China, May 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- ZK International Group Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq: ZKIN) ("ZKIN", "ZK International" or the "Company"), is pleased to announce that xSigma Corporation, a subsidiary of the Company and a blockchain R&D lab, announces that the xSigma NFT Marketplace will go live on the 25th of June. Visit our website, sign up, and see what is to come for our NFT Marketplace at: https://xsigma-nft.com
In addition, xSigma is pleased to reveal that the xSigma NFT Marketplace will be supported by both the Binance Smart Chain ("BSC") and the Ethereum network upon its launch. The Company has chosen to use the BSC as it has gained impressive traction so far by the blockchain community, where they are transacting over 7 million transactions a day, it has more active wallets than Ethereum, and the Total Value Locked in DeFi projects on the BSC has reached
The NFT industry keeps growing and attracting more creators and customers. Since the Company's last announcement about the xSigma NFT Marketplace, the NFT industry's cumulative sales volume has surpassed
To date, the xSigma NFT Marketplace has collected thousands of subscriptions to its waitlist. xSigma is currently working on getting celebrities, athletes and brands onboard to its NFT culture marketplace and more exciting news about the xSigma NFT Marketplace will be revealed in the coming weeks.
Mr. Huang, Chairman of xSigma, stated, "we are pleased to announce that we are moving quickly into the next boom of the monetizing of digital assets of the innovative industry known as Non-Fungible Tokens. We have invested into xSigma to create value and we are excited of having the xSigma NFT Marketplace going live at the end of June."
What are Non-Fungible Tokens?
Non-Fungible Tokens ("NFTs") are easily exchangeable and individually unique digital assets which are held on certain blockchains, mainly Ethereum but also others such as Binance, Flow, Wax, and many others.
One of the key differences between Cryptocurrencies and NFTs is that every NFT is completely and not directly interchangeable with any other asset by identity, value, and/or utility. Every NFT is composed of metadata which gives each one their individuality. These attributes can include size, artist name, scarcity etc. NFTs not only exist in a digital space but crucially they can also represent any type of physical asset, acting as a kind of "digital twin" to anything existing in the real world and enabling the ownership and exchange of physical possessions within digital marketplaces.
True ownership is one of the defining key components of any NFT and, as the digital economies continue to thrive, there is no doubt that NFTs will play a pivotal role in bringing the digital and physical worlds closer to one another than they have ever been before.
According to the report by Canadian-based analytics company NonFungible, they indicated that "the total market cap for project-based NFTs finished was
1 New report predicts NFTs will explode in popularity during 2021 (cointelegraph.com)
About ZK International Group Co., Ltd.
ZK International Group Co., Ltd. is a China-based designer, engineer, manufacturer and supplier of patented high-performance stainless steel and carbon steel pipe products that require sophisticated water or gas pipeline systems. The Company owns 28 patents, 21 trademarks, 2 Technical Achievement Awards, and 10 National and Industry Standard Awards. ZK International is preparing to capitalize on the
For more information please visit www.ZKInternationalGroup.com. Additionally, please follow the Company on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and Weibo. For further information on the Company's SEC filings please visit www.sec.gov.
About XSigma Corporation
XSigma Corporation, is a subsidiary of ZK International Group Co., Ltd. Together with ZK International, has launched xSigma as a research and development lab back in 2018 to solve real-world infrastructure challenges. Its mandate was to explore new opportunities in smart contracts, supply chain management and other blockchain-based solutions. XSigma has since pivoted to decentralized finance, focusing on decentralized exchanges, stablecoins and lending protocols. The research lab is now actively working on its ecosystem of products beginning with its DeFi protocol. The ultimate objective is to build a range of financial tools and products for the flourishing decentralized finance industry. The xSigma team that are being assembled are on the leading edge of blockchain research and development that intersects decentralized finance, supply chain management, IoT, and infrastructure. The DeFi protocol is one of many decentralized finance projects xSigma plans to launch over the next 12 months. It will feed into a growing network of DeFi products for enterprise and consumer markets. Any blockchain protocol is subject to a degree of risk; xSigma's DeFi protocol has implemented tamper-resistant programming, but is still subject to potential hacks.For further information about xSigma, please visit its website at www.xsigma.com, www.xsigma.fi, https://xsigma-trading.com and https://xsigma-nft.com
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