Neon are aiming to make NFTs more accessible.

With NFTs continuing to suck up a large portion of the pop culture news cycle, it seems like every day there is a new slice of ingenuity coming from the sector. Today’s is quite a doozy, with Solana-backed NFT marketplace Neon installing the world’s first ever NFT vending machine in New York City’s Financial District.

Jordan Birnholtz, CMO and co-founder of Neon cites accessibility as one of the main roadblocks to NFT creators earning larger sums of money. “Our goal is to support artists and creators by letting them sell digital art to everyone, and to help anyone who wants to become a collector,” he said. “Giving people the choice to use vending machines and an easy online platform that decouples cryptocurrency from NFT participation means we can engage the widest possible audience. NFT buying and selling doesn’t need to be a mystery and you shouldn’t be required to hold Ethereum, write a smart contract, pay gas costs or bridge blockchains to participate.”

But how does it work? Simply select the NFT that you want to purchase, then pay using credit or debit card. The machine will then print out a unique code for the selected NFT which can be accessed in the Neon app.

​​“While only 2% of Americans have digital wallets, 80% have a credit card or debit card,” continued Birnholtz. “That’s a 40-fold increase in an artist’s potential audience. We want to empower creators and digital artists whose work has often been undervalued because it’s not tangible in a traditional sense. We make selling digital art even simpler than selling physical art. If creators want to make NFTs based on their existing content or based on new material, we want them on Neon.”

You can find the NFT vending machine at 29 John St New York NY 10038.

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