The new collection allows anyone to support the progress of Xahau, one of the experiments in XRP Ledger programmability. In the future, the community-funded node cluster will be free to use.
Xahau Monsters NFTs Auction Begins on XRP Ledger
Xahau Monsters, a collection of monster-themed non-fungible tokens (NFTs), is being launched by XRPL wallet Crossmark and XRP enthusiast Ekiserrepe. The NFTs can be purchased through Crossmark, which is also the first XRP-centric browser wallet with an automated market maker and cross-chain support.
📢 New kart coin auction
Over the Halloween weekend, Crossmark is announcing our latest cardmint collection, called Xahau Monsters. 👿 These menacing creatures walk among the dead and collect all fallen hooks (or lightweight smart contracts). 👻
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— CROSSMARK (@crossmarkio) October 28, 2023
The collection is inspired by the upcoming Halloween event and commemorates the Hooks Amendment that brings programmability to XRP Ledger:
These menacing creatures walk among the dead and collect all fallen hooks (or lightweight smart contracts)
Most interestingly, these NFTs are designed as a form of fundraising for node management on Xahau, a smart contracts sidechain for XRP Ledger. All proceeds from the upcoming auction will be used to run the Xahau Validator and the Xahau Node Cluster hosted by Crossmark.
Upon completion of the sale, the Xahau node cluster will be added to the Crossmark wallet and opened for free use to all XRPL and Xahau enthusiasts.
The auction starts today, October 28, 2023, on XRP Cafe, one of the largest NFT marketplaces in the XRPL ecosystem. NFTs can be tracked through the Bithomp explorer.
As previously reported by U.Today, the Xahau sidechain is on track for a mainnet launch in 2023.
XRPL targets 3 million NFTs issued, data says
Last week, it was also announced that Ripple’s ally SBI Holdings would be issuing official Expo 2025 NFTs on XRP Ledger. The coin ceremony will take place in May 2024.
In the fourth quarter of 2023, an ecosystem of XRP Ledger NFTs broke some impressive growth milestones. According to XRP Market tracker, the net number of NFTs on XRP Ledger has increased by more than 38% in the past 30 days.
At press time, 2,941,483 non-fungible tokens have been issued on XRPL. The all-time NFT sales volume exceeded $40 million as of October 2023.