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Casio Joins NFT Bandwagon Through Astar zkEVM Partnership
Casio, one of the world’s leading watch brands, has joined the race for non-fungible tokens (NFTs) in collaboration with Astar zero knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machine (zkEVM). Casio watch NFTs are scheduled to go live on May 1.
Casio chooses NFT to commemorate its history
According to the announcement, this new development aims to celebrate Casio’s 50th anniversary. Astar Network also took to X to announce the significant collaboration with Casio.
“In celebration of the 50-year legacy of the #CASIO Watch, we are pleased to announce the launch of exclusive commemorative NFTs inspired by iconic CASIO watches, all within the Astar zkEVM Yoki Origins YoPort journey!”
The Japanese watchmaker forged strategic connections with creators who would be responsible for creating the digital collectibles in this collection.
Notably, the NFT collection of Casio watches comprises eight pieces (works of art), showcasing a mix of different creators’ works. Each piece of art would be a representation of a popular Casio watch model.
Casio NFT will utilize Astar zkEVM’s Yoki origins
This Casio’s collaboration with Astar zkEVM, a power forged by Astar and Polygon, is crucial because it would help improve scalability. A few months ago, Astar zkEVM, developed by Polygon Chain Development Kit (CDK) has started using Yoki Origins for its gamified user onboarding experience. In this new collaboration with Casio, the Ethereum Layer-2 scaling solution brings the Yoki Origins experience.
The Yoki Origins will feature the Casio YoPort capsule machine, one of the watchmakers’ creations. Casio has the YoPort in two variants, allowing interested holders to acquire one NFT or eight NFTs. The art for this piece will not be available to view until May 10th, which has been marked as Reveal Day.
Those who participate in sales of Casio watch NFTs have the chance to win various prices, including an original G-Shock and Astar worth 10,000 yen, equivalent to about US$64. The watch would carry the Astar zkEVM logo.
This marks yet another foray for Casio into the NFT ecosystem. Eight months ago, Japan’s popular watch brand launched the G-Shock virtual watch on the Polygon protocol. It was followed by the launch of an NFT-based community access pass collection. Users were allowed to claim one of 15,000 NFT-based G-SHOCK Creator Passes.