Early crypto evangelist, Mai Fujimoto, a.yard.a. Miss Bitcoin, has partnered with blockchain gaming ecosystem Enjin to launch Japan's first nonfungible token, or NFT, charity project.

Co-ordinate to a January. 18 blog mail, the project's beginning initiative will be the sale of tokenized artwork by Japanese celebrities to do good DxP, a non-turn a profit that supports teenagers facing challenges during the COVID-nineteen pandemic.

Fujimoto believes that the projection embodies the Japanese concept of "Sanpo Yoshi", or three-way satisfaction. This describes transactions that are good for the seller, good for the buyer and skillful for society:

"When fans purchase NFTs drawn by artists and celebrities, they can non only enjoy the fine art, but as well directly contribute to those in need. I believe this NFT campaign will bring joy to many people, and I'd like to give thanks the Enjin squad and artists who have agreed to join the initiative."

The initiative will accept place through Fujimoto'south crypto donation platform Kizuna. This was launched in 2017 to educate almost the potential of blockchain and NFTs for mainstream utilize, especially in the context of giving to charity.

Kizuna hopes to enhance over 2,000,000 yen ($xx,000) from the auction, with the celebrities who are donating artworks to be announced presently.

Fujimoto was an early adopter of Bitcoin applied science and has been actively promoting crypto and blockchain since 2011. Aside from running Kizuna, she is an administrator for Binance'south charity foundation, and an advisor for multiple companies in the blockchain space.

The Enjin platform provides tools for integrating blockchain technology into games and creating NFT assets that tin can exist used across various games in the Enjin multiverse. It recently appear that it would be launching a range of Atari branded NFTs for a reboot of the Kick Off serial of footballing games.