Titanic exhibitor teams with Hong Kong NFT firm Artifact Labs to mint relics on the blockchain

  • RMS Titanic, Artifact Labs and Venture Smart Financial Holdings are bringing the ill-fated ship’s ‘physical artefacts into Web3’ with NFT project
  • The partnership with two Hong Kong firms comes just after the city unveiled new details on regulations meant to turn it into a virtual asset hub

The bow of the Titanic photographed during a dive in July 1986, marking the first time humans laid eyes on the vessel since its voyage in 1912. Photo: Handout via AFP
RMS Titanic Inc, the company behind exhibitions for the sunken ship, is turning relics from the ill-fated 1912 voyage into Web3 assets through a partnership with non-fungible token (NFT) company Artifact Labs and Venture Smart Financial Holdings, a Hong Kong asset management firm.

The project aims to “bring the RMS Titanic and its physical artefacts into Web3” and to “place the legacy of the Titanic in the hands of the global public”, the companies announced in a statement on Tuesday. Artifact Labs plans to turn 5,500 physical artefacts recovered from the ship into NFTs, along with artefacts that may be recovered in the future.

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