SINGAPORE - Media OutReach^[1] - 28 December 2021 - APENFT Foundation partners with Valuart^[2] to launch the Vanity Fair NFT Cover series, which will be on sale in the upcoming APENFT's marketplace. The collection includes the first NFT ever minted by Vanity Fair (the "Vanity Queen''), as well as 4 exceptional Vanity Fair NFT Covers featuring artworks that celebrate the digital art movement of the crypto world, and a unique Vanity Fair NFT Cover dedicated to His Excellency Justin Sun.

The beautiful "Vanity Queen" cover of Vanity Fair, minted as the first NFT ever of the iconic magazine.

"This is a creative and artistic experiment for magazines NFT covers" His excellency Justin Sun, founder of Tron and WTO ambassador for Grenada said. "It is great to see how crypto is reshaping creative industries."

Simone Marchetti, Vanity Fair European Editorial Director & Vanity Fair Italia Editor in Chief, is of the same mind: "Always a pioneer in innovation and digital development, Vanity Fair debuted in the crypto art world in September 2021, with its first cover made in NFT: the artwork, starring the singer and actress Elodie, represented a unique and unprecedented editorial operation. In 2022, the magazine's commitment goes further: from collectibles (scheduled for January) to the exploration of the Metaverse (scheduled for April) with an experiment that wants to write a new chapter in the history of magazines."

APENFT has opened a waitlist (https://waitlist.apenftex.com^[3]) for a marketplace that lets users mint, collect and trade NFTs. According to APENFT, it already has more than 500,000 pre-registered users on the first day that the waitlist is active. APENFT also promised a range of generous benefits, including airdrops of governance token, referral bonus and rewards etc. People who are on the waitlist can also get early access to the Vanity Fair NFT Covers drop, which is scheduled around early January.

"We are proud to launch our APENFT marketplace and it marks a new milestone in APENFT's exploratory journey in the world of NFT and metaverse, said Sydney Xiong, director of APENFT Foundation. "The main differentiator between our marketplace and others is that we want to focus on leveraging NFTs to create a strong and creative IP. This partnership with Valuart is a good start."

"We are very excited to partner up with APENFT for the launch of their new marketplace", continued Etan Genini, CEO and Co-Founder of Valuart. "Valuart and APENFT both believe in providing exposure and access to the creative and technological movement revolutionizing the art world. This exceptional collection of Vanity Fair NFT Covers aligns perfectly with this mission."

References

1. ^{^} Media OutReach (www.media-outreach.com)
2. ^{^} Valuart (valuart.com)
3. ^{^} https://waitlist.apenftex.com (waitlist.apenftex.com)