CA-WAX
Today, The Worldwide Asset eXchange™ (WAX), the world’s leading entertainment NFT network, announced that Funko, a leading pop culture consumer products company, plans to extend Funko’s pop culture platform to include digital assets on the Blockchain.
Beginning in June of this year, Funko expects to launch their initial collectible NFT offerings using WAX’s powerful blockchain platform, which ensures verifiable authenticity for all NFT purchases. WAX’s unique vIRLTM technology will enable Funko’s physical collectibles to be owned and traded as digital items with added value.
At a starting price point of $9.99, pop culture fans will be able to purchase packs of NFTs featuring Funko’s unique stylizations. Collectors who score ultra-rare Funko NFTs will also be able to redeem those NFTs for exclusive, corresponding physical Funko figures. Collectors can look forward to a new unique Funko property to be released on the WAX platform each week.
“We are excited that Funko plans to utilize the WAX blockchain and WAX vIRLsTM with NFTs that are directly linked to physical products,” said William E. Quigley, co-founder of WAX. “WAX offers the safest and most convenient way for Funko to enter the NFT market and for collectors to expand their assortments with digital assets.”
About WAX
The Worldwide Asset eXchange™ (WAX), known as the King of NFTs, is the world’s leading entertainment NFT network. In 2018, WAX introduced vIRLsTM , giving consumer product companies the ability to link NFTs to physical consumer products. Cofounded in 2017 by William E. Quigley and Jonathan Yantis, WAX delivers the safest and most convenient way to create, buy, sell, and trade virtual items and physical products (NFTs and vIRLsTM ) to anyone, anywhere in the world. WAX has facilitated the trade of more than 100 million digital items of collections including Blockchain Heroes, Topps GPK, Deadmau5 and Capcom’s Street Fighter. For more information, please visit https://wax.io and follow along on Twitter and Discord .
About vIRLsTM
vIRLs are real world merchandise and services that are linked to NFTs. Invented and patented by WAX, vIRLs provide the easiest and most sustainable way to purchase, exchange and trade a consumer product. vIRLs are the core element of v-commerce.
About v-commerceTM
The act of buying, selling and trading virtual items linked to real world merchandise and services.
View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210401005942/en/
Link:
About Business Wire
Subscribe to releases from Business Wire
Subscribe to all the latest releases from Business Wire by registering your e-mail address below. You can unsubscribe at any time.
Latest releases from Business Wire
Thales Powers CES*-Winning Post-Quantum Chip From Samsung Electronics7.1.2026 08:15:00 CET | Press release
*Consumer Electronics Show, January 6-9, Las Vegas, NV, USA Thales’ secure operating system (OS) supports Samsung's security chip, winner of the CES 2026 ‘Best Cybersecurity Innovation’ Award. The chip is the first embedded Secure Element (eSE) to integrate post-quantum cryptography (PQC), protecting devices against tomorrow’s quantum-enabled cyber threats. Thales’ quantum-resistant software and OS enable unmatched performance, energy efficiency and long-term data protection. Quantum computers, with their unprecedented processing power, will ultimately challenge today’s encryption standards. This is why Thales welcomes the CES 2026 recognition awarded to the new post-quantum–ready security chip from Samsung Electronics' System LSI Business, which embeds Thales’ secure operating system and quantum-resistant cryptographic libraries. This breakthrough represents a major step forward in protecting connected devices against both current cyberattacks and tomorrow’s quantum-era threats. This
Heath Hoglund Joins Sisvel as Chief IP Officer7.1.2026 07:00:00 CET | Press release
Sisvel is pleased to announce the appointment of Heath Hoglund as the company’s first-ever Chief Intellectual Property Officer. In this role he will be fully responsible for the firm’s patent pools on a global basis. One of the world’s top IP dealmakers, Hoglund joins Sisvel having taken the decision to leave Via Licensing, where he was an outstanding President for four years. Prior to that, he had been Vice-President of IP and Standards at Dolby, overseeing the company’s patent portfolio, its patent licensing programmes, and leading on the formation and design of numerous patent pools and standards initiatives. The appointment creates a new Licensing and Programme Management leadership structure at Sisvel. This will strengthen collaboration between the functions, increasing Sisvel’s considerable growth potential. Licensing and Programme Management heads, Nick Webb and David Muus, will continue to lead their respective areas, retaining all current responsibilities. Heath Hoglund’s trac
SymphonyAI and Matas Group are Redefining Health & Beauty in the Nordics With AI7.1.2026 06:07:00 CET | Press release
Matas Group partners with SymphonyAI to streamline category management, elevate the customer experience, and accelerate growth across key Nordic markets In the ever-evolving health and beauty landscape, Matas Group continues to set the standard for innovation and customer care. As the largest retailer in its sector across Denmark, Sweden, Finland, and Norway, Matas Group is committed to delivering unified, data-driven experiences to millions of customers — both online and in-store. That commitment now takes a leap forward as Matas selects SymphonyAI, a global leader in Vertical AI platforms, as its partner to modernize category management across the entire enterprise. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260107270530/en/ Exterior of a Matas Group retail store in Scandinavia. The leading Nordic health and beauty retailer is expanding its category management capabilities through a new partnership with SymphonyAI. Fol
Lenovo Supercharges Enterprise AI with the Launch of Agentic AI and Lenovo xIQ to Deliver Full-Lifecycle Hybrid AI at Scale7.1.2026 02:00:00 CET | Press release
Lenovo Agentic AI gives organizations the governance, tools, advice, and ongoing support needed to deploy and manage production-ready AI agents faster and smarter – turning AI ambition into measurable impact.Three new Lenovo xIQ delivery platforms strengthen Lenovo’s Hybrid AI Advantage™ by delivering the automation and governance enterprises need to scale AI with confidence. Lenovo today announced the next phase of its Hybrid AI Advantage™ with the launch of Lenovo Agentic AI, a new full-lifecycle enterprise solution for creating, deploying, and managing AI agents, and Lenovo xIQ a new suite of AI-native delivery platforms designed to simplify, accelerate, and operationalize AI across the enterprise. This evolution extends Lenovo’s established Hybrid AI Advantage™ from a foundational AI architecture to a more complete, lifecycle-driven approach for deploying and scaling AI across the enterprise. Lenovo Hybrid AI Advantage™ is Lenovo’s end-to-end enterprise AI portfolio, providing the
Lenovo Defines the Next Era of Hybrid AI with Personalized, Perceptive, and Proactive AI Portfolio at Tech World @ CES 20267.1.2026 02:00:00 CET | Press release
Lenovo announces Lenovo and Motorola Qira personal agentic AI across devices, new Motorola flagship smartphones, expanded portfolio of AI PCs, visionary proofs of concept including agentic-native wearables, and revolutionary inferencing servers alongside breakthroughs in AI technologies for FIFA, Formula 1®, and entertainment. Today at Tech World @ CES 2026 at Sphere in Las Vegas, Lenovo unveiled the boldest innovations yet for the future of Hybrid AI, introducing a new personal AI super agent, AI PCs and smartphones, proofs of concept including agentic-native wearables, next-generation enterprise AI infrastructure, and breakthrough industry collaborations in entertainment and sports. Building on years of AI innovation across devices, infrastructure, solutions, and services, Lenovo demonstrated how AI is now personal, perceptive, proactive, and everywhere. Lenovo’s new offerings adapt to individuals and organizations, operating as digital twins to orchestrate actions across ecosystems
In our pressroom you can read all our latest releases, find our press contacts, images, documents and other relevant information about us.
Visit our pressroom