Titanic exhibitor to mint relics on the blockchain

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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