Axie Infinity Grants Commercial Rights to Nearly 5,000 NFT Holders
• Axie Infinity starts allowing select NFT owners commercial rights to create merch, businesses using Axie IP
• 4,877 Mystic and Origin Axie NFT holders can now monetize their characters, with more potentially added later
• Official Axie merch store launched, including plush toys, figurines, apparel, accessories
• Merch store accepts crypto and fiat payments; offers rewards, community treasury funding
• Follows the lead of BAYC and CryptoPunks in giving commercial rights to certain NFT holders