NFTs of exclusive, polished stones to put money and resources back into mining communities in Botswana

The innovative rough diamond brand Signum marks the last step in its collaboration with Next Decade. For the first time ever six NFT stones will appear in the wallets of randomly chosen Buns.Land community members. The first crypto-stones will drop on Friday, 6th May at 6PM CET and will be followed by one each working day. Get access to the drop here.

Mirroring its main diamond operations, Signum is reinvesting the revenues of the NFT sales into a partnership with WomHub, in order to empower 30 young people from Botswana to become future managers in their home country.

At the end of 2021, Signum offered 12 individual crypto-art bunnies for sale to the growing Buns.land community for 2.4 ETH ($10,000) each. This very limited edition sold out within three minutes – but the sale of these digital bunnies was just the beginning of the story.

The buyers knew that each bunny was to be transformed into an uncut NFT diamond that would then be cut into digital metapolished stones. Two of the polished NFT stones remain with the buyer, who could keep them as digital assets – along with the original bun and the metarough diamond.

For the first time ever in the world of NFTs, the third metapolished stone is now being given back to the digital community, with the third metadiamond landing in the digital wallet of one randomly chosen Buns.land member, who can also decide to either keep it or sell it on.

“This is a great chance to collaborate with our metadiamond NFT buyers, while at the same time contributing to the mining community”

Shai de-Toledo,
Signum Co-Founder

“This is a great chance to collaborate with our metadiamond NFT buyers, while at the same time contributing to the mining community” said Shai de-Toledo, Signum Co-Founder. “Revenue from our diamond sales is being reinvested in the mining country, so that its communities can get the greatest benefit from the diamonds they unearth.”

“At the moment diamond mining areas see a lot of their wealth flow abroad as diamonds are not processed where they are found. Investment in education and local production of diamonds increases the amount of money going to the mining communities. Whether in physical diamonds or NFTs, the Signum ethos is to make the production completely accountable and ensure that everyone involved in the supply chain can be properly rewarded.”

About Signum

Signum is a luxury experience brand that links physical and digital diamond ownership. Signum gives consumers the opportunity to foster the co-creation of a diamond in whatever form is the greatest expression of their individual self, beginning with a rough natural diamond. Signum removes the limitations, conventions, and expectations that exist within traditional diamond buying and instead encourages creativity for a truly one of a kind experience.

www.besignum.com

About Next Decade

We started our journey with Buns.land, an IP-as-a-platform to do collaborative projects with artists/brands and enable them to share their vision with the world. We are now ready to take a leap into the Next Decade with our fantastic community and create a metaverse space acting as a seamless crossover platform in the form of the Next decade mobile app. The Next Decade app allows you to curate your space,  tell your digital story by visualising your digital assets, bring utility to your NFTs and unlock your New Digital lifestyle!

https://nextdecade.io/

Press Contact

Signum

 

Margaux Donckier

Director of Communications & External Affairs

margaux@hbantwerp.com

Eco-Age

 

Harriet Vocking

Chief Strategy Officer

harriet@eco-age.com