The Vatican Introduces a NFT Reward Project
The Vatican has ventured into the Web3 space with the “Vatican Library Web3 Support Project,” which rewards Italian users with NFTs for sharing the project or making donations.
These NFTs act as keys to access a special collection of 21 manuscripts from the Vatican Apostolic Library. Launched by NTT DATA Italia and the Vatican Library, the project builds on its earlier success in Japan.
Italian users have until July 16 to participate by either sharing the project on social media or donating through the initiative’s website. Participants receive NFTs that grant access to high-resolution images of the manuscripts. Sharing the project earns users an “NFT Silver,” which provides access to 15 manuscripts, while donations result in an “NFT Gold,” granting access to all 21 manuscripts.
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Don Mauro Mantovani, Prefect of the Vatican Apostolic Library, stated that the project aligns with the Library’s mission to make its collections accessible and to foster research. He expressed confidence in NTT DATA’s ability to create similar projects globally, enhancing community engagement through Web3 technology.
This initiative follows the Vatican’s earlier digital engagement, such as the 2021 launch of the Scholas Occurrentes NFT artwork collection by Pope Francis. Proceeds from this collection supported the Pope’s global charity, the Scholas Occurrentes Foundation, demonstrating the Vatican’s commitment to leveraging digital platforms for cultural and charitable endeavors.
Alexander Stefanov
Reporter at CoinsPress
Alex is Editor-in-Chief of Coinspress and co-founder of Millennial Media Group, with nearly a decade of experience covering financial markets - crypto first, then everything else. It started in 2016 with Bitcoin. Like most people at the time, he didn't fully understand it - so he kept digging. Blockchain, tokenomics, the projects, the cycles. That curiosity never stopped, and eventually pulled him into traditional markets too: equities, commodities, macro. Not because he left crypto behind, but because you can't properly understand one without the other. What drives him is straightforward: he wants to know why something is happening, not just that it's happening. Most market coverage stops at the headline - price up, price down, here's a chart. Alex finds that kind of reporting actively unhelpful. If you walk away from an article without understanding the mechanism behind the move, what did you actually learn? He holds a degree in Tourism from New Bulgarian University - not the most obvious path into financial markets, but markets have a way of pulling in people who are simply too curious to stay out. He has authored over 200 in-depth analyses and more than 10,000 articles across crypto and traditional finance. He still thinks every day in markets teaches him something new. That's probably why he hasn't stopped.
