Argentine soccer player Lionel Messi will have his own collection of non-fungible tokens (NFT), as he announced this Wednesday, August 4 through his Instagram account.
In a short video posted on the social network, the Futbol Club Barcelona forward explained that his collection of NFT will be available through the Ethernity platform, a site where NFT is traded based on the Ethereum blockchain.
A pre-registration is now available to access the collection, called Messiverse , such as you can see right now on the Ethernity website. The date on which the collection will be officially released or what will be the works that will compose it is unknown. The announcement on the portal dispatches the data with a simple “soon” or coming soon .
The arts from the collection of the captain of the Argentine soccer team will be by the illustrator Bosslogic. He already has a work dedicated to Messi on his Instagram profile, which he attributes to the project in conjunction with Ethernity.
Among the NFTs available on the platform, we can see one dedicated to the Argentine team that won the Copa América just weeks ago. That NFT is sold right now for 38 ERN, Ethernity’s own token. In exchange, about $ 384. Also in Ethernity, the America’s Cup and the trophy of scorer, won by Messi himself, as reported by CriptoNoticias.
NFT and football: a match in full swing
The arrival of Messi adds to an already very popular relationship between football and the growing world of NFTs. The trade in these collectibles has become increasingly popular among enthusiasts of the “beautiful game”, particularly with the Sorare market as the main protagonist.
This platform, which also has a game based on the performance of footballers, is eighth among the NFT sites that have moved the most money in history. According to data of DappRadar, in total, more than 84 million dollars have been traded to date.
Other sports, such as NBA basketball, also have a leading role in this world: more than 600 million dollars moved by NBA Top Shot (third place among these markets) indicate this.
