American gymnast Simone Biles, considered one of the best in the world in that sports specialty, announced the launch of 10,025 non-fungible tokens (NFT). The pieces are initially being traded on Autograph and subsequently resold on the DraftKings Marketplace. Both platforms are based on Polygon.
The first pre-sale of the athlete’s collectibles, called “Simone Biles Carbon Premier”, which was launched today, August 31, can be considered to be quite a success. At the time of writing, a total of 5,000 NFTs were sold for a price of USD 12 each .
The same thing happened with the 2,500 NFTs entitled “Simone Biles Platinum Premier”, they were sold in their entirety for a price of USD 25 each. From the “Simone Biles Emerald Premier” series, which was also sold in its entirety, they released 1,500 NFTs . The price of the pieces in this collection was USD 50.
Another collection that was for sale is that of “Simone Biles Sapphire Premier”, it consisted of 750 NFT for a priced at $ 75 each and sold in its entirety within minutes .
Digital collectibles are also being resold on the market for specialized sports, entertainment tokens and culture, DraftKings Marketplace.
However, for Biles and NFT fans, all is not lost. They will still have the opportunity to continue acquiring more exclusive collectibles starting next September 2.
Biles, a four-time Olympic gold medal winner, will also have other collectibles that They range from USD 250 to USD 750 . This last series, called «Simone Biles Sapphire Signed» consists of only 25 NFTs.
The NFTs that will be on sale in September belong to the category « Signed ”, as they include the authentic signature of the athlete. It will also allow purchasers to have VIP access to Biles’ upcoming NFT releases and will be able to connect with Autograph’s private community on Discord.
Biles believes that NFT will connect her with her fans
In declarations to Forbes , the 24-year-old athlete who worked closely with Autograph on the design and development of the NFTs, said she had made the move to non-fungible tokens because is interested in diversify creative skills and connect with your fans in a new way.
Like most people, I have heard more and more about NFTs in the last few months. (…) It has been such an interesting space to learn, and I am delighted to finally participate with my first NFT collection.
Simone Biles, American Olympic Gymnast.
Another novelty that the launch brings of the Biles collection, is that will also become part of the advisory board of the Autograph platform . In that group are also other elite athletes such as former baseball player Derek Jeter, tennis player Naomi Osaka, the legend of skateboarding Tony Hawk and golfer Tiger Woods.
It is worth noting that Autograph’s co-founder is Tom Brady, a 43-year-old American football quarterback who has won 7 championships, making him the biggest winner in the history of that sport in the United States.
As mentioned, the Autograph platform and DraftKings Marketplace are supported on the Polygon blockchain . It is an Ethereum sidechain founded by Indian developers, which is characterized by low transaction costs .
Various platforms that traditionally were developed on Ethereum and expanded to Polygon in recent months, including 1inch, PoolTogether, Curve and Aave.
More sports stars have joined the NFTs
As Biles did, on August 4 CriptoNoticias reported the launch, by Argentine soccer player Lionel Messi, from an NFT collection through the Ethernity platform. This is a site trading collectible tokens based on the Ethereum blockchain .
Another sports star who launched a collection of NFT was ex-boxer Mike Tyson . The goal was to “celebrate the iconic life and legacy of the toughest man on the planet, Mike Tyson,” according to the artist who designed the art pieces, as reported by this outlet.
