Lionel Messi is known as one of the greatest footballer of his time. This football player has won himself numerous ballon d’or awards and he recently assisted his country to win the latest Copa America Award.
But this doesn’t mean that the global sport super star will limit himself to just sports. The argentine football star is partnering with ethernity chain to launch his own NFT and he will be calling the NFT collection Messiverse, the authenticity of this NFT will be coming from the football star himself. He announced this launch on August 4th 2021 on his social media platform.
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Four art pieces of MESSI was shared and they would represent :
Man From the Future”– a futuristic portrayal of Messi turned against a blue background, with glowing eyes and a robotic appearance.
- “Worth the Weight”– A golden Messi carrying up a massive soccer ball the way that Atlas carried the heavens.
- “The King Piece”– A chess-themed drawing featuring Messi framed by a ring of soccer balls.
- An unrevealed piece
Each NFT displayed was produced by an Australian artist named “Bosslogic,” renowned on social media for having worked with both Marvel and Disney
Messi has a lot of fans, and lots of footballers look up to him, he currently has 241 million followers on Instagram, this means that he influences at least 50 million people around the world. When these NFTs are released and get traded with a crypto, projects the price of the crypto.
This is just the beginning of NFTs and football, other world star footballers will adopt this and once again this is proof that crypto and blockchain is here to stay. Investing in sports NFTs originally from the players is like investing in sports collectibles back in the days. I can’t wait for Ronaldo to release his , because his Instagram followers is the highest in the world with 322 million followers on Instagram that’s way higher than most countries in the world. After you get into crypto, NFTs should be the next thing you should get into.