In the final of the "47th Copa America in 2021" between Argentina and Brazil that ended last Saturday, with Di Maria's goal in the first half, Argentina defeated the opponent 1-0 and won the World Cup again after 28 years. The championship of the competition, and this is also the first championship of Messi's national team career.
At the moment of victory, Messi finally realized his dream of winning the championship on behalf of the Argentine national team and won the cup passionately. When Neymar lost the championship, he burst into tears! This scene moved fans all over the world.
To commemorate the competition, CONMEBOL, the South American football federation, will partner with Ethernity Chain to mint the Copa America trophy as an NFT, which will run on the Ethereum network.
Meanwhile, four other digital collectibles are being minted, including two commemorating the Brazil and Argentina teams, one commemorating Argentina captain Lionel Messi, and including the "Goleadot" trophy awarded to the top scorer. Fans and friends who love football, Messi and the Brazil team are blessed!
It is understood that Ethernity Chain aims to explore the application of NFT in art and charity by celebrating famous pop culture figures and events. In March, it minted a digital collectible to commemorate the "fight of the century" between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier on the 50th anniversary of the match.
Digital collectibles have now become one of the most profitable segments in the crypto space, which is an important reason why many traditional institutions are starting to enter the field.
Among them, the football sector in the sports world adopted NFT earlier, and many well-known teams and players have launched digital collectibles in the form of NFT to provide souvenirs for their fan base. This time, the America’s Cup trophy will be cast as an NFT. Once the news was released, it was reprinted and reported by traditional media such as Yahoo Finance and Nasdaq.
Outside of football, many artists, athletes, companies and influencers also tokenize their items and sell them to enthusiasts or collectors through dedicated platforms, and these groups mainly use cryptocurrencies to buy digital collections Taste.
On July 4, the first officially authorized NFT of Major League Baseball (MLB) was won by Tyler Winklevoss, co-founder of the Gemini cryptocurrency exchange, on the Candy Digital platform for $70,400.
Compared with physical assets, NFT represents the confirmation of digital assets, which is one of the most important meanings given by blockchain technology.
The uniqueness, ownership determination, permanence and cross-game attributes of NFT give it advantages in asset scarcity, transaction costs, scalability and transparency, which are also of great significance to the healthy development of the game industry.
The NFT strategy that Yihuo.com is implementing takes chain games as a breakthrough point, and intends to promote technological innovation and commercial application in the NFT field through its own contributions, and lead more users to buy into the brand new blockchain world.
As a new form of carrier, NFT has obtained a digital authenticity certificate supported by blockchain technology. It is possible not only to add value to artworks, but also to add value to retail goods, game props, etc. that are suitable for carrying. In the next ten years, NFT is likely to become a daily necessity.
