{"id":40986,"date":"2021-04-19T14:53:15","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T11:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=40986"},"modified":"2025-08-30T16:43:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T13:43:19","slug":"pele-to-release-nft-trading-card-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/pele-to-release-nft-trading-card-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"Pel\u00e9 to release NFT trading-card collection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>The legendary Brazilian footballer Pel\u00e9 will release a non-fungible token (NFT) on the Ethernity Chain platform. The release is scheduled for May 2.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\"><p>\\n<\/p>\n<p lang=\\\"en\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">My friends, I\u2019m happy to announce that <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EthernityChain?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@ethernitychain<\/a> is launching a legendary NFT in my honor. It\u2019s really cool to be immortalized that way. What an honor! Visit <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/tL1UbgKwwJ\\\">https:\/\/t.co\/tL1UbgKwwJ<\/a> to learn more. <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/b04wQDhcG4\\\">pic.twitter.com\/b04wQDhcG4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pel\u00e9 (@Pele) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pele\/status\/1383098370378588161?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">April 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p> <script async=\\\"\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>The first digital trading-card collection of Pel\u00e9 was created by artists Kingsletter and Visual Lab.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\\\">\n<p>\u00abIt\u2019s really cool to be immortalised in this way\u00bb, wrote the footballer.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>Founder and chief executive of Ethernity Chain Nick Rose Ntertsas, in a CoinDesk interview, noted that the platform is focused on building the largest library of collectible NFTs in history.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\\\">\n<p>\u00abPel\u00e9 is a very important milestone for us. He is the greatest footballer of all time\u00bb, said the CEO of Ethernity Chain.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>The striker Pel\u00e9 won three FIFA World Cups with Brazil in 1958, 1962 and 1970. He retired in 1977.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>In 2000, FIFA named Pel\u00e9 the best footballer of the 20th century. In 2014, he was awarded the honorary \u00abFIFA Ballon d\u2019Or\u00bb.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, mixed martial artist Khabib Nurmagomedov <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/khabib-nurmagomedov-sets-starting-price-for-his-nft-collection\">released his own NFT trading cards<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>In April 2021, Edward Snowden, a former employee of the NSA and CIA, <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/edward-snowden-sells-his-own-nft-for-5-5-million\">sold<\/a> his first NFT for $5.5 million.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>Recall that anonymous artist under the pseudonym Murat Pak released a plain gray pixel as an NFT. It <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/gray-pixel-nft-sells-for-1-36-million\">went under the hammer for $1.36 million<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog&#8217;s bitcoin news on our <a href=\\\"\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\\\" target=\\\"\u201c_blank\u201d\\\" rel=\\\"\u201cnofollow\u201d noopener\\\">Telegram<\/a> \u2014 cryptocurrency news, rates and analysis.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The legendary Brazilian footballer Pel\u00e9 will release a non-fungible token (NFT) on the Ethernity Chain platform. 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