The Brazilian soccer player acquired two works from the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) collection, through the OpenSea platform.
Art is changing and digital works already move billions of dollars annually, which is why some of the world’s largest companies are trying to dive into crypto assets, such as Meta and Twitter.
Just last year, tokens non-fungible assets, popularly known by the acronym NFT, moved around $39 billion worldwide, and some footballers try not to be left behind and have announced their investments in this field.
Modric created his own collection of NFTs and Neymar has disbursed more than $1,145,000 to acquire two curious works, the newspaper publishes AS from Spain.
The Brazilian soccer player acquired two works from the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) collection, through the OpenSea platform, the largest market in this type of tokens.
The payment was made using the ethereum cryptocurrency and the player paid 159.99 ETH for one of the illustrations and 189.69 ETH for the other, which translated into euros would be about $521,000 for the first and $624,000 for the second.
The purchase was made through the personalized portfolio that you have on the platform with the name of EneJay in honor of his initials, but the most surprising thing is that he later explained on his Instagram profile that he had carried out the operation with two partners.
Leandro Paredes and Marco Verratti, his teammates at Paris Saint-Germain, would have also paid part of the sum, but none of them has chosen to put the likeable figure on social networks as Neymar has done.
What is a crypto asset?
It is a digital medium of exchange that uses strong cryptography to secure financial transactions, control the creation of additional units, and verify the transfer of assets.
A collection coveted by celebrities
The monkeys that make up the Bored Ape Yacht Club collection are highly coveted pieces by lovers of digital art, but they have also caught the attention of familiar faces from all over the planet.
For example, rapper Eminem, NBA star Stephen Curry or popular TV host Jimmy Fallon have already shown interest.
It should be remembered that Neymar also signed an agreement last November with the NFTSTAR company to develop, sell and market collectible NFTs. (D)
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