The Argentinian Football Association (AFA) is partnering with non-fungible token (NFT) platform Ethernity to launch a digital collection for the celebration of the upcoming Finalissima, a football match between the most recent European Cup and Copa America winners, Italy and Argentina. Besides Ethernity, the AFA has previously announced partnerships with cryptocurrency exchange Binance, fan token platform Socios, and Bybit exchange in the blockchain space. However, following this month’s confirmation of the Binance deal, there’s no sign of the other partners.
The NFT collection will be composed of two different digital designs representing an iconic moment in Argentinian football. The first depicts three legendary players who are no longer active, Diego Maradona, Claudio Caniggia, and Sergio Goycochea. And the second piece is in homage to players Lionel Messi, Rodrigo De Paul, and Lautaro Martinez, who helped score the winning goal at last year’s Copa America. The scarcity and pricing of the collection was not disclosed.
This is not AFA’s first partnership with Ethernity. When the national team won the Copa America, it also partnered with the platform for the launch of a commemorative collection. In addition, Ethernity launched an NFT series of Lionel Messi titled “The Messiverse,” which awarded one lucky buyer with a signed jersey. “The Messiverse” dropped 75 editions of four different NFTs, one of which is currently selling for a minimum of $3,790.
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