THELOGICALINDIAN - Autograph has been demography sports NFTs by storm Cofounded by approaching Hall of Fame quarterback Tom Brady Autograph has landed deals with allegorical athletes beyond a array of sports This anniversary the belvedere is hitting the balk to aggregation up with SLAM
Known for it’s archetypal best annual covers dating aback to 1994, SLAM has automated it’s business into a new agenda era. The belvedere provides news, appropriate features, agenda content, and accoutrement for basketball fans. It wouldn’t be complete after dipping into NFTs.
In abbreviate time, Autograph has closed in deals with the brand of Naomi Osaka, Derek Jeter, Simone Biles, and Tony Hawk. The growing advising lath includes top-tier athletes beyond altered sports verticals. In contempo months, Autograph active on with DraftKings to accord the sports action belvedere it’s access into NFTs.
According to this week’s columnist release, Autograph will serve as a barrage accomplice for SLAM’s NFT alternation of celebrated annual covers. The move will be Autograph’s aboriginal into basketball, and authorize SLAM as a colonnade for the platform’s access into the sport.
NFTs will affection SLAM athenaeum of the 300-plus covers that graced the advanced of SLAM for decades. The NFTs will be awash on DraftKings Marketplace, powered by Autograph.
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The curve amid sports and technology abide to blur.
“We’ve been amalgam a portfolio of companies with a specific focus on the circle of sports media and blockchain technology, and this accord sits absolutely at that crossover,” said President of SLAM ancestor aggregation JDS Sports Matt Aronson. SLAM has connected to body it’s agenda presence, led by over twenty amusing channels confined over 16MM followers. JDS Sports was additionally an aboriginal Autograph backer.
Autograph continues to advance the bend on sports NFTs through accustomed partners. With DraftKings Marketplace, the brace accept already appear NFTs for Tiger Woods, Wayne Gretzky, Simone Biles, and more. However, Autograph doesn’t appetite to aloof draw the band at aloof sports. In July, the belvedere additionally established a affiliation deal with Lionsgate. That accord will accredit Autograph to actualize agenda collectibles for accessible flagship cine franchises after this year.
SLAM isn’t starting or endlessly actuality either, it seems. SLAM partnered with ascent basketball brilliant Zion Williamson aback in April. That affiliation included four limited-edition NFTs that were variations of two of Zion’s SLAM awning appearances.
The circle of sports and crypto continues to abound as brands, properties, teams, leagues and athletes beyond about every action apprehensible abide to get involved. We awning it all anniversary anniversary with The Sports Slice.
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