November 29 – The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) has struck a deal with Portuguese-based video NFT specialist RealFevr to create digital collectibles of historic and iconic moments of the Copa del Rey.
The three-year partnership will, said the RFEF, showcasing video moments including stars such as Diego Maradona, Iker Casillas, Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Thibaut Courtois, David Beckham, Gaizka Mendieta, Paulo Futre, Roberto Carlos, Neymar, Raúl, Andrés Iniesta, Hugo Sánchez, Gareth Bale, Santiago Cañizares, David Villa, Samuel Eto’o, and Gerard Piqué.
RealFevr has a decentralized Web3 platform that allows fans to buy digital packs, collect video moments and sell them peer-to-peer (p2p) on the marketplace. The platform is relatively new but has already launched and sold out several packs of moments, To date 145,000 packs have been sold since the first edition launch.
“Progress is made one step at a time. And today, we proudly affirm being one step closer to the implementation of our vision, not just as a company, but also as an active contributor to the digital revolution in the sports industry. RFEF trusted us to take this massive step, becoming the first national football federation in the world to do so.” said Fred Antunes, CEO of RealFevr.
The RFEF said that becoming the first national football federation in the world to create official digital video collectibles from one of its competitions “is fully in line with the 2020-2024 strategic plan of its current Board of Directors, which defends the professionalization, modernization, and digitalization of the organization as one of the great challenges.”
The first RealFevr x RFEF drop of moments will be released this year.
“Our agreement with RealFevr is great news for Copa del Rey fans around the world and will allow us to share with them historical moments of the competition that will be unique within the web3 ecosystem thanks to Realfevr’s expertise and magnificent community of users,” said Rúben Rivera, RFEF’s marketing director.
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