English football giant, Liverpool have launched their first official non-fungible token (NFT) collection.
The ‘LFC Heroes Club’ offering features illustrations of 24 Liverpool stars and has been produced in partnership with fine arts company, Sotheby’s.
Liverpool have created two categories of digital collectibles, which the club says are part of efforts to make NFTs more accessible to its fans.
The first is a set of 24 unique ‘Legendary’ one-of-one NFTs. The second is a series of generative ‘Hero Edition’ NFTs that combine multiple player illustrations to produce a unique digital collectible.
The NFTs will be available to purchase during a three-day sale from 30th March to 1st April. The sale will be run and managed on Polygon, which claims to be an energy-efficient blockchain.
Liverpool added that half of the proceeds from the Legendary auction will go to supporting the club’s charity, the LFC Foundation. Ten per cent from the Hero sale and an additional ten per cent of all future resale royalties will also go to the charity.
The club could bring in more than £8.5 million if all of the NFTs sell out and once the LFC Foundation donation is made.
