For those who don’t know, an NFT (non-fungible token) is a digitized piece of artwork stored on a blockchain, making it unreplaceable.
The craze began earlier this year, and many celebrities, including Fury, have hopped on the bandwagon. Fury partnered with FomoLabs and British artist George Rollo to launch “Lineal,” the name of his inaugural token.
The Gypsy King’s first of six tokens came out in May and was sold for, per a report in The Sun a whopping $987,000 (£717,000).
Following the sale, Fury had this to say in a press release: “Huge thanks to all of the bidders, buyers, and the platform, HoDooi.com, for this NFT drop.
“It was great working with the HoDooi team and I’m happy we are all a part of history with one of the highest bids on a single sporting NFT!”
HoDooi.com is a digital marketplace for creating, buying, and selling NFTs. Their CEO, Matt Luczynski, was ecstatic to have Fury’s token drop on their website: “We are delighted to have been able to break records with Tyson’s NFT launch.
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“HoDooi.com has only just begun its journey and we have a lot more in store for our users and for the crypto space! “The HOD token will give our users the most exclusive access moving forward.”
Last weekend was set to be Fury’s return to the boxing ring, but after the 32-year-old Brit tested positive for COVID-19, his trilogy fight with Deontay Wilder was postponed to October 9.
