New Delhi, December 21, 2021: With an aim to empower cricket fans and sports enthusiasts with value investment opportunities, CricFlix, in association with RevSportz and Fanatic Sports, is all set to conduct its first-ever cricket non-fungible token (NFT) auction in Dubai on December 24.
Sports NFTs have proven to be game-changing digital assets in recent times and the launch of CricFlix’s rare NFTs will offer fans unique ownership rights alongside opportunities to make revenue by accumulating treasured moments from their digital sporting collection.
The unique AI (augmented intelligence) backed and blockchain-based certifications propriety of CricFlix will provide true value to the fans to not only become investors and shareholders for the first time through NFT purchase as well as avail an opportunity to immortalise these exclusive digital artefacts.
“We, at CricFlix, are providing powerful transformations into the metaverse by bringing world-class cricket memorabilia with a renowned history behind it. It is an investment piece of a rare asset class for the future generations where the metaverse and the physical world come together and thrive,” said Anwar Hussein, Co-Founder of CricFlix
With this much-awaited cricket NFT auction, CricFlix also aims to create a market valuation and transform the fandom moments into profitable moments for cricket fanatics the world over.
The cricket fans, across the globe, will also have access to exclusive collections of rare and authentic cricket memorabilia from the playing days of legendary CK Nayudu, Sachin’s Retirement Test Collection., Jhulan Goswami and other significant collectables like match tickets from the 1936 India tour of England, legendary Donald Bradman’s rare signed stamp, signed memorabilia from the 1983 team and Lata Mangeshkar’s concert recording for the 1983 World Cup-winning cricketers alongside various other memorable cricketing artefacts from global cricket which will be up at the NFT auction.
Talking about the benefits of NFT purchase, Prantik Mazumder, Co-Founder of RevSportz, said: “The most powerful use case for NFTs is about empowering the ordinary fan. He or She can now own a piece of history in the form of digital memorabilia and this is what makes the NFT technology such a game-changer. By bringing decentralisation to the world of sports, NFTs also provide athletes at all levels an opportunity to start earning an income from fans.”
This collaboration will enable fans to interface between the digital and real-world of experiences that money can’t buy such as VIP access to the world’s biggest sporting events, dinner with legendary cricketers, a stay at team hotels, only by-invitation celebrity events and signed merchandise among various other exciting benefits.
“This is the world’s first hybrid cricket NFT auction providing valuable collectable investment opportunities along with ‘Once in a lifetime’ sports experiences worldwide. We believe combining a tangible experience with the NFT auction is a game-changer and unique proposition for passionate fans. Imagine watching the most viewed match from the best seats in the stadium and interacting with the legends of the game and providing immersive and unforgettable experiences is our speciality,” said Raghav Gupta, Founder & CEO, Fanatic Sports.
