What is Colombian footballer James Rodríguez’s NFT about?
NFT can be anything that exists in the digital world; tweets, audio, photos, videos, songs and music albums. Since NFTs became popular in 2021, we have seen an increase in celebrity involvement in the market. One of the industries that recently “joins the party” is the sports industry.
The latest football and sports based NFT featuring a Colombian legend, James Rodríguez, sold for a huge 11.3 ETH on the ZKSea auction. Interested in hearing more about the project? You are in the right place.
Using ZK-Rollups technology, a type of Level-2 scalable solution for the Ethereum network based on zero-knowledge secure, ZKSpace is an AMM model Layer-2 decentralized exchange.
ZKSpace made the (logical) decision to introduce a famous football player NFT, given the growing interest and enthusiasm that fans and the general public have for Sports NFTs.
ZKSea, an NFT marketplace powered by ZK Space, focuses on providing a scalable and low-cost experience for the expanding NFT user base using ZK Rollups. ZKSea has worked to give the platform a distinctive positioning and is considered a promising option for NFTs related to sports.
An official line of special NFTs called Zurda (“left foot” in Spanish) was developed in collaboration with soccer star James Rodríguez. This line will be sold on ZKsea.
It includes all the famous situations, great career moments and highlights of the legendary footballer, with only 1500 tiles and four rarity levels; 1 platinum, 10 gold, 400 silver and 1089 bronze.
Remember that James is extremely popular and is considered one of the best Colombian and LATAM soccer players of all time, which means: his NFT is a big deal.
James Rodríguez has decided to join a group of highly regarded superstars and football clubs as investigators the intersection of digital assets and professional sportssuch as Cristiano Ronaldo, who recently announced his partnership with Binance, as well as famous football clubs from the Premier League (England), La Liga (Spain) and Ligue 1 (France).
The only cryptocurrency that can be used to buy Zurda is Ethereum. So before you buy, you need to have some ETH in your Layer 2 wallet. ETH can be added through an Ethereum-L2 transfer using ZKSpace and Banxa Fiat on the ramp services.
The public sale consists of two parts: the first is the auction and the second is mystery box sale.
Auction
The auction happened on 15 August 2022, at 07:00 UTC. The NFTs available at the auction were inspired by a total of 11 unforgettable events in Rodríguez’s career (1 Platinum and 10 Gold NFTs), all of which were digitally created motion graphics.
They included the Puskas Award-winning goal (2014) as well as some of his most memorable performances for Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, etc.
Platinum NFT was sold for 11.3 ETH ($21,320 at press time). In it, James Rodriguez is featured as the 2014–2015 Liga BBVA season’s best midfielder. Almost 40 addresses bid on the Platinum NFT, which started at 1 ETH, between August 15th and August 17th. Prices for the Gold NFTs ranged from 1 to 2.5 ETH, with 2.5 ETH being the highest.
Mystery box sale
The second part, mystery box salewill start on 17 August 2022, at 07:00 UTC, i.e. two days after the auction. There will be bronze and silver rarity levels for Zurda NFTs (1489 total) in the mystery boxes.
You’ll have the chance to acquire artwork from notable events in Rodríguez’s career that took place on three different continents.
Offering NFTs from different secret periods in mystery boxes also adds excitement to the buying process because no one can predict when or what it will contain, including the rarity level, until the box is opened.
A mystery box costs 0.15 ETH, but those in the community who are whitelisted get a discount price of 0.12 ETH. You must join Discord community and wait for the opportunity to be whitelisted before the sale.
The first-come, first-served rules will apply to the sale of the mystery boxes. It is therefore recommended that you set the alarm and follow along ZKspace’s Twitter page to stay on track with the sales and whitelist slots.
You can find more details about silver/bronze rarity benefits and mystery box sales in the table below:
| Rarity | Silver | Bronze |
| Type of offer | Mystery box | Mystery box |
| Amount | 400 | 1089 |
| Price | 0.12 ETH for WH holders/0.15 ETH public sale | 0.12 ETH for WH holders/0.15 ETH public sale |
| Rodríguez’s signed jerseys | 3 randomly selected buyers | 2 randomly selected buyers |
| Rodríguez’s autographed jerseys | 3 randomly selected buyers | 2 randomly selected buyers |
| WH slots for future Zurda NFTs | Chance to win | Chance to win |
Furthermore, you can follow the instructions here; by pre-depositing 0.12 ETH, you can speed up the whitelisting process.
Final thoughts
If you are even remotely connected to the NFT world or the sports sector, you should definitely check out James Rodríguez’s NFT as it is an incredibly serious project.
To participate in the purchase of a mystery box, you only need to hold some Ether (ETH). There are no other special requirements.
The fact that a global superstar, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Binance are working together to produce NFTs shows the potential of NFTs and sports collaboration.
Remember that ZKSea will run relevant marketing and provide exclusive benefits to NFT holders, so the price of these types of NFTs should rise as the World Cup approaches.
According to our findings, a significant amount of planning and thought has gone into developing this NFT, and the team working on the project knows what they are doing. Good luck if you want to participate in the mystery box sale!
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