- Forbes has made its leap into the metaverse with the announcement of the Virtual Billionaires NFT Collection.
- The NFT collection will be available early for Forbes subscribers on April 11.
- The collection includes wealthy fictional investors with massive portfolios based on live NYSE stock prices.
- The sale includes an initial drop of 100 Virtual NFT Billionaires, which will debut on the FTX platform.
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Forbes Virtual NFT Billionaire is A fictional, virtual investor with an enormous theoretical portfolio with a virtual net worth based on live New York Stock Exchange pricing, fabulous hobbies, and an eccentric Forbes accessory that will be ranked daily on the soon-to-be-launched Forbes Virtual NFT Billionaires List.
Mirroring influential figures in the real lists published by the business magazine, these 100 fictional investors each have their own hypothetical portfolio and net worth.
Forbes Virtual NFT Billionaires will have their own profile page on Forbes.com.The characters’ headshots were designed by a Barcelona-based couple comprising motion designer Goodog and graphic designer itsACat.
The NFTs are for anyone who hasn’t made it on its Billionaires list but still wants to be mentioned. Luckily for them. Current owners will also have their public wallet address listed with the Billionaire that they own on the Forbes.com official ranking.
Forbes will launch 100 NFT in the initial stage. The Ethereum-based selection will officially launch on the cryptocurrency platform FTX on April 13. A minimum of 0.25 ETH deposit has to be made in the FTX account. subscribers of Forbes will get early access to the NFT collection on April 11, 2022. Once the NFTs are all sold out, participants will be required to track the auction process on an ERC-721 marketplace.
Furthermore, it is also important to note that Binance, the world’s biggest crypto exchange, made a $200 million strategic investment in Forbes, making the crypto exchange one of the two largest owners of Forbes.
Vadim Supitskiy CTO of Forbes, this whole campaign is a significant step as Forbes embraces Web3 and digital assets. It also provides Forbes to expand its readership and also engage with more interactiveness and fun. The magazine had earlier last April converted one of its covers as an NFT. Titled the “Merchant of Metaverse” the digital art of the cover was sold at a cool $333,333 in a limited a
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