Lionel Messi will once again pay attention to technologies that involve NFTs e cryptocurrencies. That’s because the Play Timewhich is his investment company, participated in a round of investment BRL 108 million (at current quotation) of MatchDaya startup that works with games on non-fungible tokens.
This company even has an official license provided by FIFA and has even created a game related to the World Cup in Qatar. At the time, it distributed 2 million cards in NFT to around 600,000 users. The company’s development took place with the aim of developing games for the Web 3.
Incidentally, this is the phase of the internet that takes into account the new applications involving NFTs, metaverse, blockchain and cryptocurrencies. So when MatchDay launched its initial round of funding, it counted on Messi’s Play Time raising of $21 million. De Halleux is game director at the games startup and said in a statement:
Our games will be accessible to all players and centered on true ownership of digital items that all players will be proud of.
The involvement with this world is nothing new for the Argentine player, who has already launched his collection in NFTs, is an ambassador for a football blockchain gaming platform, Sorare and received a salary in cryptocurrencies.
Messi was recently champion of the Qatar Cup with Argentina, which earned him not only the most liked photo in Instagram history, but also made the player present his teammates with personalized iPhones in gold.