Mastercard UK Announces NFT Giveaway With Jose Mourinho
Mastercard is excited to offer the chance to win its first-ever NFT created in partnership with José Mourinho, renowned football coach, and Mastercard global ambassador. This unique NFT is an animated digital football with José’s signature on one of the panels.
An NFT is a digital asset that represents real-world objects like art, music, in-game items, and videos. They are bought and sold online, frequently with cryptocurrency, and they are usually encoded with blockchain technology.
This NFT is not up for auction. It will be a part of a sweepstake for Mastercard holders based in the United Kingdom. The winner will be selected at random. The chance to win is open until September 30th.
Financial services giants in crypto
While this is Mastercard’s first NFT, it is not their first move in the crypto space. Over the last year, Mastercard made big moves in crypto and blockchain integrated services. The company started its own corporate program for crypto and blockchain-centric startups. This program aims for the acceleration and encouragement of innovation in this field of tech.
In addition, Mastercard announced this past July it plans for card enhancement for crypto wallets and exchanges.
As Mastercard makes crypto-forward moves, so does its competitor Visa. Late last month the rival financial service provider purchased its first NFT. The digital collectible now owned by Visa is a $150k CryptoPunk. Shortly after its purchase, the company released an entire whitepaper on NFTs, which praised the technology.
