- FC Barcelona has partnered with the NFT project World of Women to issue another NFT collection
- Dubbed Empowerment, the collection is part of the soccer club’s Masterpiece collection which seeks to celebrate the club’s players
- The Empowerment collection features the women’s wing of FC Barcelona led by Alexia Putellas whom the club said symbolizes transformation
Popular soccer club FC Barcelona has partnered with the collectibles project World of Women to issue another NFT collection. Dubbed Empowerment, the collection is part of the club’s Masterpiece collection which seeks to celebrate the club’s present and past players. The Empowerment collection features the women’s wing of FC Barcelona led by captain Alexia Putellas whom the club considers to be a transformation symbol.
Using Blockchain to Immortalize Women in Sports
The new collection features the captain participating in last year’s Women’s Champions League when she helped her team trump Germany’s Wolfsburg. According to FC Barcelona, the NFTs will be available for purchase on Monday, June 26 on leading NFT marketplace OpenSea.
🆕 Unveiling Masterpiece 2: Empowerment!
🏆 A breathtaking tribute to the unstoppable force of Alexia Putellas and her awe-inspiring triumph in the Champions League.
Join us in igniting the fire of women’s empowerment in football. Auction begins 26 June on @OpenSea
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) June 22, 2023
Powered by Polygon, the collection will offer holders extra perks such as a chance to meet the woman captain or receive signed items from her.
According to World of Women’s COO Shanon Snow, the collection helps bring women in sports into the limelight after being in the shadows for years, adding that the partnership helps to showcase “the resilience of women” in the field. Snow also noted that the collaboration is part of a mission “to immortalize” the likes of Alexia using blockchain technology.
Inaugural Masterpiece NFT Fetched Close to $700,000
The inaugural Masterpiece collection known as In A Way, Immortal, featured the club’s Johan Cruyff who played for the club in the ’70s and later became the club’s manager. The inaugural collection fetched $693,000 at Sotheby’s.
Apart from FC Barcelona, the Argentine Football Association has also revealed plans to use blockchain technology to unite soccer diehards together through NFTs. Individual soccer players like Christiano Ronaldo have also released their own NFT collections.
With FC Barcelona releasing another NFT collection, it’s yet to be seen whether such moves will have an economic impact on soccer clubs.
