Patrick Mahomes, one of the biggest NFL players, has launched his own NFT art gallery, CNBC writes.
The gallery will be called “The Museum of Mahomes,” the 25-year-old athlete said on a recent CNBC interview, and will launch March 17, through the digital arts marketplace MakersPlace.
The market will encompass three tiers of collectibles from Mahomes, in collaboration with The Impossible Brief, which has done work with Coldplay and The Chainsmokers. The prices will range from $2,500 to as much as $15,000, and there will be other additions like a mystery auction with no set price.
Mahomes intends to donate part of his proceeds to his foundation, 15 and the Mahomies. There will also be donations to the Boys and Girls Club in Missouri.
Mahomes said he’s become fascinated with the digital currencies and “how blockchain auctions are growing, so when the opportunity to get into digital memorabilia came my way I jumped,” CNBC writes. He said he was “looking to break boundaries and make history on and off the field,” and said being an athlete gave him a pathway to explore other ventures.
The Australian government has given AU$6.9 million to the Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources for the purpose of looking into how well blockchain could work, according to a report from ZDNet.
A particular focus could be on regulation.
The Senate Select Committee on Financial Technology and Regulatory Technology was told that the department will use Budget-allocated cash for a pair of pilot products intending to show how the blockchain can reduce costs for regulatory compliance.
Tim Bradley, the general manager of the department’s Emerging Technologies and Adoption branch, said the government was “developing the guidelines for those now, but, of the two pilots, one will be around the issue of critical minerals and the other will be designed around food and beverage provenance,” according to the article.
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