{"id":54420,"date":"2021-12-09T17:56:13","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T15:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=54420"},"modified":"2025-09-03T20:20:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T17:20:57","slug":"pepsico-unveils-its-first-nft-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/pepsico-unveils-its-first-nft-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"PepsiCo unveils its first NFT collection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>American company PepsiCo has announced the <span data-descr=\"non-fungible tokens\" class=\"old_tooltip\">NFT<\/span>-collection Pepsi Mic Drop on the Ethereum blockchain. Tokens will go to waitlist members, with the waitlist registration opening on December 10 at 20:00 MSK.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yup. We did that. Introducing Pepsi Mic Drop \u2013 our genesis <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NFT?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NFT<\/a> collection. Details in the thread below \ud83e\uddf5 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JS9Qu51yGm\">pic.twitter.com\/JS9Qu51yGm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pepsi (@pepsi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pepsi\/status\/1468946201718501376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 9, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The collection comprises 1,893 tokens \u2014 in honour of the year the company was founded.<\/p>\n<p>According to the press release, the NFTs are generated randomly: each depicts a variation of a microphone image inspired by Pepsi&#8217;s &#8216;signature flavors&#8217;. They are also divided into rarity tiers \u2014 the most unique will be issued in a single edition.<\/p>\n<p>Waitlist members will receive the collectible items on December 14. To obtain the NFT, they will need to pay a gas fee on the Ethereum network. At the time of writing, the average gas fee stands at about $4.84 per transaction, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/etherscan.io\/gastracker\">Etherscan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In July, Pepsi&#8217;s rival Coca-Cola <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/coca-cola-to-release-nft-collection-for-international-friendship-day\">entered into a partnership with the Tafi platform<\/a> to release an NFT collection in honour of International Day of Friendship.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier on December 7, the video-game developer and publisher Ubisoft unveiled <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/ubisoft-unveils-platform-for-trading-in-game-items-as-nfts\">a platform for trading in-game items in NFT format<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier Adidas announced a collaboration with <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/adidas-announces-collaboration-with-bored-ape-yacht-club-gmoney-and-punkscomic\">Bored Ape Yacht Club, GMoney and PunksComic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Read ForkLog&#8217;s Bitcoin news in our <a href=\"\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\" target=\"\u201c_blank\u201d\" rel=\"\u201cnofollow\u201d noopener\">Telegram<\/a> \u2014 cryptocurrency news, prices and analysis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American company PepsiCo announced the Pepsi Mic Drop NFT collection on the Ethereum blockchain. 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