{"id":61896,"date":"2022-05-23T17:56:44","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T14:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=61896"},"modified":"2025-09-05T14:52:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T11:52:40","slug":"ebay-announces-the-launch-of-its-first-nft-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/ebay-announces-the-launch-of-its-first-nft-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"eBay announces the launch of its first NFT collection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The American online marketplace eBay<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/ebay-launches-first-collection-of-nfts-in-partnership-with-green-web3-company-oneof-301551975.html\"> \u0437\u0430\u043f\u0443\u0441\u0442\u0438\u043b\u0430<\/a> \u043a\u043e\u043b\u043b\u0435\u043a\u0446\u0438\u044e \u043d\u0435\u0432\u0437\u0430\u0438\u043c\u043e\u0437\u0430\u043c\u0435\u043d\u044f\u0435\u043c\u044b\u0445 \u0442\u043e\u043a\u0435\u043d\u043e\u0432 in partnership with the NFT platform OneOf.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cNFT and blockchain technology are revolutionising the collecting space and are increasingly viewed as an investment opportunity for enthusiasts,\u201d said Dawn Block, eBay\u2019s vice president.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Genesis debut collection includes 3D- and animated images of iconic athletes who appeared on the covers of Sports Illustrated. For the first NFT, they chose Canadian hockey player Wayne Gretzky, a four-time Stanley Cup champion.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Calling all collectors, you can score our first exclusive NFT drop brought to you by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OneOfNFT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@OneOfNFT<\/a> with a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SInow?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SInow<\/a> x <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WayneGretzky?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WayneGretzky<\/a> digital collectible. \ud83c\udfd2<\/p>\n<p>Starting at $10, you can get a limited edition NFT along with bragging rights, unless you decide to sell it.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NFT?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NFT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/eBayExclusive?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#eBayExclusive<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 eBay (@eBay) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eBay\/status\/1528737506878955520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 23, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cForty years ago I was grateful to be on the cover of Sports Illustrated; it was a landmark moment in my life. It is a great honour to offer hockey fans who have followed my career for decades a collectible experience,\u201d Gretzky said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Earlier, the partnership with OneOf was announced by <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/dj-alesso-to-send-two-nft-collection-owners-into-space\"> DJ and producer Alesso<\/a> and the American<a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/oneof-to-issue-nft-for-the-grammy-awards\"> Recording Academy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In May 2021<a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/oneof-a-music-nft-marketplace-raises-63-million-from-tezos-foundation\"> OneOf raised $63 million<\/a> in a seed funding round. The round included climate activist Bill Tai, Jack Herrick, Suna Said of Nima Capital, Sangha Capital and the Tezos Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>In May 2021, eBay allowed users<a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/ebay-allows-users-to-trade-nfts\"> to trade NFTs<\/a>. Previously, CEO Jamie Iannone said the platform was considering<a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/ebay-weighs-accepting-cryptocurrency-payments\"> accepting cryptocurrency payments<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog news on Telegram: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/forklogfeed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ForkLog Feed<\/a> \u2014 full news stream, <a href=\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ForkLog<\/a> \u2014 the most important news, infographics and opinions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The American online marketplace eBay has launched a collection of non-fungible tokens in partnership with the NFT platform OneOf.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":61897,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[548,1213],"class_list":["post-61896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-ebay","tag-nft"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"14","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61896"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61898,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61896\/revisions\/61898"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}