Tony Hawk is collaborating with the sandbox to open a skate park in the meta-verse – Bitcoin News

by James · July 18, 2022

Tony Hawk, one of the most popular skateboarders in the world, plans to build a skateboard park in the metaverse. The initiative, which will be completed in collaboration with The Sandbox and Autograph, will also create voxel representations of the skateboarder as NFTs, which can be used in The Sandbox metaverse world.

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Tony Hawk takes skateboarding to Metaverse

More and more athletes are taking their activities to the metaverse so that their fans can enjoy and connect with them in these virtual worlds. Tony Hawk, one of the most popular skateboarders in the world, has announced that he will build a digital skateboard park in the metaverse. The venue will be built in collaboration with The Sandbox, an ethereum-based metaverse experience, to create a park where players can take the NFTs and skateboard freely.

The skateboarder will also partner with Autograph, a high-profile NFT company founded by Tom Brady, to produce NFTs based on his most memorable moments and clothes, which fans will also be able to take advantage of in The Sandbox’s metavers. This will not be the artist’s first entry into the NFT movement, since he has released several NTF collections before, even accompanying some with physical skateboards.

Regarding his next move, Hawk stated:

I’ve been a fan of new technology all my life – from the first video games and home computers with CGI features – so I’m fascinated by the meta-verse, and excited to bring our culture into The Sandbox’s virtual landscape.

The skateboarder is an early supporter of cryptocurrency, having bought bitcoin back in 2012 after hearing about it in the now defunct Silkroad market.

A Metaverse hub for celebrities and brands

The Sandbox, a metaverse platform based on the Ethereum blockchain, is becoming a hub for celebrities and brands to explore the metaverse by launching experiences and digital representations of their products. The game has achieved partnerships with Snoop Dogg, Adidas, The Walking Dead, Jamiroquai, Playboy and others. Companies like Ubisoft and Square Enix have released some of their IPs in The Sandbox’s metaverse, bringing Rabbids and Dungeon Siege to this digital world.

The company was reportedly thinking of a new round of financing that would bring $ 400 million worth $ 4 billion, according to sources. However, this has not happened since the reports. The last capital inflow that The Sandbox received occurred in November when the company raised $ 93 million in its Series B financing round.

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Sergio Goshenko

Sergio is a cryptocurrency journalist based in Venezuela. He describes himself as late in the game, and entered the cryptosphere when the price increase occurred during December 2017. He has a computer engineering background, lives in Venezuela and is influenced by the cryptocurrency boom on a social level, and offers a different view of crypto success and how it helps the unbanked and underprivileged.

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