On February 9, nWayPlay said on the social platform that the digital blind box of the ice pier officially authorized by the International Olympic Committee will be sold at 1:00 a.m. Beijing time on February 12, and the total number of NFT blind boxes sold is 500, each 99 US dollars (about 630 yuan), and each person is limited to 5. However, the nWayPlay platform does not currently support user purchases in China.
According to the official website, the Epic Box contains 3 officially authorized digital brooches: 1 Epic and 2 Rare, which includes 15 versions of the officially authorized mascot (ice pier) to perform various winter sports, such as skiing, tobogganing, snowboarding, etc., 5 versions of the official emblem of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and 1 version of the poster.
In addition to the 2022 Winter Olympics-related products, nWayPlay also listed digital badges and posters of the Olympic Games since 1926, of which the highest price was the legendary poster of the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games, which was priced at $9,999 (about 63,593.64 yuan). It is reported that the Olympic Games is not the first time to launch NFT products, before, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced a cooperation with nWayPlay to launch a limited edition of 134 commemorative official NFT badges for the Tokyo Olympics.
It is understood that nWayPlay is a decentralized trading platform, built on the Flow chain, launched by blockchain game studio nway. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Hong Kong, nWay's parent company, AnimocaBrands, is the developer of chain games such as sandbox games The Sandbox and F1 Racing F1Delta Time.