Key Takeaways
- VanEck announced its new NFT collection today.
- 1,000 NFTs will be airdropped this week, and the collection follows the story of a fictional character based on Alexander Hamilton.
- The tokens will come with certain perks, including private events and digital assets investment research.
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VanEck will be launching an NFT collection this week. The VanEck Community NFT collection will feature 1,000 non-fungible tokens, divided into three tiers of rarity, and follow the story of a fictional character based on Alexander Hamilton.
New NFT Collection Announced
The investment manager with more than $85 billion in assets under management has announced plans to launch NFTs of its own.
Today, VanEck announced that it would be dropping its VanEck Community NFT collection in collaboration with the South Korea-based NFT company NUMOMO. The collection will include 1,000 NFTs launched on Ethereum and is meant to “showcase the real-world utility inherent in the NFT structure.”
The NFT project will be placed within the world of the fictional character named Hammy, who is modeled after Alexander Hamilton, a founding father of the United States. As the founder of what served as the nation’s first central banks and head of the Treasury under President George Washington, Alexander Hamilton’s analog character Hammy will wade through the waters of monetary policy in VanEck’s NFT story, in which he will discover the utility of cryptocurrencies. The first episode has already been released.
There will be three different tiers of non-fungible tokens in the VanEck collection, based on rarity. Three-quarters will be commons, 230 will be rare, and 20 will fall under the “legendary” category. The benefits afforded to NFT holders will vary based on what category their token falls under but could include early access to the firm’s investment research on crypto assets, as well as exclusive invitations to events (both in the Metaverse and in the…
