Sesame Street's Cookie Monster #NFT and 10 pop culture moments on the #blockchain

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Coca-Cola

• The world-famous soft drink brand launched four NFT collections in 2021 to celebrate its first anniversary in the metaverse.

🧵 The world-famous soft drink brand launched four NFT collecti
Star Wars

• Disney released its first NFT collection in May last year via blind box format, a framework similar to buying packs of trading cards without knowing exactly which are inside.

🧵 Disney released its first NFT collection in May last year vi
The NBA

• The NBA labelled its 2020 foray into NFTs “Top Shot”, selling digital versions of sports trading cards using blockchain technology.

🧵 The National Basketball Association labelled its 2020 foray
Spider-Man

• Marvel swung into the NFT-verse with a launch of digital Spider-Man collectibles in 2021.

🧵 Marvel swung into the NFT-verse with a launch of digital Spi
Doge meme

• The image of a shiba inu dog named Kabosu looking at the camera with suspicion first appeared online in 2010 and went on to become one of the internet’s most popular memes. Called “Doge”, in June 2021, it became the most expensive meme NFT ever sold.

🧵 The image of a shiba inu dog named Kabosu looking at the cam
Nickelodeon’s ‘Rugrats’ and ‘Hey Arnold’

• The popular children’s cartoons were given the NFT treatment when 10,000 unique collectibles were released last year, featuring images of the characters and memorable moments from the show.

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Funko Pops

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🧵 The team behind the pop culture character miniatures make re
Lay’s Potato Chips

• The global crips brand owned by PepsiCo entered the NFT market in 2021 with its “Share smiles with Lay’s” collection.

🧵 The global crips brand owned by PepsiCo entered the NFT mark
Disney

• The Mouse House offers an array of collectables as part of its Golden Moments Disney NFT collection, which was launched last year.

🧵 The Mouse House offers an array of collectables as part of i
Hello Kitty

• The beloved Japanese character created by Sanrio was launched as an NFT in August 2022 with a drop of 10,000 collectibles focused on six characters from Hello Kitty and Friends.

🧵 The beloved Japanese character created by Sanrio was launche
The beloved US children’s show is releasing its first non-fungible token, joining a host of other world-famous brands and memes

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