Apr 12, 2021 - Sports

Topps to launch official MLB NFTs

Kendall Baker

A pile of baseball collector cards — Photo: Kris Connor/Getty Images

Topps wants to do for MLB what Dapper Labs' NBA Top Shot has done for the NBA.

Driving the news: The 83-year-old card company revealed Monday morning that it will issue its flagship baseball cards as non-fungible tokens (NFTs) in partnership with MLB and the MLBPA, Coindesk reports.

"Unlike Dapper's highlight-reel-esque NBA player moments, Topps' initial offering appears to be just digitized versions of its physical baseball cards," writes Coindesk's Danny Nelson.
"The border designs move, but the players stay put."

The backdrop: Topps, which was bought for $385 million and taken private by former Disney CEO Michael Eisner in 2007, announced last week that it's going public in a SPAC deal that values it at $1.3 billion.

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