Katy Perry to drop second NFT collection on Theta

More and much celebrities are jumping connected the NFT train. Following the palmy motorboat of her debut NFT postulation successful December of past year, planetary popular superstar Katy Perry is releasing a 2nd postulation of NFTs contiguous connected Theta Network. The postulation volition look backmost to her 2017-2018 Witness Tour. The driblet volition instrumentality spot connected the 4th of March astatine 1 p.m. PST.

This 2nd postulation volition travel “The Roar Package” which sold retired successful a grounds 95 minutes, making it 1 of the astir palmy NFT drops connected ThetaDrop, Theta Network’s “low-cost and green” NFT marketplace, according to a property release.

First postulation raised $1.2 million

Perry’s archetypal postulation raised $1.2 cardinal successful superior income and $860,000 successful secondary sales, with implicit 6500 unsocial buyers taking part. As per the property release, much Katy Perry NFT drops volition travel implicit the people of this year.

As was the lawsuit with the archetypal NFT drop, “The Witness Dice Collection” volition beryllium much than conscionable integer creation collectibles. These Theta NFTs “will span the spread betwixt the carnal and integer satellite to springiness fans the accidental to ain an iconic portion of Katy Perry history: the 2 elephantine aureate dice connected which she performed her opus “Roulette” during her Witness Tour.”

These dice volition beryllium auctioned arsenic a one-of-one NFT, overmuch similar the “Golden Lion” signifier prop from her 2015 globally-televised performance. The upcoming postulation volition besides link Katy Perry fans with enviable benefits, including exclusive merchandise and entree to her nostalgia store. Both collections of NFTs are being issued to observe Perry’s “Play” residency at the Resorts World Las Vegas hotel.

“It is nary astonishment to america that Katy Perry fans reacted truthful good to our inferior and reward-based NFTs” says Mitch Liu, co-founder and CEO of Theta Labs. “Theta NFTs are rooted successful giving fans and collectors unsocial and tangible benefits, and our collaboration with Katy – 1 of the world’s astir palmy and originative artists – was nary different. Throughout 2022, we look guardant to imagining caller ways to link Katy Perry fans to the metaverse and the breathtaking satellite of NFTs.”

A level purposefully built for media and entertainment

According to the property release, Theta (THETA) Network’s NFT marketplace, ThetaDrop, is powered by the Theta protocol and a autochthonal blockchain that is importantly antithetic from different NFT platforms arsenic it was purposefully built for media and entertainment. The outgo of minting NFTs and state fees are importantly little connected the Theta Network and transaction times are 100x faster than connected Ethereum.

The Theta protocol is built from the crushed up connected a proof-of-stake (POS) exemplary and truthful uses “a fraction of the energy and resources making it greener, and environmentally friendlier than different alternatives.”

With the motorboat of the Theta Mainnet 3.0 protocol upgrade past year, Theta’s distributed web of much than 100,000 planetary community-run borderline nodes continues to turn quickly. In the future, Theta borderline nodes volition enactment decentralized NFT retention enabling users to ain and instrumentality custody of their NFTs, and not beryllium connected immoderate centralized platform. 

Also, cross-chain bridges betwixt Theta Network, Ethereum (ETH) and different blockchains volition alteration NFT transportation crossed marketplaces, notably Ethereum-based Opensea, Nifty Gateway and others.

ThetaDrop NFT marketplace

The Theta infrastructure enables existing video platforms to thrust incremental revenues and trim contented transportation (CDN) costs portion end-users are rewarded for sharing their bandwidth to relay video connected immoderate PC, mobile, Smart TV oregon IoT device. Most recently, the institution launched ThetaDrop NFT marketplace successful concern with the World Poker Tour and Katy Perry.

Pop superstar and philharmonic creator Katy Perry is 1 of lone 5 artists successful past to person topped 100 cardinal certified units with their integer singles – and the first-ever Capitol Records signaling creator to articulation the elite RIAA 100 Million Certified Songs club.

Katy Perry is besides an progressive advocator of galore philanthropic causes. In 2013, Katy was appointed a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and has utilized her almighty dependable to guarantee each child’s close to health, education, equality, and protection.

Katy has besides been a champion for LGBTQ+ equality and has received galore awards for her work, including the Trevor Project’s Hero Award successful 2012, the Human Rights Campaign’s National Equality Award successful 2017, amfAR’s Award of Courage successful 2018, and Variety’s Power of Women Award successful 2021.