{"id":1346437,"date":"2021-04-04T20:00:20","date_gmt":"2021-04-05T00:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1346437"},"modified":"2021-04-04T20:00:20","modified_gmt":"2021-04-05T00:00:20","slug":"tennis-player-sold-right-arm-for-5000-nft-craze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/tennis-player-sold-right-arm-for-5000-nft-craze\/","title":{"rendered":"A Tennis Player Has Sold Her Right Arm for $5,000 in the NFT Craze"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Oleksandra Oliynykova, one of Croatia's middle-of-the-pack tennis players<\/a>, has entered the world of non-fungible tokens (NFTs<\/a>) to cash in on her quasi-fame in the sport. But Oliynykova\u2018s approach is different. While the NBA sells highlight videos via Top Shot<\/a> and others offer the equivalent of trading cards that cost them little or nothing, she has skin in the game \u2013 real skin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oleksandra Oliynykova auctioned off her right arm<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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No joke: 20-year-old Croatian tennis player Oleksandra Oliynykova recently sold her first NFT: a patch of skin on her right arm. https:\/\/t.co\/eliYyp7IAm<\/a><\/p>— Sportico (@Sportico) April 1, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote>