C. Ronaldo has retired, but those $77 images are still listed for $1
146 goals, 234 appearances—both all-time records for men’s national teams. That batch of images signed by the same hands has fallen from $77 to $1. One item is truly one of a kind; the other can be printed in whatever quantity you like.
On November 5, he posted a video announcing his retirement from the Portugal national team. Twenty-three years, just like that, came to an end.
Forty-one years old. He scored in all six World Cups he played in—a feat no one else has achieved. He never once fell on the pitch.
The other story began in June 2022.
Binance announced a multi-year exclusive NFT partnership with him, with several releases each year and his involvement in the designs. Six months later, just before the Qatar World Cup kicked off, the first collection went on sale: seven animated designs across four tiers, with the most common priced at 77 BUSD each and the rarest starting at 10,000.
They sold fast. The whole crypto world was scrambling to buy them back then.
Once the scramble was over, that was it.
A year later, the $77 version was listed for $1. A $76 drop.
In July 2023, a second collection called ForeverCR7 was released. The starting price for the rarest item was raised to 15,000 USDT. They also said holders could meet him and train with him, with Binance covering flights and accommodation.
To this day, no one even asks who owns these things. Never mind what they’re worth.
There’s no point asking.
The difference comes down to where the scarcity comes from.
A team can have only one number 7 jersey at a time. Once it’s taken off, it belongs to someone else. Images aren’t like that.
Seven designs in a collection times four tiers, then multiplied by tens of thousands of copies. There’s no shortage.
Artificial scarcity—and the people doing the printing can simply print more themselves.
A lot of people think a celebrity’s IP can prop up the price. What props up the price is how much the next person is willing to pay. No one’s buying.
How famous the previous owner was really doesn’t matter.
A third-party organization reported in 2023 that more than 95% of NFTs that had been sold were now worth zero. That figure isn’t about him alone; the whole category is in retreat. In any case, no one talks about this anymore.
How long can a national team jersey be worn? Twenty-three years. What about an image?
No one knows how many years are left on that multi-year contract. Public information only says that several releases will come out each year, not when the agreement ends. But those few lines alone say it all: a partnership that releases new editions every year is gradually diluting the previous year’s batch.
This is the structure worth remembering. Anything sold on the promise of “buy now or it’ll be gone” will eventually run into “I can just release another batch.”
Jerseys get worn out and become fewer; images get printed in ever greater numbers.
On the day of the news, $CHZ fell by more than seven points. The next day it recovered 2.76, not even half the loss. $BNB 694.9, up 0.81%. $ETH 2241. The captain said goodbye, and the fan token didn’t even manage one decent green candle.
146 goals, 234 appearances—both all-time records for men’s national teams. That batch of images signed by the same hands has fallen from $77 to $1. One item is truly one of a kind; the other can be printed in whatever quantity you like.
On November 5, he posted a video announcing his retirement from the Portugal national team. Twenty-three years, just like that, came to an end.
Forty-one years old. He scored in all six World Cups he played in—a feat no one else has achieved. He never once fell on the pitch.
The other story began in June 2022.
Binance announced a multi-year exclusive NFT partnership with him, with several releases each year and his involvement in the designs. Six months later, just before the Qatar World Cup kicked off, the first collection went on sale: seven animated designs across four tiers, with the most common priced at 77 BUSD each and the rarest starting at 10,000.
They sold fast. The whole crypto world was scrambling to buy them back then.
Once the scramble was over, that was it.
A year later, the $77 version was listed for $1. A $76 drop.
In July 2023, a second collection called ForeverCR7 was released. The starting price for the rarest item was raised to 15,000 USDT. They also said holders could meet him and train with him, with Binance covering flights and accommodation.
To this day, no one even asks who owns these things. Never mind what they’re worth.
There’s no point asking.
The difference comes down to where the scarcity comes from.
A team can have only one number 7 jersey at a time. Once it’s taken off, it belongs to someone else. Images aren’t like that.
Seven designs in a collection times four tiers, then multiplied by tens of thousands of copies. There’s no shortage.
Artificial scarcity—and the people doing the printing can simply print more themselves.
A lot of people think a celebrity’s IP can prop up the price. What props up the price is how much the next person is willing to pay. No one’s buying.
How famous the previous owner was really doesn’t matter.
A third-party organization reported in 2023 that more than 95% of NFTs that had been sold were now worth zero. That figure isn’t about him alone; the whole category is in retreat. In any case, no one talks about this anymore.
How long can a national team jersey be worn? Twenty-three years. What about an image?
No one knows how many years are left on that multi-year contract. Public information only says that several releases will come out each year, not when the agreement ends. But those few lines alone say it all: a partnership that releases new editions every year is gradually diluting the previous year’s batch.
This is the structure worth remembering. Anything sold on the promise of “buy now or it’ll be gone” will eventually run into “I can just release another batch.”
Jerseys get worn out and become fewer; images get printed in ever greater numbers.
On the day of the news, $CHZ fell by more than seven points. The next day it recovered 2.76, not even half the loss. $BNB 694.9, up 0.81%. $ETH 2241. The captain said goodbye, and the fan token didn’t even manage one decent green candle.
