Now, Panini, a leader in the sports collectables space ... “There is nothing that says name, image and likeness like trading cards,” Panini VP of Marketing Jason Howarth told 247Sports.

Consider that last season’s NBA Rookie of the Year Victor Wembanyama already has 2,505 card types and nearly 400,000 graded, ...

Image source: Getty Images ... and trade officially licensed MLB NFTs. In addition to sports trading cards, the platform creates and sells digitized sports memorabilia pieces.

A sports trading card auction led by a US$1 million autographed ... even recreating stained-glass with the images of athletes ...