WISeKey and GDGC Officially
Launched
Black Mamba Package Autographed by Kobe
Bryant on the
WISe.Art Trusted Marketplace
for Luxury NFTs
The auction will run live from September 20th -
28th through the WISe.Art digital marketplace; only three King
Power Tourbillion Black Mambas were ever made in rose gold, making
this timepiece exclusive among the illusive.
Geneva, Switzerland – September 20, 2021 -
WISeKey International Holding Ltd (NASDAQ: WKEY; SIX: WIHN), a
leading cyber security, IoT, and AI platform company, today
announced that in collaboration with GDGC Enterprises, LLC
(“GDGC”), a New York based NFT and luxury asset advisory firm that
specializes in the tokenization and sale of select assets across
the globe, organized a Webinar on Monday, September 20, 2021 giving
details on the auction of the Kobe Bryant Autographed Black Mamba
Package through the WISeArt Trusted Marketplace
(https://www.wise.art) for luxury NFTs.
The exclusive package will consist of a limited
Edition 1/3 18K Rose Gold Black Mamba Tourbillion
watch, designed, and signed by Kobe Bryant, a
sneaker signed by Kobe Bryant and a custom
curated digital artwork designed by New York City based
artist Moshé Douglas.
The auction will go live on September 20, 2021, through the
WISe.Art digital marketplace, with a starting price of $
1,008,240.
Speakers during the Webinar included:
- Carlos Creus Moreira, CEO and Founder of WISeKey
- Toni Tal Barel, Watch & Jewelry Valuator, Collector and
Investor
- Moish E. Peltz, Esq, Partner of Falcon Rappaport & Berkman
PLLC
- Kenneth J. Falcon, Esq, Managing Partner of Falcon
Rappaport& Berkman PLLC
- Ashok Ranadive, Director of Professional Services at Casper
Labs
- Gregory Gadson, Managing Partner & Chief Technology Officer
of GDGC Enterprises, LLC
WISeKey, together with invited experts,
addressed how the team at GDGC was able to strategically secure the
asset to the blockchain and entering each item’s detailed specs,
such as the crystal type, bezel, strap material as well as origin
of sale.
In addition, they debated why the WISe.Art
platform was selected to perform this method of tokenization and
provenance creation (which can’t be tampered with or disputed as
the information will live on forever in the Metaverse).
As previously announced, WISeKey commercially
launched its WISe.Art NFT platform (https://www.wise.art) for the
collectible and luxury market on September 1, 2021, following a
series of market test auctions, including the two world
premiere NFT auctions of the digital twins of a physical watch.
At the end of the session, they officially
opened the auction from this amazing Kobe Bryant
Autographed Black Mamba Package that combines the physical and
digital twins of a Hublot 1/3 18k Rose Gold tourbillion watch and a
Nike Kobe Zoom VIII sneaker, both signed by Kobe that holds a
historic value in the sports world.
In 2013, Kobe Bryant signed the Black Mamba
watch which features a manual winding brushed movement, 27 jewels,
mono-metallic balance rotating in a one-minute tourbillon carriage,
18k rose gold and titanium case, ceramic bezel insert, ceramic
bezel, skeletonized brushed dial, subsidiary dials for the
chronograph and 30-minute registers, brushed serpent form around
the tourbillon and registers, sapphire crystal back secured with
Kobe Bryant signature, single pusher at 2 o'clock and dial and
movement signed by Kobe Bryant with an 18k rose gold and
titanium deployment clasp.About
WISeKeyWISeKey (NASDAQ: WKEY; SIX Swiss Exchange: WIHN) is
a leading global cybersecurity company currently deploying large
scale digital identity ecosystems for people and objects using
Blockchain, AI and IoT respecting the Human as the Fulcrum of the
Internet. WISeKey microprocessors secure the pervasive computing
shaping today’s Internet of Everything. WISeKey IoT has an install
base of over 1.6 billion microchips in virtually all IoT sectors
(connected cars, smart cities, drones, agricultural sensors,
anti-counterfeiting, smart lighting, servers, computers, mobile
phones, crypto tokens etc.). WISeKey is uniquely positioned
to be at the edge of IoT as our semiconductors produce a huge
amount of Big Data that, when analyzed with Artificial Intelligence
(AI), can help industrial applications to predict the failure of
their equipment before it happens.Our technology is Trusted by the
OISTE/WISeKey’s Swiss based cryptographic Root of Trust (“RoT”)
provides secure authentication and identification, in both physical
and virtual environments, for the Internet of Things, Blockchain
and Artificial Intelligence. The WISeKey RoT serves as a common
trust anchor to ensure the integrity of online transactions among
objects and between objects and people. For more information,
visit www.wisekey.com.
Press and investor contacts:
WISeKey
International Holding LtdCompany Contact: Carlos
MoreiraChairman & CEOTel: +41 22 594
3000info@wisekey.com |
WISeKey
Investor Relations (US)Contact: Lena CatiThe Equity
Group Inc.Tel: +1 212 836-9611lcati@equityny.com |
About GDGC Enterprises LLC:GDGC
Enterprises LLC, is a full service Non-Fungible Token (NFT) and
luxury asset advisory firm that specializes in the tokenization and
sale of select assets across the globe. Through its partnerships
with industry leading firms, GDGC Enterprises provides a vertically
integrated full scope process from provenance to sale for select
luxury assets throughout the world. Once, the provenance, is
certified it is then minted as an NFT (Non-Fungible Token) on the
Ethereum blockchain. Once, minted the NFT is then bundled with the
physical asset creating a package. Through the Wise.Art platform,
GDGC facilitates a digital auction for the NFT package which is
then marketed and facilitated.
FOR PRESS ENQUIRIES:Denise FinneganR.Couri Hay
Creative Public Relationsdenise@rcourihaycpr.comT:
212.580.0835Sarah GartnerR.Couri Hay Creative Public
RelationsSarah@rcourihaycpr.comT: 212.580.0835
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concerning WISeKey International Holding Ltd and its business. Such
statements involve certain known and unknown risks, uncertainties
and other factors, which could cause the actual results, financial
condition, performance or achievements of WISeKey International
Holding Ltd to be materially different from any future results,
performance or achievements expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements. WISeKey International Holding Ltd is
providing this communication as of this date and does not undertake
to update any forward-looking statements contained herein as a
result of new information, future events or otherwise.This press
release does not constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of
an offer to buy, any securities, and it does not constitute an
offering prospectus within the meaning of article 652a or article
1156 of the Swiss Code of Obligations or a listing prospectus
within the meaning of the listing rules of the SIX Swiss Exchange.
Investors must rely on their own evaluation of WISeKey and its
securities, including the merits and risks involved. Nothing
contained herein is, or shall be relied on as, a promise or
representation as to the future performance of WISeKey.
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