Aglet is offering virtual sneakers as NFTs.
Aglet is offering virtual sneakers as NFTs.
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Aglet unveils NFT collections for sneakerheads

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Aglet has taken a step further toward its “sneakerverse” — a metaverse for sneaker superfans. Aglet said today it is using blockchain-based nonfungible tokens (NFTs) to create one-of-a-kind virtual sneaker collectibles.

The sneaker startup wants to create a metaverse for commerce that combines sneakers, shopping, and games. (The metaverse is the universe of virtual worlds that are all interconnected, like in novels such as Snow Crash and Ready Player One.) And it’s targeting sneakerheads, the biggest fans of collecting tennis and basketball shoes.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.