In Brief:
- Andrew Yang and Bankless will release NFT
- All proceeds from NFT sale will going to help Forward Party
- “I want to make the Forward Party the crypto party,” Yang says.
Announcing a collaboration with decentralization project Bankless, Andrew Yang, former presidential and New York mayoral candidate is moving ahead with his new Forward Party that seeks to “reform the dysfunctional duopoly” in U.S. politics.
Yang told Ryan Adams and David Hoffman on the October 18 episode of the Bankless podcast that he wants the Forward Party to become the “crypto party,” because he believes the two are strongly linked.
Yang also announced on his Twitter account today that all proceeds from the sale of the NFT, called Forward, would go to the Forward Party, which he launched as an alternative to the current American political duopoly of left versus right.
Yang said, “I want to make the case to legislators that crypto communities are a force for progress and innovation and a massive provider of jobs.”
Yang continued by saying he wants to help the country’s political system upgrade and modernize itself.
David Hoffman, Bankless co-founder, said, “We thought that that was a big enough deal to do some sort of historical commemoration, And what else would that be other than an NFT.”
He further said that In many ways, Yang’s worldview and what crypto can offer are aligned – and many of his policies would thrive in a crypto-based economy.
The Forward NFT is minted on Ethereum and listed on the Zora NFT marketplace; bidding ends today, October 21. The listing indicates that the current top bid at the time this article was published is 1.5 ETH, or $6,140.56.
