Young Venezuelan launches a line of Venezuelan Arepas Tokens.....

An ode to the preferred Venezuelan breakfast, the arepa, comes to the universe of non-fungible tokens (NFT) on Binance , thanks to a local artist who decided to tokenize the typical dish of the Caribbean country, with unique and exclusive designs.

Visual artist and CEO of a drawing academy, Oscar Olivares, announced via Twitter that starting January 12 at midnight, a new collection of NFTs will be available on the Binance exchange marketplace .

According to what he specified on the social network, there are 11 types of arepa that the specialist tokenized, but the most relevant, from his point of view, is the GoldenArepa, a unique piece and "the most special" that will be up for auction .

Olivares also reported that each piece will cost 230 BUSD, which is Binance 's stablecoin that has parity with the US dollar.

Discounts and other gifts for buying your NFTs
Those who access this collection, which is titled NFTOlivares, will have exclusive lifetime discounts of 50% on physical artistic pieces and other Olivares items . Also, they will be the first to access their first digitized book for free.

With the discount on physical works, the artist suggests, you can save up to USD 450 when purchasing a work of art .

Likewise, those who buy his collection will have a scholarship to any of the courses offered at Academia Olivares , as well as access to the Discord connection platform and to conferences and other events. With the scholarship, you can take a course valued between USD 20 or up to USD 400.

This is the second time that the Venezuelan visual artist has brought his own piece to the NFT market. In April 2021 he debuted with a design . That moment, showed his excitement to give a digital air to his creations.

The arepas, the most important icon of the collection

The series of arepas, he admitted, is the "most important icon" on his part, for being an element "that unites all Venezuelans." "So simple that we can all understand it, but so profound that it can make anyone fall in love," he said.

The other designs, he explained, respond to the works of Universe 1501 , "a universe that I have created in my works where the main source of energy comes from plants." He stated that the collection shows Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, from that universe.

Olivares specified that the coordination with Binance for the launch of the collection was very simple . “You just had to wait for everything to be ready and here we are,” he commented, later adding: “I feel that [Binance] is an easy space for millions of people to access and I loved that.”

Regarding the public's acceptance of the collection, he acknowledged that the connection was only announced today and he sees "a lot of energy." "People are very attentive, in addition, the benefits of the collection have been very interesting for my audience," he said.

Olivares announced that he plans to add more of his works to the exchange's marketplace . He even revealed to us that on January 13 his annual work of the Virgin of the Divine Shepherdess will be added "and more will come from Universe 1501."

Other Venezuelan artists on the NFT wave
Oscar Olivares, with his announcement, is now part of the Venezuelan artists who, taking advantage of tokenization, decided to enter the NFT market .

This shows that NFTs, which in 2021 recorded sales of more than USD 40,000 million, according to this newspaper, are now a key target for artists , who see this space as an opportunity to rise to fame through their creations.

In fact, it is good to remember that, thanks to NFTs, there are Venezuelans who were able to save their lives. For example, the profits from the designs, much larger than a monthly salary in the country, helped Alfonso Morales, who traveled to Colombia to undergo surgery, with the funds earned by his digital art .