Ozzy Osbourne Announces The First-Ever NFTs That Can Mutate & Breed

The first signs of procreation in the metaverse are here. Heavy metal icon Ozzy Osbourne has announced his first-ever non-fungible tokens—and in a world first, they’re able to mutate and reproduce new NFTs.

‘CryptoBatz’, as the Osbourne-created digital collectibles are called, revive a moment in pop-culture history that saw the musician bite the head off a bat on stage. In a similar vein, each CryptoBat can “bite” another NFT in the collector’s digital wallet and mutate with it to birth a mutant baby, called a ‘MutantBat’.

The range will consist of 9,666 CryptoBatz which can rendezvous with NFTs from popular series like Bored Ape Yacht Club, SupDucks, Cryptotoadz, and an unnamed, mysterious collection to make MutantBatz.

There are also rare ‘AncientBatz’ that collectors would have to comb the crypto sphere for via a treasure hunt. These can bite holders’ other NFTs up to 99 times and cross-breed with them to produce up to 99 MutantBatz. Their biological abilities are explained on the website: “Where CryptoBatz can only bite once, AncientBatz are able to bite up to 99 times, granting them an unrivaled power to each breed 99 MutantBatz.” The lore runs deep.

The hard-to-find AncientBatz are individually designed by “some of the most renowned artists of the world,” ensuring “a piece of extremely rare art” for any modern-day Indiana Jones who finds one.

In a statement via the Rolling Stone UK, the metal star said his wife Sharon had thought him batty for wanting to get a Bored Ape NFT for Christmas. “After several failed attempts of buying my own, and she said no, I decided to create my own.”

“CryptoBatz is a f**king mental project for NFT collectors and fans,” Osbourne continued. “The design pays tribute to one of my most iconic onstage moments and is a chance to acquire a rare piece of art history. I love it!”

Image via CryptoBatz

CryptoBatz have opened for presale on the official Discord channel, with a public launch scheduled for early February. 

[via NME, images via various sources]