most popular in the world NFT Cryptopunks, one of its collections, made a sale that can be described as a record.
Chain Protocol CEO Paids $23.7M for Rare Cryptopunk NFT
Deepak Thapliyal, CEO of blockchain company Chain Protocol, purchased the NFT named “CryptoPunk 5822”, which is described as the most expensive in the series, for $ 23.7 million (8,000 ETH).
Considering that many Cryptopunks are human, it’s understandable why 5822, one of only 9 ‘alien’ Cryptopunks, is so expensive.
Cryptopunks, one of the oldest NFT collections, was released in June 2017 to run on the Ethereum Blockchain.
We see that Cryptopunks numbered 5822, sold for $23.7 million, was transferred to the first owner for $1,646 in July 2017.
NFT, which was transferred to another account without any fees on February 21, 2021, then changed hands on February 12, 2022, this time for $23.7 million.
However, Chain Protocol CEO Deepak Thapliyal fixed the NFT he had purchased by sharing it on Twitter.
— Deepak.eth ⛓ (@dt_chain) February 12, 2022
Cryptopunks, one of the most talked about collections in the NFT craze in 2021, contains only 10,000 NFTs. cryptocurrency It is used as a status symbol in the world.
Users who own products from this collection do not hesitate to show off, in a sense, by displaying these NFTs in their Twitter profile photos.
The NFT collection in question was released for free in 2017 and is a Ethereum everyone who had a wallet had managed to buy an item from this collection.
In October 2021, a Cryptopunk NFT was sold by paying 124,457 ETH, and the sale made by paying such a high fee caused some speculation on social media.
Some users claimed that some of their NFT sales may have been used for money laundering.