An unknown buyer gave $10 million for Ape Punk

​A rare NFT CryptoPunk #4156 sold for a record amount

12.12.2021 - 06:40

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What’s new? According to LarvaLabs, an anonymous user purchased a rare NFT from the CryptoPunk series at the auction for 2500 ETH, the equivalent of $10,2 million. The user then immediately resold it for 4156 ETH ($17 million).

LarvaLabs Auction

What were the big auctions before this one? LarvaLabs claims that today's sale of CryptoPunk #4156 is the largest in monetary value, with an exact sale price of $10,26 million. The high price of the token is due to its rarity, it is one of 24 NFT CryptoPunk in the form of a monkey. Due to the Ethereum price differential, this is only the third-largest sale in terms of ETH spent. In March, two CryptoPunks were sold for 4200 ETH each, while today's only raised 2500 ETH. Another NFT CryptoPunk #7523 was bought for $11,75 million, but LarvaLabs did not record this sale as it took place offline for cash.

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