CNBC

An NFT collector accidentally destroyed a $129,000 CryptoPunk: 'This is truly a devastating mistake for me'

With one wrong move, a non-fungible token (NFT) collector made a very costly mistake. On March 25, Brandon Riley tweeted that he accidentally destroyed his CryptoPunk #685, an NFT he had purchased ...
TweakTown

CryptoPunk Alien NFT sells for $23.6 million (8,000 ETH)

Chain.com CEO Deepak Thapliyal just purchased CryptoPunk#5822 for $23.6 million, or 8,000 ETH, making it the most expensive NFT in the CryptoPunk collection. This is also the fourth largest NFT ...
Artnet

Did a CryptoPunk NFT Just Sell for $500 Million? Sort of, in a Transaction That Illuminates How the NFT Market Differs From the Art Market

On Thursday night, a CryptoPunk with wild hair and black lipstick, traits that aren’t particularly rare as far as the pixelated NFT characters go, sold for an eye-popping half a billion dollars—in ...
Artnet

How an NFT Collector Lost His CryptoPunk in a Hack—and Recovered It With Fundraising Help From His ‘#CommUNITY’

As you read this, CryptoPunk #3706, the subject of a January 3 hack that saw it furtively swiped from its holder’s crypto wallet, is safely back with its rightful owner, CryptoNovo. How it was ...
CNET

Why this CryptoPunk NFT sold for $532 million. Sort of

What's the most expensive NFT ever sold? Beeple's Everydays -- a collage of digital art that sold at Christie's auction for $69 million. But then there's the case of an NFT that sold for $532 million ...