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An NFT takes different forms. For example, it could be a photo, image, GIF, video, etc. And it’s clear that the NFT market is a booming industry! In 2021, this market will also have passed the $40 billion mark! Did you miss the NFT news and want to catch up? Discover the top 5 most expensive NFTs for sale below.
The merger: $91.8 million
The NFT “The Merge” currently holds the record with estimated sales of approximately $91.8 million. In detail, the sale was made on the Convenient Gateway Platform between 2 and 4 December 2021.
This NFT was sold fractionally through “masses”. Each person could buy a certain number of masses to hold a portion of the NFT. In total, 28,983 people 266,445 masses bought. The sale started with a price of $575 for each “mass”. This price increases by $25 every 6 hours.
First 5,000 days: $69.3 million
We owe this NFT to the artist Mike Winklemann, better known as ” beeple “. This NFT was sold for the beautiful amount of $ 69.3 million on the Christie platform† As you can see in the photo below, the NFT collects 5,000 individual images. These images were created by the artist Beeple at the rate of one per day between 2007 and 2020.
The buyer known as “MetaKovan” turned out to be thecrypto investor Vignesh Sundaresan† The sale of this NFT took place on March 11, 2021. Given the amount, this acquisition caused a lot of noise. For many, she is considered the starting point of the NFT boom in 2021† This sale also helped raise the profile of Beeple, which has since been one of the key players in the NFT market with partnerships with Nike and Katy Perry.
Human One: $28.9 million
And here comes the artist again beeple † Indeed, it is indeed Beeple that is at the origin of the NFT “Human One”. This NFT was sold for $28.9 million on the Christie platform† The NFT is relatively complex in its realization as it is a mixture between physical art and digital art. Indeed, it depicts a futuristic man evolving in a constantly changing setting. To create this dynamism, the character evolves in 3D in an aluminum and wooden box whose walls are actually high-resolution screens. The set was sold as a digital NFT that went on sale on October 28, 2021.
The buyer is Ryan Zurer, a Swiss entrepreneur. However, the artist Beeple retains access to the ‘physical’ work. In addition, he has the rights to change the creative elements of the NFT, such as decorations for example.
CryptoPunk #7523: $11.75 million
Launched in 2017, CryptoPunks is one of the oldest NFT projects. The project is the creation of Larva Labs, a studio created by Matt Hall and John Watkinson. NFT CryptoPunks are a collection of 10,000 tokens called “punks”.
CryptoPunk NFT #7523 was sold on June 10, 2021 for $11.75 million. This NFT is part of the “Alien” series of the collection. Detail of the circumstance, the character depicted in this NFT is wearing a medical mask!
CryptoPunk NFT #7523 was bought by Shalom Meckenziethe major shareholder of the DraftKings company.
CryptoPunk #3100: $7.58 million
Continuing the CryptoPunk series with #3100 which sold for $7.58 million! This NFT is part of the series “Alien” like #7523. The main feature of the character is wearing a white and blue headband†
CryptoPunk #3100 was sold on March 11, 2021 for 4,200 ETH, equivalent to $7.5 million at the time. The sale broke the previous record for the collection held the previous day at #7804.
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