The proprietor of CryptoPunk 3100 accepted a suggestion of 4,500 ETH from an nameless purchaser.
A extremely sought-after Alien CryptoPunk has modified fingers for a staggering $16 million price of Ether. The transaction represents the second-highest recorded sale of a CryptoPunk.
The nameless purchaser supplied 4,500 ETH for CryptoPunk 3100, considered one of solely 9 Alien Punks within the assortment of 10,000 NFTs. The bid was accepted earlier right this moment after a earlier supply of 4,250 ETH did not elicit a optimistic response from the vendor.
The vendor had listed the uncommon Punk across the $16 million mark, so it’s doable that right this moment’s sharp rally in ETH tipped the scales in favour of a sale. The NFT was bought for 4,200 ETH – then price practically $8 million – in March 2021.
The Alien Punks are the rarest throughout the CryptoPunks assortment, adopted by Apes (24) and Zombies (88). Certainly, the file for the most costly CryptoPunk ever bought is held by one other Alien Punk, which fetched $24 million on the peak of NFT mania in 2022.
CryptoPunks have seen buying and selling volumes rise amid the continuing crypto rally. NFT influencer Gmoney lately borrowed $1 million towards his Ape Punk.
