🚨 The $1 .5 million CryptoPunks 2386 just sold for just $23 ,000 in a stroke of genius.
To put this into context, you should know that this CryptoPunk was split into 10,000 ERC20 tokens on 09/26/2020, and distributed among 257 holders, via a platform now out of service called Niftex.
Indeed, this NFT being very rare, it had been split in order to become more affordable and to allow everyone to own a part of a Punks.
But with the platform closed, it became difficult to sell or buy a fragment of this Punk.
However, the smart contract linked to the NFT remained valid on the blockchain, and an individual activated a buyback feature to ultimately take possession of the NFT for a fraction of its current value.
"Any shareholder can propose a buyout price, and if no one counters, he can buy the asset after 14 days."
So the offer was 0.001 ETH per share, or 10 ETH for the 10,000 shares. And the countdown that almost no one could see began.
After the 14 days, the individual got his hands on the NFT for a pittance.
Developer 0xQuit calls the operation the "theft of the century."
To put this into context, you should know that this CryptoPunk was split into 10,000 ERC20 tokens on 09/26/2020, and distributed among 257 holders, via a platform now out of service called Niftex.
Indeed, this NFT being very rare, it had been split in order to become more affordable and to allow everyone to own a part of a Punks.
But with the platform closed, it became difficult to sell or buy a fragment of this Punk.
However, the smart contract linked to the NFT remained valid on the blockchain, and an individual activated a buyback feature to ultimately take possession of the NFT for a fraction of its current value.
"Any shareholder can propose a buyout price, and if no one counters, he can buy the asset after 14 days."
So the offer was 0.001 ETH per share, or 10 ETH for the 10,000 shares. And the countdown that almost no one could see began.
After the 14 days, the individual got his hands on the NFT for a pittance.
Developer 0xQuit calls the operation the "theft of the century."
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