Rare Alien CryptoPunk NFT Sells For Record Breaking $12.38 Million ETH
NFT art collection, CryptoPunks, has sold another record-breaking piece entitled CryptoPunk 635 on the Ethereum blockchain for $12.38 Million ETH, the collection announced Thursday in a statement to X.
As one of only nine alien punks, CryptoPunk 635 is an ultra-rare entity. It was sold as the fourth highest-value piece in the entire collection.
According to Thursday’s statement, the piece was previously owned by CryptoPunk’s parent company, Larva Labs, and last sold by the Christie’s Contemporary Art Evening Sale in May 2021.
The deal between the NFT collection and the new owner of CryptoPunk 635, who has chosen to stay anonymous, was facilitated by high-value NFT broker, Fountain.
CryptoPunk 635, the Alien originally owned by Larva Labs and sold at the Christie’s Contemporary Art Evening Sale in May 2021, has just been acquired by an anonymous collector in a deal brokered by Fountain. We’re honored to have played a small role in this sale. Congratulations… pic.twitter.com/glisy3MZpv
— Fountain (@Fountainxyz) April 25, 2024
“We’re honored to have played a small role in this sale,” the NFT project said in Thursday’s statement. “Congratulations to the seller and the new owner!”
Launched in 2017 by Canadian software developers Matt Hall and John Watkinson, CryptoPunks is a collection of an estimated 10,000 uniquely generated digital depictions inspired by the cyberpunk movement.
The project’s website states, “No two are exactly alike, and each one can be trustlessly collected by anyone interacting with the Ethereum blockchain.”
While most of the project’s collectibles are depicted as human, a few select limited edition pieces are in circulation that represent zombies, apes, and aliens.
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