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Beeple’s NFT digital art nets $69m at Christie’s auction
A collection of digital artwork by the artist Beeple has just been sold by Christie’s auction house for a staggering $69 million. The sale has now made Beeple, also known as Mike Winkelmann, one of the three most valuable living artists in the world. Winkelmann creates a new piece of digital art every day, and was selling the first 5,000 days (13 years) of his work in the auction.
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scientist
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Wonder what they'll market as currency next.
James
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Stupidity knows no boundaries.
Fareem
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cartels love this!
Darknimbus3
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Someone has waaayyy too much money for their own good on their hands.....
SMT SHT
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The buyer has done this before. Making insane profits each time. Buying the art and splitting it up into 1000s of pieces (smaller nfts) and selling them off.
Phil Scott
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It's not money laundering, honest.
Top in Business
Without looking into what the guy specifically drew, was some of it at least furry smut? Cuz for some f’ed up reason there’s a lucrative market for it.