Identity of Beeple NFT buyer revealed after near-$70 million sale.

The non-fungible token by Mike Winkelmann, known as Beeple, was bought for $69.3 million by the founder of the NFT fund Metapurse, who goes by the pseudonym Metakovan (the real identity remains undisclosed).

With this amazing vote of confidence, @MetaKovan has helped usher in the next chapter in art history. I could not be more thankful for not just his belief in my work, but also more importantly, digital art. 🙏🙏🙏 https://t.co/gJMu41C1Dx

— beeple (@beeple) March 12, 2021

“Metakovan helped open a new chapter in the history of art. I am extremely grateful to him not only for appreciating my work, but also, more importantly, for digital art,” wrote Beeple.

Tron founder Justin Sun said he participated in the auction, but he did not manage to acquire the NFT.

The work “Everydays: The First 5000 Days” went under the hammer for $69.3 million at Christie’s auction. The final bid stood at $60.3 million, with commissions included in the price. The auction house noted that this made Winkelmann one of the most valuable living artists.

Everydays: The First 5000 Days is a collage of thousands of Winkelmann’s works published on the internet since 2007. The auctions announced February 16.

In late February, the Beeple NFT token featuring Trump was resold for $6.6 million. In December 2020, the artist earned $582,000 for “Crossroad”.

In March, Twitter founder Jack Dorsey put up for sale his first tweet as an NFT. As of writing, the top bid had reached $2.5 million. Dorsey pledged to donate the proceeds to charity.

Earlier, the NFT copy of Banksy’s burned painting titled “Morons” went under the hammer for 228.69 ETH.

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