Rare CryptoPunk NFT Sold for 2,501 ETH

An unknown buyer purchased the non-fungible token (NFT) CryptoPunk #5577 for 2,501 ETH (more than $7.8 million). The deal стала third largest in the history of the collection.

Punk 5577 bought for 2,501 ETH ($7,704,080.16 USD) by 0xcfc505 from 0x9c9113. https://t.co/AteVE6ihAt #cryptopunks #ethereum pic.twitter.com/s7B7xhPIfz

— CryptoPunks Bot (@cryptopunksbot) February 9, 2022

Twitter users congratulated the purchase of CryptoPunk #5577 by Compound founder Robert Leshner.

Yeehaw to you too, partner! Come on down to the saloon, we got a stool waitin’ for ya! pic.twitter.com/hB9ShZztYa

— Gunslingers 🤠 (@GunslingersNFT) February 9, 2022

Leshner himself has not directly confirmed the purchase of CryptoPunk #5577. There is no evidence of his involvement in the deal yet.

Congratulations. pic.twitter.com/P22JVw6Akx

— snow.eth ❄️ (@snow_nft) February 9, 2022

In 2017, the Larva Labs team launched the CryptoPunks collection of 10,000 NFT images, each 24 by 24 pixels. Initially, many of the project’s non-fungible tokens were distributed for free.

Earlier, Sotheby’s announced an auction of 104 CryptoPunks NFTs.

Earlier in December 2021, an unknown purchased the rare CryptoPunk #4156 for 2,500 ETH (~$10.26 million at the time of the deal).

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