The NFTs have given a lot to talk about throughout 2021 and it looks like they will not give up this new year. They started the year being a somewhat unknown technology, and in less than 365 days, there is no one left who does not know what they are. Do you want to know what are the non-fungible tokens What have they had millionaire sales till the date? These are the ten most expensive NFTs that have been sold so far. Although, taking into account the trend, it is possible that in a few weeks, we will have altered this ranking.
The 10 most expensive NFTs so far
This is the list of the ten most expensive NFTs at the time of writing these lines.
#10 Oceanfront ($6M)
The six million Ocean Front They were donated to a good cause. The artist, Mike Winkelman, also known as Beeple's aims to end climate change. That's exactly what his illustration is about, which was auctioned at the Nifty Gateway house. The money went to the Open Earth Foundation. Although as we will see later, climate change is one of his objectives, because it is not the only NFT of his that we are going to see in this ranking.
#9 Crossroads ($6.6M)
CROSS ROAD
By @beepleThe # 1/1 from beeple's first NG drop has just resold on the secondary market for $ 6.6 million.
History has just been made.
Congratulations to beeple and of course to @pablorfraile for the sale. pic.twitter.com/mTYG4VABSw
— Nifty Gateway 🌐 (@niftygateway) February 25, 2021
By the same artist and on the same platform it was sold Crossroads, although the 6.6 million dollars would later be reached in a resale to an anonymous user. Crossroads was designed so that the NFT will change depending on who wins the 2020 US presidential election. When Biden won, the image became the naked body of ex-president Trump, defeated and covered in graffiti.
#8 Art Blocks: Ringers #109 ($6.93M)
It is the NFT that has raised the most in the ART Blocks project, and the seller had bought it for just $230 about six months earlier. It is a piece created with the "regenerative art" technique, which combines artificial intelligence with sequences chosen by an artist.
#7 Xcopy: 'Right-click and Save As guy' — $7.09M
This NFT is an answer to the typical question that users who oppose NFTs often ask. "Why buy it if I can make right click and save as?». TO xcopy It helped him pocket more than seven million dollars.
#6, #5 and #4: CryptoPunks #7804, #4156 and #7523 (7.57-11.7M)
Although many of us continue to wonder what people see in CryptoPunks, these images continue to sell for millions. Cryptopunk #7523 is the Larva Labs NFT that has raised the most money so far. His code name is "Covid Aliens". On the other hand, #4156 refers to Bored ape, the other collectibles firm that CryptpPunks competes with. There are only 24 punks of this type. And finally, #7804 sold for 7,57 million, and it's a from punk with hat, sunglasses and pipe.
#3 Human One ($28.9M)
Near the end of the year, in November, Beeple managed to sell another changing nft. In this case, it is a 3:1 scale 1D sculpture showing an astronaut. According to Beeple, towill update the design at will throughout its life.
#2 The First 5000 Days ($69M)
In second position we have Michael Winkelmann. Yes, Beeple again. Following the sale, he launched his own NFT marketplace (we.new). The work includes Beeple's daily work for the past 13 years of its life.
#1 The Merge (91.8M)
This work is created by the artist Pak. Through the Nifty Gateway platform, was divided into 312.686 fragments They were purchased by approximately 29.000 collectors from around the world. It's up to The most expensive NFT ever sold.