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CryptoPunks NFT bundle goes for $17 million in Christie’s auction A lot of 9 CryptoPunks portraits ended up selling for just under $17 million in a Christie’s auction Tuesday evening, marking another substantial moment for NFT art sales. The lot of pixelated portraits were from the collection of the NFT platform’s co-creators Matt Hall and John Watkinson. The CryptoPunks platform is one of the first NFT projects on the Ethereum blockchain. Back in 2017, ten thousand of the procedurally generated characters were given away for free. In the years since, a vibrant NFT community has develop...

Nine non-fungible tokens (NFTs) of the CryptoPunk series created by crypto asset firm Larva Labs sold for $16.9 million at auction house Christie's on Tuesday. What Happened: According to a Tuesday Christie's tweet, "9 rare CryptoPunks from Larva Labs' own collection makes history realizing $16,962,500." #AuctionUpdate 9 rare CryptoPunks from Larva Labs' own collection makes history realizing $16,962,500 pic.twitter.com/qsPs5nqVYY CryptoPunks is a digital collectible NFT series featuring 10,000 pixel-art pieces mostly representing heads with clear counterculture traits, but also apes, zombi...

You have successfully joined our subscriber list. Christie’s auction house is selling nine CryptoPunk non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The auction house announced this on Thursday, further confirming these will star in the 21st century evening sale in New York this May. Cryptopunk NFTs have become popular in the last few years. They have been going for as much as $7 million in recent months. CryptoPunks are digital characters and were some of the very first digital mints back in 2017. Larva Labs, the first developers, boasts of creating 10,000 of these unique collectible characters. CryptoPunk N...

Share this article Christie’s will sell a single lot of nine rare CryptoPunks, a continued reach for the famed auction house into the world of digital art. NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, have become a popular collector’s items in recent months. HYPEBEAST wrote a comprehensive explainer on the buzzy blockchain asset last month. CryptoPunks, regarded as one of the first NFTs ever created on the Ethereum blockchain, was developed by American studio Larva Labs in 2017. There are only 10,000 unique CryptoPunks in circulation, which are randomly-generated 8-bit characters originally offered up...