Metakovan, the mystery Beeple art buyer, and his NFT/DeFi scheme
Last week, a crypto whale going by the moniker “Metakovan” bought a Beeple artwork via Christie’s auction for $69 million—$60 million in ETH and $9 million in fees, also in ETH*—outbidding a surprised Justin Sun, founder of the Tron blockchain, in the last minute. 7/12 I tried to update my bid to $70 MIL at the last 30 secs yet my offer was somehow not accepted by Christie’s system even though there was still 20 secs left.— Justin Sun�� (@justinsuntron) March 12, 2021 After the barest amount of digging, I am going to hazard a guess that the mystery Beeple buyer is Vignesh Su...
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