{"id":49662,"date":"2021-09-17T14:28:06","date_gmt":"2021-09-17T11:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=49662"},"modified":"2025-09-02T13:48:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T10:48:11","slug":"youtube-blogger-swaps-tesla-for-gary-vaynerchuks-veefriends-nft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/youtube-blogger-swaps-tesla-for-gary-vaynerchuks-veefriends-nft\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTube blogger swaps Tesla for Gary Vaynerchuk\u2019s VeeFriends NFT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The creator of the YouTube channel What\u2019s Inside? with more than seven million subscribers, Dan Markham <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oW7_iSb0BAs\">traded<\/a> his electric Tesla Roadster for one non-fungible token (NFT).<\/p>\n<p>Markham received the digital collectible Positive Porcupine from the VeeFriends NFT project by entrepreneur and author Gary Vaynerchuk in exchange for the sports car.<\/p>\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-image\\\"><img decoding=\\\"async\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/Yuzw7uKCcShiqEWVH8r8pR2SJQZpvbUmZlrzA6Bkn9uiBiYM_ZX8A0JqB2iS2PagEZ5L-mgeSr8epi3_57LHqZSSf7r6E4Wpn3uTtKwyzsoxwwVQABDVofWqwxXaReaFBYWiOz3-=s0\\\" alt=\\\"YouTube blogger swaps Tesla for Gary Vaynerchuk's NFT project\\\"\/><figcaption>Image: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/veefriends.com\/explore?$orderBy=value\/valueInETH%20desc\\\">VeeFriend<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The token&#8217;s owner was Eli Burton, founder of the My Tesla Adventure community of EV owners.<\/p>\n<p>He is also known as the creator of the comic The Adventures of Starman, about SpaceX&#8217;s Falcon Heavy test launch in 2018. It sent Elon Musk&#8217;s personal Tesla Roadster into space with a mannequin in a spacesuit named Starman.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\" data-lang=\\\"en\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"en\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">I am incredibly grateful to <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/garyvee?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@garyvee<\/a> and the <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/veefriends?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@veefriends<\/a> community.<\/p>\n<p>I traded my vee friends NFT epic positive porcupine for my dream car, the original Starman Tesla roaster.<\/p>\n<p>This was only possible because of vee friends. I love you guys. Thank you \ud83d\udda4<a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/9KCIWhcDkI\\\">https:\/\/t.co\/9KCIWhcDkI<\/a> <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/YyDfpxdukd\\\">pic.twitter.com\/YyDfpxdukd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eli Burton (@EliBurton_) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EliBurton_\/status\/1438194842459262976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">September 15, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\\\"\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\\\">\n<p>\u201cI traded the epic Positive Porcupine from the VeeFriend collection for my dream car, the real Starman Roadster,\u201d wrote Burton.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to the YouTuber, the price of the limited-edition electric vehicle (about 2,450 cars) could soon reach $250,000.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\\\">\n<p>\u201cIn a year, two or three, this could prove to be as monumentally stupid as it could be a great decision. I think these cars will have substantial value over time, but I believe in NFT,\u201d Markham commented.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to Burton, he planned to fetch more than $100,000 for the token before learning of the blogger&#8217;s offer.<\/p>\n<p>There are more than 10,200 NFTs from VeeFriends in total. The most expensive token, Alert Ape, sold for 105 ETH (~$369,600 at the time of writing).<\/p>\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-image\\\"><img decoding=\\\"async\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/S3O8ge6x8yj52Y10SMRlXyA3pOF22-lHoD6f_quSB6PFqF2_jlNwNG3jB2dTxPhFpqutfVtPQe9BoXzXp8TUGY14vsIGUvT3x8tc083fCwNddwgCKB_YG2kYuWvG4vNoCFMYP74f=s0\\\" alt=\\\"YouTube blogger swapped a Tesla for Gary Vaynerchuk's NFT project\\\"\/><figcaption> Image: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/veefriends.com\/explore?$orderBy=value\/valueInETH%20desc\\\">VeeFriend<\/a>. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\\\">\n<p>\u201cWhen it comes to the financial prospects, there is essentially no difference between owning a collectible car or an NFT. All of it remains a collectible,\u201d added Markham.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Earlier in September, weekly NFT trading volume <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/weekly-nft-trading-volume-falls-to-a-third-of-augusts-levels\">fell by more than threefold<\/a> from the record August figure of $1.05 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog news on <a href=\\\"https:\/\/vk.com\/forklogcom\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener\\\">VK<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The creator of the YouTube channel What\u2019s Inside? with more than seven million subscribers Dan Markham traded his electric Tesla Roadster for one non-fungible token (NFT).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49663,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"Dan Markham trades Tesla for a VeeFriends NFT.","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1415,1213,1319],"class_list":["post-49662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-celebrities","tag-nft","tag-tesla"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"11","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"Dan Markham trades Tesla for a VeeFriends NFT.","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49662"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49662\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49664,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49662\/revisions\/49664"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}