{"id":54455,"date":"2021-12-10T12:31:51","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T10:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=54455"},"modified":"2025-09-03T20:32:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T17:32:08","slug":"rare-cryptopunk-nft-sells-for-a-record-10-3-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/rare-cryptopunk-nft-sells-for-a-record-10-3-million\/","title":{"rendered":"Rare CryptoPunk NFT sells for a record $10.3 million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On December 9, an unknown buyer acquired the rare token <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.larvalabs.com\/cryptopunks\/details\/4156\\\">#4156<\/a> from <span data-descr=\\\"non-fungible tokens\\\" class=\\\"old_tooltip\\\">NFT<\/span>-collection CryptoPunks for 2500 ETH (~$10.26 million at the time). The deal was completed on the Larva Labs marketplace, the creator of the series.<\/p>\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\\\"><img loading=\\\"lazy\\\" decoding=\\\"async\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/punk-1.png\\\" alt=\\\"Rare CryptoPunk NFT sells for a record $10.3 million\\\" class=\\\"wp-image-158722\\\" width=\\\"476\\\" height=\\\"284\\\" srcset=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/punk-1.png 493w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/punk-1-300x179.png 300w\\\" sizes=\\\"auto, (max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\\\" \/><figcaption>CryptoPunk #4156. Source: Larva Labs.<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It is a rare Ape Punk, of which only 24 exist in the collection of 10,000. The token also carries a \\&#8221;bandana\\&#8221; attribute (present on 481 Punk).<\/p>\n<p>The buyer has already put the NFT up for sale at an initial price of 4160 ETH (~$16.81 million).<\/p>\n<p>The deal was the largest on the Larva Labs marketplace in dollar terms. The most expensive token in the history of the collection is the \\&#8221;COVID\\&#8221; CryptoPunk <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.larvalabs.com\/cryptopunks\/details\/7523\\\">#7523<\/a>. In June it <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/sothebys-sold-the-covid-alien-cryptopunk-nft-for-11-8m\">went under the hammer<\/a> at Sotheby\u2019s auction for 4520 ETH ($11.8 million at the time of the deal).<\/p>\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-image size-large\\\"><img loading=\\\"lazy\\\" decoding=\\\"async\\\" width=\\\"1024\\\" height=\\\"603\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/top-1-1024x603.png\\\" alt=\\\"Rare CryptoPunk NFT sells for a record $10.3 million\\\" class=\\\"wp-image-158723\\\" srcset=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/top-1-1024x603.png 1024w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/top-1-300x177.png 300w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/top-1-768x453.png 768w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/top-1.png 1086w\\\" sizes=\\\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\\\" \/><figcaption>Source: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.larvalabs.com\/cryptopunks\/topsales?sortByUSD=true\\\">Larva Labs<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Earlier in October, the owner of CryptoPunk #6046 refused to sell it for 2500 ETH. He said the token was too closely tied to his personality and identity.<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog updates on <a href=\\\"https:\/\/vk.com\/forklogcom\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener\\\">VK<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On December 9, an unknown buyer acquired the rare token #4156 from the CryptoPunks NFT collection for 2500 ETH (~$10.26 million at the time). The deal was executed on the Larva Labs marketplace, the creator of the series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":54456,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1432,1213],"class_list":["post-54455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-cryptopunks","tag-nft"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"31","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54455","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=54455"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54457,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54455\/revisions\/54457"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}