{"id":57438,"date":"2022-02-09T15:35:50","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T13:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=57438"},"modified":"2025-09-04T11:44:43","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T08:44:43","slug":"rare-cryptopunk-nft-sold-for-2501-eth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/rare-cryptopunk-nft-sold-for-2501-eth\/","title":{"rendered":"Rare CryptoPunk NFT Sold for 2,501 ETH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An unknown buyer purchased the non-fungible token (NFT) CryptoPunk #5577 for 2,501 ETH (more than $7.8 million). The deal <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.larvalabs.com\/cryptopunks\\\">\u0441\u0442\u0430\u043b\u0430<\/a> third largest in the history of the collection.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"en\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">Punk 5577 bought for 2,501 ETH ($7,704,080.16 USD) by 0xcfc505 from 0x9c9113. <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/AteVE6ihAt\\\">https:\/\/t.co\/AteVE6ihAt<\/a> <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/cryptopunks?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">#cryptopunks<\/a> <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ethereum?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">#ethereum<\/a> <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/s7B7xhPIfz\\\">pic.twitter.com\/s7B7xhPIfz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CryptoPunks Bot (@cryptopunksbot) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cryptopunksbot\/status\/1491253833414201346?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">February 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\\\"\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Twitter users congratulated the purchase of CryptoPunk #5577 by Compound founder Robert Leshner.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"en\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">Yeehaw to you too, partner! Come on down to the saloon, we got a stool waitin\u2019 for ya! <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/hB9ShZztYa\\\">pic.twitter.com\/hB9ShZztYa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gunslingers \ud83e\udd20 (@GunslingersNFT) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GunslingersNFT\/status\/1491283690575765506?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">February 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\\\"\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Leshner himself has not directly confirmed the purchase of CryptoPunk #5577. There is no evidence of his involvement in the deal yet.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\" data-conversation=\\\"none\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"en\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">Congratulations. <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/P22JVw6Akx\\\">pic.twitter.com\/P22JVw6Akx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 snow.eth \u2744\ufe0f (@snow_nft) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/snow_nft\/status\/1491262021559791616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">February 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\\\"\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In 2017, the Larva Labs team launched the CryptoPunks collection of 10,000 NFT images, each 24 by 24 pixels. Initially, many of the project\u2019s non-fungible tokens were distributed for free.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Sotheby\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/sothebys-to-auction-104-cryptopunks-nfts\">announced<\/a> an auction of 104 CryptoPunks NFTs.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in December 2021, an unknown <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/rare-cryptopunk-nft-sells-for-a-record-10-3-million\">purchased<\/a> the rare CryptoPunk #4156 for 2,500 ETH (~$10.26 million at the time of the deal).<\/p>\n<p>Read ForkLog\u2019s bitcoin news in our Telegram \u2014 cryptocurrency news, prices and analysis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An unknown buyer purchased CryptoPunk #5577 for 2,501 ETH (more than $7.8 million). 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