DraftKings milijarder: Zakaj sem plačal 11.8 milijona dolarjev za CryptoPunk NFT

Fantasy sports and betting company DraftKings’ largest shareholder Shalom Meckenzie, who is also a board member, bought a CryptoPunk NFT for $11.8 million worth of Ethereum (ETH) on Thursday in a Sotheby’s auction.

"Zelo sem si želel prav ta CryptoPunk," je povedal Meckenzie Dešifriraj. »Je del zbirke tujcev, ki je najbolj redka med punkerji, in edini tujec, ki ima masko. Zdelo se mi je, da je to simbol Covida in popularizacije NFT-jev. "

NFT-ji oz neželezni žetoni are blockchain-based crypto tokens that show proof of ownership of a digital or physical asset; NFT sales februarja eksplodirala but have since cooled. CryptoPunk # 7523, or “Covid Alien” as the media has taken to calling it, is the only one in the 10,000-strong CryptoPunk collection—a 2017 NFT project of pixelated portraits named after British punk rock culture of the 70s—with accidental Covid-19 symbolism, which sent its value through the roof. Last night’s sale surpassed the previous collection record held by the pipe-smoking alien CryptoPunk # 7804, Ki je prodal za 7.5 milijonov dolarjev worth of ETH in 2018.

The mask-wearing CryptoPunk was last sold in July 2017 for only 8 ETH, which was $1,650 then. Sillytuna, the anonymous NFT collector behind yesterday’s sale, acquired it in March at a price he declined to disclose to Dešifriraj—Nakup je bil v prosti prodaji (OTC), ne v verigi, zato v javni knjigi ni zapisov o cenah.

"Imela sem ga priložnost pridobiti takrat, ko sem se počutila NFT-jev v odličnem kraju za zabavne stvari in želela sem narediti nekaj zanimivega," je povedala sillytuna Dešifriraj. "Sotheby's se šteje kot zanimiv."

The same Sotheby’s auction also included the first NFT ever created, artist Kevin McCoy’s 2014 animation “Quantum.” Sillytuna snapped it up for $1.4 million, adding to his collection of more than 1,000 NFTs. “In a few years we’ll know the true state of NFTs,” he said. “We need a full range of pricing rather than just ‘expensive.’”

He plans to donate 5% of the proceeds from his $11.8 sale to Covid-19 charities and 5% to Larva Labs, the creator of CryptoPunks. Last month, Larva Labs auctioned off its nine CryptoPunk NFTs at Christie’s for $16.9 million in total.

Na otvoritveni zvončni konferenci Nasdaq v petek sta Meckenzie in izvršni direktor DraftKingsa Jason Robins športne majice s potiskom Meckenziejevega novega nakupa CryptoPunk.

DraftKings se ogreje na kripto

"Sem velik oboževalec NFT-jev," je dejal Meckenzie. "Veliko sem raziskal vrednost in ne dvomim, da bodo NFT motilci v umetniški industriji."

Covid Alien je prvi osebni nakup Meckenzieja za NFT, vendar DraftKings NFT-jem ali CryptoPunksom niso tuji.

Aprila, podjetje kupilo a rare NFT, CryptoPunk # 1871, for $70,400 worth of ETH, and put it up as the first-place prize in one of its daily fantasy sports (DFS) golf contests. Prejšnji mesec, its rival FanDuel offered a free-to-play fantasy NBA contest with Top NBA NFTs as prizes.

DraftKings se približuje kripto, vendar še ni tam.

The company has yet to accept crypto payments. Two days ago, Predsednik uprave DraftKings Jason Robins cited the strict regulations in online betting as a major barrier for the company.

Na srečo ni nobenega predpisa, ki bi mu preprečeval nakup CryptoPunks-a ali njihovo promocijo na njihovih oblačilih v Nasdaqu.

Vir: https://decrypt.co/73360/draftkings-billionaire-why-i-paid-11-8-million-for-a-cryptopunk-nft