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‘Epic Satoshi’ From Bitcoin’s 4th Halving Fetches Over $2.13 Million at Coinex Auction
25.4.2024
The renowned ‘epic satoshi’ from the fourth halving block, also known as Sat # 1,968,750,000,000,000, fetched a price of 33.3 bitcoins, valued at just over $2.13 million on Thursday afternoon Eastern Standard Time. This satoshi, the smallest denomination of BTC, was sold for...
‘Buy Bitcoin’ sign that photobombed Janet Yellen sells for $1M
25.4.2024
The original scrawled sign was auctioned off by “Bitcoin Sign Guy” Christian Langalis for 16 BTC after apparently sitting in his sock drawer for years
Exclusive ‘Epic Satoshi’ Auction Launches, Bids Already Double to 2 BTC
23.4.2024
Coinex has launched the auction for the ‘epic satoshi’ from the fourth halving, originally mined by the mining pool Viabtc. This event, marking Sat # 1,968,750,000,000,000, commenced with a starting bid of 1 bitcoin. Following ten subsequent bids, the highest offer has reached...
Crypto Exchange Coinex Set to Auction ‘Epic Satoshi’ From Halving Block for 1 BTC Minimum
22.4.2024
At 8:09 p.m. ET on April 19, 2024, the mining pool Viabtc successfully excavated block 840,000. This block notably encompassed 37.625 bitcoins from transaction fees, alongside a 3.125 bitcoin reward. This significant block also included a rare bitcoin element known as the “epic sat,”...
FTX Estate Plans Auction for Locked Solana Tokens
22.4.2024
Bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX is preparing to offload more of its locked Solana (SOL) tokens through an auction, diverging from its previous method of selling at a set price, as announced by Mike Cagney of Figure Markets. This decision follows FTX’s recent sales of SOL tokens...
Meet The Guy Who Spent $90K On One Of The Rarest Copies Of Castlevania In The World
19.4.2024
Tom Curtin had just secured the video game of his dreams: a factory sealed first run copy of Konami’s original 1986 Castlevania for NES with a rare hang tab on the back of the box. There are only six currently known to exist and Curtin, together with his childhood friend, paid just over $90,000...
‘Buy Bitcoin’ Sign Held up During Yellen’s Testimony to Congress in 2017 Being Auctioned Off
12.4.2024
In 2017, Christian Langalis went viral after holding up a "Buy Bitcoin" sign during Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's Congressional testimony. The Bitcoin sign is being auctioned off.
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International Auction House Christie’s Launches First On-Chain Generative Art Collection
12.3.2024
World-renowned auction house Christie’s made history by debuting their first on-chain generative art collection entitled SOURCE (On NFTs) on Thursday, with over 400 pieces created by crypto and NFT artist Robert Alice.
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Ultra-Rare Zelda Game Could Snag More Than $700,000 At Auction
23.2.2024
As physical video games become harder to find due to never-ending digitization, folks love collecting tangible items, especially if they’re of the rare and sealed variety. A 22-year-old Californian named Kiro recently came up on one such rarity: a sealed copy of 1987's The Legend of Zelda,...
Ordinals ‘Genesis Cat’ Fetches $254K in Sotheby’s Auction
24.1.2024
“Genesis Cat,” a 1-of-1 digital artwork in the Quantum Cats collection on the Bitcoin blockchain, has achieved a remarkable sale price of $254,000 along with several other notable sales at a recent Sotheby’s auction. ‘Genesis Cat’ Fetches Over Quarter Million...
Sotheby’s Reports Close to $35 Million in Digital Art Sales for 2023, Declares It ‘One of the Most Exciting Years’
25.12.2023
Source: A screenshot, Instagram/ Sothebys Sotheby’s, the renowned auction house with a rich history spanning 279 years, has made a significant impact on the digital art market in the current year. Fine arts auction house Sotheby’s reported making “close to $35 million”...
BRICS Bank Issues First ZAR Bonds as It Looks to Use Local Currencies
18.8.2023
The New Development Bank (NDB), established by the BRICS bloc of emerging economies, has issued its first bonds denominated in South African rand (ZAR). The auction, which was closed on Tuesday, is part of the bank’s efforts to increase both fundraising and lending in local currencies. Development...
Sotheby’s blockchain Gen Art program shows tech taking a back seat to art
25.7.2023
Sotheby’s new generative art program will record all of its sales exclusively on the Ethereum blockchain
Someone Bought A 16-Year-Old iPhone For Over $190,000
18.7.2023
Hey, quick question: If you had a spare $200,000 laying around in your bank account, what would you spend it on? You’d probably spend it on a house, or maybe a new car (several new cars?). What you probably wouldn’t do is drop that kind of cash on a 16-year-old iPhone. But that’s what happened over...
US Government Transfers $300 Million Worth of Seized Silk Road Bitcoins
12.7.2023
On July 12, 2023, onchain data shows the U.S. government transferred 9,800 bitcoins (BTC), worth just over $300 million. These bitcoins originally came from James Zhong’s Silk Road hack. In March, the Department of Justice also moved a similar amount of bitcoins associated with Silk Road....
NFT Sales Rise by 11% This Week as Buyers Surge 95% in Latest Data; ETH Dominates With $85.43 Million in Sales
20.6.2023
In the most recent data, non-fungible token (NFT) sales for this week have experienced a rise of 11.60% compared to the previous week. Moreover, the number of individual buyers purchasing NFTs in the past seven days has jumped 95.20%, reaching a total of 664,096 buyers. This Week’s NFT Sales...
Sotheby's auctions off Dmitri Cerniak's 'The Goose' NFT from 3AC collection for $6.2M
15.6.2023
Su Zhu and Kyle Davies originally purchased 'The Goose' digital artwork in August 2021 for roughly $5.8 million in Ether
Nifty News: Pixel Penguin accused of ‘charity rug,’ Epic adds new NFT games and more…
1.6.2023
Epic Games is steaming ahead with plans to list NFT games on its store, while the second 3AC NFT auction on Sothesby's is slated to take place this month
Luxury Auction House Sotheby’s Sells Portion of 3AC’s NFT Collection for $2.5 Million
21.5.2023
Sotheby’s, the luxury auction house, successfully generated $2.5 million through the sale of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) from the now-defunct crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital (3AC). Among the sold pieces was Fidenza #725, a digital collectible crafted by the artist Tyler Hobbs. This...
Sotheby’s auction house launches on-chain secondary NFT marketplace
2.5.2023
The luxury auction house has developed a fully on-chain sales system where users can purchase curated NFTs on the Ethereum and Polygon networks