The Italian collector ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น CryptoPunk #4725 and its V1, BAYC #7351. Daily top NFT and Art Blocks sales. CEO @authentica_id

Italy
Joined October 2017
I canโ€™t describe how happy I am right now. Something that felt nearly impossible a few years ago just became reality. My obsession with CryptoPunks started years back, when buying even a floor Punk felt like a huge achievement. Getting one you could truly โ€œimmortalize yourself inโ€ was nearly impossibleโ€ฆ let alone pairing it with its V1 Punk. Over time, I realized I wanted a Big Beard Punk. That wasnโ€™t easy. I hesitated many timesโ€ฆ until my 40th birthday, when I finally pulled the trigger. My first Big Beard Punk was great, but it had the โ€œstringy hairโ€ trait, one I never loved. So I kept watching the market, and a few days ago, @whynotmeNFT listed his Big Beard Punk, with Shaved Hair and Earning, which I really liked. I reached out, we agreed on a deal, and with the help of @justinaversano it was done. My forever Punk had arrived!!! But thenโ€ฆ I looked for its V1 pairing. Turns out it was in the hands of @tonyherrera, a gentleman Iโ€™d met at a Web3 event. I told him I wanted to complete my Punkโ€™s provenance, and guess what? He proposed a swap with another V1 Big Beard I owned. And just like thatโ€ฆ I completed the full provenance of my Punks. My Big Beard Punk and its V1 brother, finally reunited.
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Waitโ€ฆ ๐Ÿ‘€ Did X just bring back hexagonal NFT profile pictures? Or am I tripping? ๐Ÿ˜‚ Is NFT verification back on the menu? CT, have you noticed this too?
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Gm gm fam โ˜€๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Peace is back in Milan! ๐Ÿ•Š๏ธ Time for an espresso โ˜•๏ธ and a nice slice of panettone. ๐Ÿฐ But waitโ€ฆ ๐Ÿ‘€ Have you ever tried panettone, or is it still on your bucket list? ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‘‡
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DropsTab says 82 crypto projects and products announced shutdowns this year, about $727M in disclosed historical raises among those with a number. Same week a16z Crypto became a16z Frontier. Rails need traffic. A Punk does not. Which side of that split are you on?
โ˜ ๏ธ 82 crypto projects that shut down this year had raised $727M. a16z and Polychain backed 6 of these projects each. Coinbase Ventures backed 8.
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Imposter Syndrome #21 by @ippsketch just sold for 0.33 ETH ๐ŸŽจ More than double the next sale on the board. Rest of the top 5: โ€ข Edifice #681 by @bendotk: 0.15 ETH โ€ข QWERTY #187 by Tara Donovan: 0.12 ETH โ€ข Trademark #6477 by @jackbutcher: 0.08 ETH โ€ข Flux #242 by Owen Moore: 0.07 ETH 34 sales across 30 collections, 1.22 ETH volume in 24h on @artblocks_io Full top 10 on the card ๐Ÿ‘‡ Fair price?
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CryptoPunk #2486 just sold for 29 ETH ($67K) ๐Ÿ”ฅ @cryptopunks Rest of the top 5: โ€ข Bored Ape Yacht Club #1924: 6.3 ETH โ€ข Bored Ape Yacht Club #3869: 6.25 ETH โ€ข Bored Ape Yacht Club #5611: 6.07 ETH โ€ข Bored Ape Yacht Club #7624: 6 ETH Full top 10 on the card ๐Ÿ‘‡ Fair price?
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Yuga knows how to support his community! If you have something to say, prove me wrong.
The Club secured 5 spots on the NFC Lisbon 2027 PFP Wall. 5 Apes will each receive a 50ร—50 cm hand-painted portrait of their Ape, 2 VIP tickets, an exclusive digital collectible & more. Connect your wallet to enter. Winners must attend NFC Lisbon 2027 in person. Visit nfclisbon.bayc.com to enter. Entries will close Friday at 11am PT / 2pm ET.
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For the sixth year in a row, @artblocks_io took over a desert town in Texas. LACMA, the Centre Pompidou and NODE all showed up. Here's what happened at Marfa Weekend ๐Ÿงต๐ŸŒต
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And Marfa knows how to party. Opening night was cohosted with @opensea at One Fourteen, rebuilt by Stephen McKeon. Saturday, @AdamWeitsman threw a free party for everyone in the old Palace Theatre, abandoned for about 50 years. Art lit up building facades all weekend.
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One attendee, Justin Trimble, summed it up: "Basically a little irl metaverse of art lovers. 10/10. Would recommend." Were you there? What was your favorite piece from the weekend? ๐Ÿ‘‡
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Me and @bruti_eth reacting to a new pizza style ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ’€ ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italians, do we approve or is this a crime against humanity? ๐Ÿ˜‚
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Strive just bought 6,182 bitcoin:native for $511M, about $82.7K a coin. Public companies keep stacking while retail waits for a dip. Who's next?
JUST IN: ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Public company Strive purchases 6,182 Bitcoin for $511.4 million! ๐Ÿคฏ
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Weekly ETF flows: $BTC in, $ETH out ๐Ÿ“Š $BTC ETFs: +$309M ๐ŸŸข $ETH ETFs: -$221M ๐Ÿ”ด $BTC: 3 of 5 days green, IBIT led with +$566M, Oct 22 worst day at -$636M $ETH: 2 of 5 days green, ETHA lost $233M October so far: $BTC -$312M ๐Ÿ”ด $ETH -$1.18B ๐Ÿ”ด
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Posted a Nifty Gateway nostalgia thread last night and woke up to @trevorjonesart, @Coldie and @rocketgirlART in my replies, all still here and still making art. This is why I never left ๐Ÿ™ Which artist have you collected the longest?
Remember when Nifty Gateway drops crashed the site and millions sold out in five minutes? Nifty itself shut down this year, and some of the biggest artists from that era have gone almost silent. Where are they now? ๐Ÿงต
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Last 24h top Art Blocks sales ๐ŸŽจ @artblocks_io โ€ข Off Script #53 @emilyxxie: 0.75 ETH โ€ข Fragments of an Infinite Field #412 @MonicaRizzolli: 0.33 ETH โ€ข Screens #549 @thomasp85: 0.12 ETH โ€ข Metropolis #199 @mpkoz: 0.1 ETH โ€ข Edifice #323 @bendotk: 0.09 ETH 45 sales, 1.84 ETH. Off Script did 40% of it. Which one would you grab?
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Multiple chains, one coin. A new L1 with no airdrop to farm, CT is going to need a minute ๐Ÿ˜‚ $BNB
Multiple chains, one coins.
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Remember when Nifty Gateway drops crashed the site and millions sold out in five minutes? Nifty itself shut down this year, and some of the biggest artists from that era have gone almost silent. Where are they now? ๐Ÿงต
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Not everyone vanished though. @sixnfive went physical with stone and light installations, @fewocious is hand painting boxing gloves and old clocks, and @_dotpigeon moved to acrylics on linen. DotPigeon on Nifty closing: "End of an era, a golden one." ๐Ÿฉต
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That era made artists millionaires in five minutes, then went quiet almost as fast. Who do you miss most from the Nifty days? And who did I forget? ๐Ÿ‘‡
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