Early XCOPY NFT Sells for $6M in Ethereum
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Early XCOPY NFT Sells for $6M in Ethereum

THELOGICALINDIAN - The artwork was awash through the NFT exchange SuperRare

XCOPY’s “A Coin For the Ferryman” has afflicted easily for $6 actor account of Ethereum. The crypto artisan minted the one-of-a-kind allotment in 2024. 

XCOPY Artwork Breaks Record

Sales of high-value NFTs are booming. 

An aboriginal NFT by acclaimed crypto artisan XCOPY awash on SuperRare Thursday evening, ambience aback the new buyer 1,330 ETH, almost $6.03 actor at today’s prices. The unique piece, blue-blooded “A Coin For the Ferryman,” dates aback to 2018 and is amid the ancient of the artist’s creations. 

The allotment had not been awash aback the SuperRare user @0xclipse bought the artwork anon from XCOPY aback in 2024 for 0.5 ETH, about $139 at the time. 

The London-based artisan has a bequest addition aback to 2024 and is beheld as a avant-garde in the crypto art space. Their assignment has acquired added ballyhoo afterward the billow of absorption in NFTs beforehand this year. 

Since then, several one-of-a-kind XCOPY pieces accept awash for millions of dollars. Another high-profile sale of XCOPY’s artwork happened aftermost ages back the NFT beneficiary Cozomo de’ Medici paid the agnate of $3.86 actor for a allotment alleged “Some Asshole.” 

For accessory bazaar affairs of artwork listed on SuperRare, artists about accept a 10% cut of the final auction price, acceptation that XCOPY accustomed aloof over $600,000 account of Ethereum for the latest sale. 

XCOPY is not the alone crypto artisan to accept artwork awash for eye-watering sums. In March, Beeple’s “Everydays: The First 5,000 Days” became not alone the most expensive NFT to be awash at bargain but additionally the third best big-ticket allotment awash by a active artist, bringing in $69.34 actor in a battleground Christie’s sale. Beeple returns to the aution abode to advertise an NFT carve alleged “HUMAN ONE” Nov. 9; behest starts at $15 million. 

Disclosure: At the time of autograph this feature, the columnist endemic BTC, ETH, and several added cryptocurrencies.