NFTs are changing the way we think about art and investors have started to pay attention, in the past year, NFTs have been at the forefront of the cryptocurrency arena. NFTs make it possible to establish the scarcity of digital objects in the real world, and artists have seized the opportunity that technology provides.
The year 2021 has seen a significant surge in interest around NFTs, with Google search interest in the term reaching the highest figures ever, and NFT marketplaces such as Nifty Gateway and OpenSea, posting record trading volumes as everyone seeks to familiarize themselves with this emerging asset class.
But it is not only the interest that is increasing. Individual NFTs are selling for huge sums of money, with artists like Beeple making headlines for breaking sales records. With this in mind, we take a look at some of the most ridiculously expensive NFTs ever sold
NFTs, or Non-Fungible Tokens, are growing increasingly popular, as investors and collectors look to get involved in the latest blockchain craze — and some of the prices being paid for them is insane.
But which ones are the most expensive? Let’s take a look.
- Beeple’s Crossroad — $6.6m
- CryptoPunk #7804 — $7.6m
- CryptoPunk #4156 — $10.26m
- CryptoPunk #7523 — $11.75m
- CryptoPunk #5822 — $23.7m
- Beeple’s HUMAN ONE — $28.985
- Clock — $52.7m
- Everydays: The First 5000 Days — $69.3m
- Pak’s ‘The Merge’ — $91.8m