Beeple’s Discord compromised, timed to coincide with Christie’s auction
Users thought they were signing up for an affordable NFT drop by the famed artist, timed to coincide with his second Christie's auction. An admin account for Beeple’s official Discord group was compromised overnight resulting in a fake NFT drop that saw users lose an estimated 38 ETH. An admin from Beeple's Discord named "Multi" confirmed to the group on Nov. 10 that their account had been compromised despite having 2FA. The perpetrator went on to impersonate Multi and the Beeple Announcements Bot to promote a fake NFT drop from Beeple on Nifty Gateway.The incident is the latest in a long....
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Christie’s to auction its first purely digital work by Mike “Beeple” Winkelmann through an NFT marketplace. British auction house Christie’s has announced the auction of its first ever “purely digital work of art." Announcing the news Tuesday, Christie’s said that the NFT artwork will be issued in partnership with major NFT marketplace, MakersPlace. Dubbed “Everydays - The First 5000 Days,” the piece was created by Mike Winkelmann, who goes by the name Beeple.According to the official page of the NFT auction, the starting price for the work, which interested parties can bid on from Feb. 25....
The auction for “Everydays: The First 5000 Days” closed at a realized price of $69,346,250. Digital artist Mike Winkelmann, also known as Beeple, has once again made NFT history after his latest piece, “Everydays: The First 5000 Days,” raised over $69 million on Christie’s auction house. “Everydays” was minted on Feb. 16 and put up for auction on Feb. 25 at a starting price of $100. The auction closed on Thursday.The final price tag puts Beeple in elite company as far as living artists go. Only two other living artists, Jeff Koons and David Hockney, have created more expensive works. As....
The famed auction house claims it will be the first to accept crypto for a real-time auction of physical art — but other auction houses are not far behind. Prestigious auction house Sotheby’s has announced it will accept Ethereum (ETH) bids in real time for its Nov. 18 auction that includes works by famed street artist Banksy.Sotheby’s claims this will be the first time an auction house has accepted crypto in real time as a standard currency for payment in an auction on a physical work of art. The auction, titled ‘The Now Evening Auction’ features Banksy’s Trolley Hunters and Love Is In....
MetaKovan, the pseudonymous founder of NFT fund Metapurse and buyer of Beeple’s $69 million NFT, has revealed himself. The mysterious buyer of the world’s most expensive non-fungible token “Everydays: The First 5000 Days” by Beeple, has revealed their identity.Metapurse, a global NFT fund whose founder successfully bid and acquired the piece in a Christie’s auction for $69.3 million in early March, penned a blog post Thursday, disclosing the real names and stories of key figures behind the project.According to the announcement, Vignesh Sundaresan is the real name of MetaKovan, the....
Noah Davis, the NFT expert for the auction house Christie’s, said he’s not looking to change the plan for CryptoPunks when he leads the project and has invited holders to a one-on-one chat. Noah Davis, the non-fungible token (NFT) specialist at auction house Christie’s, has said he’s leaving the position in July to take up a post as brand lead for the CryptoPunks NFT collection with Yuga Labs.Announcing the move on June 19 in a Twitter thread, Davis looked to quash any anxieties holders had regarding the future of one of the oldest NFT projects, saying he “will not f*ck with the....