OpenSea once again delists CryptoPunks v1 as legal battle heats up
Many users bought Punks' NFTs on the basis that there were only going to be 10,000 of them, not potentially 20,000. Late Monday, popular nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, platform OpenSea once again delisted the CryptoPunks v1 collection, which spiraled into existence along with the iconic CryptoPunks v2 collection due to a smart contract bug. This was allegedly due to a Digital Millennium Copyright Act takedown notice issued by CryptoPunks v2 developers Larva Labs to OpenSea. As the company is also the creator of the CryptoPunks v1 collection, this move has struck some as strange.LL has forced....
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OpenSea, the world’s largest NFT marketplace, has delisted CryptoPunks V1 due to a legal dispute with Larva Labs. The 10K collectibles, which are breathtakingly similar to the renowned CryptoPunks NFTs, are derived from the same smart contract as Larva Labs’ collection. While more collectors were flocking to V1 CryptoPunks, the project was blacklisted by Larva […]
Delegitimize CryptoPunks v1 and face pushback from v1 owners, or legitimize v1 and cause brand dilution, dropping the value of v2. In a Discord post published on Wednesday, Matt Hall, the core developer at Larva Labs, the entity behind the popular CryptoPunks v2 and, initially, CryptoPunks v1 nonfungible tokens (NFT) collections, announced he would be "taking appropriate steps" in the following days regarding the alleged copyright infringement of "both the art and the CryptoPunks name" of the CryptoPunks V1 collection. Normally, this would amount to submitting a takedown notice under the....
CryptoPunks v1 is no longer deemed authentic but its creators allegedly sold 210 ETH worth when the wrapped versions gained traction. During its initial release, 10,000 CryptoPunks were sold and made it to the secondary market before users discovered a critical smart contract exploit that made it possible for Punks' buyers to withdraw their Ether (ETH) post-purchase. As a result, creator Larva Labs withdrew recognition of the v1 collection, fixed the exploit and released the v2 Punks collection we have now. Though, they've also sent mixed messages about the collection by selling off dozens....
On Saturday, August 28, the non-fungible token (NFT) project Cryptopunks crossed $1 billion in all-time sales. Cryptopunks joins the heavyweight NFT hitters Axie Infinity’s $1.6 billion and Opensea’s $3.53 billion. Three NFT Projects Have Sold More Than a Billion-Dollars in Sales The non-fungible token project Cryptopunks is now a billion-dollar NFT collection as statistics show all-time sales tapped $1.095 billion, according to dappradar.com data. Cryptopunks has a bunch of records on dappradar.com’s “top sales” page, in terms of NFT sales. Cryptopunks....
PolygonPunks have been removed from leading NFT marketplace OpenSea, likely at the behest of CryptoPunks' creator Larva Labs. Leading NFT marketplace, OpenSea, has delisted the successful Polygon-based copy of CryptoPunks, Polygonpunks.According to screenshots of the marketplace taken shortly before the NFT collectibles were removed, PolygonPunks had emerged as the second-most popular collection on OpenSea by volume with roughly $37,000 worth of trade in 24 hours.With upset users vocal on social media, OpenSea’s Nate Chastain took to Twitter to explain the marketplace’s action, describing....