Second-most expensive CryptoPunk ever sells for 4,500 ETH, worth over $16 million

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Quick Take

  • The second-highest ever CryptoPunk sale took place for 4,500 ETH, worth nearly $16 million. 
  • The sale was of CryptoPunk #3100, one of nine so-called “Alien Punks.”

CryptoPunk #3100, one of nine so-called "Alien Punks," sold for 4,500 ETH worth $16.03 million. 

The sale is the second-highest CryptoPunk transaction ever in both U.S. dollar and ether terms, according to the CryptoPunks platform. The sale also moved CryptoPunk #3100 from the third- to second-highest ever sale on the marketplace. 

The seller on March 4 outbid the previous offer of 4,250 ETH, valued at $14.56 million, placed on March 1. 

CryptoPunk sales brought in a total of $8.25 million last week, according to data compiled by The Block. 


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MK Manoylov is a former reporter at The Block.

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