The investor sells Cryptopunk NFT for $ 6 million by absorbing a loss of $ 10 million

A rare Cryptopunk nft has just sold for $ 6 million with an amazing loss of $ 10 million in the middle of the continuous drop in nft prices.

Cryptopunk #3100, one of the nine aliens punk in the original 10,000 -piece collection, was sold for 4,000 ethereum (eth), with a value of approximately $ 6.07 million at the time of sale, according to a transaction on April 10 marked by Arkham in x. The art brokerage firm, according to the reports, negotiated the sale, which was completed through a private offer in the market Cryptopunks.

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When the anonymous seller first bought the nft in March 2024, it was the third largest Cryptopunk transaction at that time, which cost 4,500 eth, or around $ 16 million. But with the price of ethereum dropped approximately 56% during the past year, the loss of 500 eth of the seller became a net coup of $ 10 million in terms of dollars.

Cryptopunk #3100 now appears three times in the sales classification of all time for Cryptopunks, since it was previously sold for $ 7.58 million and $ 16,03 million. Although Cryptopunks remains the nft collection of top -level profile image, its financial performance has received success.

The price of the floor of the collection has dropped 67% since its historical maximum of 125 eth established in 2021, now averaging 42.5 eth, according to Coingcko data. At that time, eth was quoted at around $ 3,500, placing the price of the floor above $ 400,000 compared to only $ 65,900 at the time of publication.

As the popularity and prices of nfts assets continue to fall, the industry has faced significant pressure. In the first quarter of 2025, the nft negotiation volume fell to $ 1.5 billion, a 24% decrease in 2024's fourth quarter, according to Dappradar Q1 report.

Despite only a slight fall in commercial activity, the strong drop in volume indicates less high -value transactions instead of a decrease in users. Cryptopunks still has a considerable market participation, which represents 23% of the nft market global market of $ 2.7 billion market.