• PatFusty@lemm.ee
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      7 months ago

      It was not ‘pictures of monkeys’ it was art. It was digital art. If you don’t get that then you don’t understand money laundering.

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        7 months ago

        Most people who bought them are likely still in the green compared to holding the cryptocurrency they used to purchase them, which itself is with more than the USD used to purchase the crypto.

        So you’d probably be disappointed.

          • Sylvartas@lemmy.world
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            7 months ago

            And aren’t the bored apes the ones that somewhat held their value over time ? I heard somewhere that all the other jpgs NFTs plummeted even harder

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            7 months ago

            Wow some clowns spent nearly half a million on some of the laziest JPGs ever drawn. Wish I had been in on a grift like that. If someone can afford to spend that much on a PNG they don’t need the money so it is basically victimless.

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              7 months ago

              But it also come with extra privileges like going to exclusive parties where powerful UV lights can cause eye damage