This is a list of the highest known prices possibly paid for non-fungible tokens (NFTs) representing digital assets.
Background From late 2017, the NFT market grew quickly. In the first three months of 2021, NFTs worth US$200 million were traded. One of the earliest NFT projects, CryptoPunks, has provided several of the most expensive NFTs.
Some of the most significant purchases are attributed to decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs), horizontal blockchain funds with a single publicly traded wallet.
List This list is ordered by consumer price index inflation-adjusted value (in bold) in millions of United States dollars in .The Wikipedia template uses a yearly average inflation. Using monthly averages gives slightly different numbers, most significantly for paintings sold early or late in a year with significant inflation. Where necessary, the price is first converted to dollars using the exchange rate at the time the NFT was sold. The inflation adjustment may change, as recent inflation rates are often revised. A list in another currency may be in a slightly different order due to exchange-rate fluctuations. NFTs are listed only once, i.e. for the highest price sold. To maintain a manageable size, only NFTs that were sold for an adjusted price of $2 million and above are listed.
Prices are recorded as they were initially achieved; most of the listed NFTs are basically worthless as of 2024.Yang, Maya. “The vast majority of NFTs are now worthless, new report shows.” *The Guardian*. 22 September 2023. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/sep/22/nfts-worthless-price
The identity of some parties is not publicly known. Online handles and other pseudonyms are recorded in quotations.
Adjusted price(millions of ) Actual pricepaid (millions of ) Asset Year of creation Date of sale Seller Buyer Blockchain Notes $ M$69.3 M Everydays: the First 5000 Days 2021 Beeple Vignesh "Metakovan" Sundaresan Ethereum First purely NFT artwork to be offered by a major auction house, Christie's. $ M$52.8 M Clock 2022 Pak AssangeDAO Ethereum Depicts a counter of the number of days Julian Assange has spent in prison. The most expensive NFT sold on-chain. $ M$28.985 M HUMAN ONE 2021 Beeple Ryan Zurrer Ethereum A kinetic video sculpture with a corresponding dynamic NFT. Sold at Christie's $ M$23.7 M CryptoPunk #5822 2017Anonymous"deepak" EthereumReleased by Larva Labs. First bought for $1,641. $ M$11.75 M CryptoPunk #7523 2017"Sillytuna"Anonymous EthereumReleased by Larva Labs. Sold by Sotheby's. $ M$7.67 M CryptoPunk #3100 2017AnonymousAnonymous Ethereum Released by Larva Labs. $ M$7.6 M CryptoPunk #7804 2017AnonymousAnonymous EthereumReleased by Larva Labs. $ M$6.60 M Beeple's CROSSROAD 2021 Pablo Rodriguez-Fraile "Delphina Leucas" Ethereum Resold from the October 2020 price of $66,666.60. $ M$6.0 M OCEAN FRONT 2021 Beeple Justin Sun Ethereum Auctioned on Niftygateway. $ M$5.59 M CryptoPunk #5217 2017"Snowfro"Anonymous Ethereum Released by Larva Labs. $ M$6.215 M Dmitri Cherniak's Ringers #879 2021Sotheby's"punk6529" Ethereum 2nd highest sale of generative art at the time. Work is nicknamed "The Goose" due to its emergent design resembling the animal. $ M$5.40 M Stay Free 2021 Edward Snowden PleasrDAO Ethereum First NFT by Snowden on behalf of the Freedom of Press Foundation. $ M$5.23 M Save Thousands of Lives 2021 Noora Health Paul Graham Ethereum Sold for 1,337 ETH in charity auction. $ M$4.40 M Doge 2021 Atsuko Sato PleasrDAO Ethereum Highest selling meme NFT. 1,696.69 ETH. $ M$4.37 M CryptoPunk #2338 2017AnonymousAnonymous EthereumReleased by Larva Labs. One of 88 Zombie Cryptopunks. $ M$4.14 M REPLICATOR 2021 Mad Dog Jones Anonymous Ethereum First NFT auction by Phillips. $ M$3.765 M EtherRock #55 2021AnonymousAnonymous EthereumVia fractional.art.$3.6$3.6 PEPENOPOULOS, 20162016AnonymousAnonymousBitcoinRare Pepe sold by Sotheby's in first auction on its Metaverse platform for NFT collectors.$3.4$3.4 BAYC #88172021AnonymousAnonymousEthereumBored Ape Yacht Club collection launched in 2021 with 10,000 works. $ M$3.3 M Fidenza #313 2021AnonymousAnonymous EthereumMinted on Art Blocks. A generative art NFT by Tyler Hobbs.$2.9$2.9First tweet by Twitter CEO 2006Jack DorseySina Estavi EthereumSold for 1,630.5 ETH. Dorsey donated the proceeds to GiveDirectly.$2.7$2.6BAYC #85852021AnonymousAnonymousEthereumSold for 696.969.$2.7$2.7Dmitri Cherniak's Self Portrait #1, 20202020AnonymousAnonymousEthereum"This generative self-portrait is the most important work in Cherniak's career." Sold on Sotheby's Metaverse platform. $ M$2.382 M Machine Hallucinations – Space : Metaverse 2021 Refik Anadol Anonymous Ethereum 8 works sold for a combined total of HK$39.39m (US$5.06m) at Sotheby's in Hong Kong. $ M$2.043 M Dreaming at Dusk 2021 Torproject PleasrDAO Ethereum Sold for 500 ETH on Foundation. $ M$2.035 M MetaRift 2021 Pak Danny "seedphrase" Maegaard Ethereum Sold for 489 ETH on MakersPlace. $ M$2.0 M SMB #1355 2021AnonymousAnonymous Solana Highest sale on Solana. 13,027 SOL.
See also
List of most expensive artworks by living artists List of most expensive paintings List of most expensive photographs List of most expensive sculptures List of most expensive books and manuscripts
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