A tokenized version of a destroyed Banksy painting sold for nearly $400,000 on NFT marketplace OpenSea.
A non-fungible token, or NFT, depicting an incinerated painting created by renowned British street artist, Banksy, has sold for nearly $400,000.
On March 8, the token was sold on NFT marketplace OpenSea for 228.69 Ether — worth roughly $382,000 at the time of writing. The sale followed three days of bidding, with approximately 70 bidders pushing the price up from a starting price of 0.00001 ETH.
The NFT was created by “Burnt Banksy,” a group of crypto investors who purchased Banky’s painting “Morons” for roughly $100,000 in February.
