Web3 Watch: Someone bought a CryptoPunk for $16M, again

Two weeks after a CryptoPunks NFT sold for $16 million, a punk has sold for $16 million once again. 

Punk #7084, which changed hands for $16.42 million on Wednesday, is one of nine blueish-skinned alien punks, which are the collection’s most highly-coveted pieces. It narrowly topped the other alien punk that sold this month to become the second-largest CryptoPunk sale ever.  

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The sale appears to have been directly brokered between buyer and seller. 

The punk’s apparent seller, known on X as Peruggia, said he “felt like an imposter” owning punk #7084 without “elevating” the collectible. 

“After over a year of looking…

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