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The Sotheby's auction house has been named as a defendant in a lawsuit filed by investors who regret buying Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs that sold for highly inflated prices during the NFT craze in 2021.

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[–] [email protected] 103 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The fact that they still sell for 50k is insane. It's a shitty picture with a convoluted proof of ownership. The fuck.

[–] atretador 45 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

A lot of those transactions is just to up the price so dumb asses think they are worth it. The other half is just dumb asses ofc.

[–] Tugboater203 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It has to be some form of money laundering.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

It is, but tsss.

[–] atretador 1 points 1 year ago

Shhhhhhh don't tell them

[–] flucksy_bango 8 points 1 year ago

I all but guarantee you that those are getting shuffled around between owners to keep the price inflated.

[–] dx1 2 points 1 year ago

Well, it's not that convoluted, it's basically just a hashmap.