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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] 49 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Honestly I’m ok with them keeping their money, afaik everyone knew where they were buying they were just dumb enough to think it would ever be worth something. If we want to claw back money from people we should start with the ones ruining the environment to make the line go up

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 year ago

I mean yeah, if you make it illegal for dumb people to overpay for stupid shit, half the global economy would collapse overnight

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Just like Beanie Babies!

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

I'm all for that. And the stock market bros too.