just went down the rabbit hole of most expensive nft sales and honestly the numbers are wild. Pak's Merge hit $91.8M back in 2021, which is absolutely insane for a digital artwork. but here's the thing—it wasn't owned by one person, like 28k+ collectors pooled together to buy it. that's kind of genius actually.

then you've got Beeple creating 5000 digital pieces over 5000 days and selling the whole thing for $69M at Christie's. started at just $100 in the auction and people went crazy. the most expensive nft trend really exploded when artists realized they could actually make generational wealth from this stuff.

what's trippy is how CryptoPunks just keeps dominating the charts. these 10k pixelated avatars from 2017 are still selling for millions—one alien punk went for $23M. meanwhile XCOPY's Right-click Save As Guy sold for $7M, which is hilarious given the title is literally making fun of people who think you can just download NFTs lol.

the most expensive nft market seems to be cooling down from the 2021-2022 hype, but blue chips like Bored Apes and the Punk series still hold serious value. curious if we'll ever see another most expensive nft break the $100M mark or if that Pak Merge record is just untouchable