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Remastered Nyan Cat Gif Sold for the Equivalent of $587,000 in a Crypto Art Auction
The OG Nyan Cat meme uploaded to YouTube in 2011. Gif: Chris Torres Nyan Cat is turning 10 years old in April (feel old yet?), and to celebrate the anniversary of one of the internet’s most ...
Business Insider3y
A cat GIF that became an NFT sold for about $690,000. Its creator explains how its value surged, the tools he used, and how he found the right platform to display his work.
He first posted the GIF on Twitter and Tumbler in April 2011. A few days later, someone made a YouTube video of Nyan Cat with music in the background. Torres told Insider he didn't know who had ...
nerdist4y
Nyan Cat GIF Sold at Auction for $587,000 in Cryptocurrency
In a story that has “2021” written all over it, the crypto art platform Foundation has just facilitated the sale of the legendary Nyan Cat GIF for approximately $587,000. Or, what amounts to $ ...
Inverse4y
10 years of Nyan Cat: The famed GIF’s creator on hitting the meme jackpot
Torres decided to combine the two ideas into one doodle: a grey cat that looked like his own pet, Marty, but with a pink Pop-Tart body. Marty (RIP), the inspiration for Nyan CatChris Torres At the ...
Business Insider4y
'Nyan Cat' flying Pop-Tart meme sells for nearly $600,000 as one-of-a-kind crypto art
Despite the sale, the existing Nyan Cat GIF and video will still be available for distribution online. The crypto art sale simply allows the buyer to operate as a collector of sorts — as the ...