© 2020 – 2024 AEA3 WEB | AEAƎ United Kingdom News
AEA3 WEB | AEAƎ United Kingdom News
Image default
News

Collector buys fake Banksy NFT for £244,000

Collector known as Pranksy has cryptocurrency returned after what appeared to be elaborate hoax

In hindsight, it looked too good to be true: the chance to buy Banksy’s first foray into the lucrative world of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) for only a fraction of his soaring market prices.

The piece (called Great Redistribution of the Climate Change Disaster) did enough to convince a buyer – confusingly named Pranksy – to pay the equivalent of hundreds of thousands of pounds only to have the currency returned after what appeared to be an elaborate hoax by a scammer.

Continue reading…

Related posts

Labour will ‘fight fire with fire’ in general election as vote talk heats up

AEA3

Trans hospital patients in England to be banned from female- and male-only wards

AEA3

Holidaymakers face big rise in car hire costs abroad this summer

AEA3