This Is The List Of The 10 Most Expensive NFTs In The World, Some Are Sold For IDR 1.3 Trillion!

JAKARTA - The most expensive Non-fungible Token (NFT) in the world is not always in the form of a photo. In fact, in this latest list of the 10 most expensive NFTs sold in 2022, the asset is in the form of a very unique piece of digital art. This digital artwork is unique like other works of art. The difference is that NFT is only in digital form, which means it can only be accessed on the Internet.

Many reports say that 2021 will be the heyday of crypto (cryptocurrency) and the blockchain network it uses. The reason is, crypto assets have increased significantly compared to previous years.

One of the things that caught the public's attention was the rise of NFT. This digital artwork actually started to attract attention in 2017, when the game CryptoKitties launched. However, the new NFT trend reached its peak in 2021.

In Indonesia itself, there is the name Ghozali Everyday who sells his selfies for five years in the form of NFT. The young man earned billions of rupiah thanks to his business. However, Ghozali's NFT is not the most expensive work of digital art in the world.

The most expensive NFT ever sold was valued at billions or even trillions of rupiah. So, what are the most expensive NFTs ever sold? This is the list of the 10 most expensive NFTs of the year 2022 as reported by CryptoPotato. Check out the latest list below!

10 Most Expensive NFTs Ever Sold

1. The Merge

The Merge is digital art created by a well-known artist who goes by the pseudonym Pak. This artwork was sold at a price of 92.8 million US dollars or around IDR 1.3 trillion on December 6, 2021, on the Nifty Gateway marketplace.

The digital artwork is sold in the form of pieces called 'masses' totaling 312,686. Then, the mass is distributed to 28,983 collectors. The price of each mass is 575 US dollars and increases by 25 US dollars every six hours. At the end of the sale, a nominal value of 92.8 million US dollars or IDR 1.3 trillion was obtained, which made The Merge the most expensive NFT ever sold.

2. Everydays: The First 5000 Days

Everydays: The First 5000 Days is a digital art created by Michael Winkelmann, the digital artist also known as Beeple. He managed to sell his single piece works at exorbitant prices. The artwork sold for 69 million US dollars or IDR 992 billion.

This work of art is so named because it is a collage of 5,000 individual images that Beeple created over a period of thirteen years from 2007 to 2020. This work is 5000 individual images produced each day.

3. HUMAN ONE

This artwork is also the work of Beeple. HUMAN ONE is a motion portrait NFT depicting the first humans in the Metaverse. This NFT was sold at US$29.9 million or equivalent to IDR 431.1 billion on December 9, 2021.

4. Larva Labs CryptoPunk #7523

Larva Labs, CryptoPunk #7523 is a digital avatar artwork produced by the Canadian-based developer who runs LarvaLabs. This unique work is one of the 9 Alien Punks series. The work was sold for $11.75 million or IDR 168.2 billion at London-based auction house Sotheby's in June 2021. CryptoPunk #7523, also nicknamed "Covid Alien," is the most expensive CryptoPunk sold to date.

5. Larva Labs, CryptoPunk #3100

CryptoPunk is again one of the most expensive NFTs. This time it's CryptoPunk #3100, which is also part of the 9 Alien Punks series. This artwork was sold at 7.58 million US dollars or around IDR 108.9 billion. CryptoPunk #3100 is an alien wearing a blue and white headband.

6. Xcopy: Right-Click and Save As Guy

Right-click and Save As Guy is an image-shaped NFT auctioned on Superrare's decentralized marketplace. This digital work was valued at 7.09 million US dollars on December 10, 2021. What's interesting about this digital masterpiece is the buyer who is a world hip-hop legend, Snoop Dog.

7. Art Blocks, Ringers #109

Ringers #109 is a generative piece of art from the Art Block collection. This collection consists of a total of 99,000 NFT Art Blocks. This digital artwork was sold at a price of 6.93 million US dollars or IDR 99.6 billion.

8. Beeple, Crossroad

Crossroad is an NFT in the form of animation by artist Mike Winklemann or better known as Beeple. This piece features former US President Donald Trump face down in a field while passersby ignore him. This work was successfully sold at USD 6.6 million in February 2021 on the Nifty Gateway marketplace.

9. This Changed Everything

This Changed Everything is an NFT in the form of a code used in early versions of the World Wide Web. This unique work was sold at a price of 5.4 million US dollars or IDR 77.6 billion at Sotheby's auction house, London. This NFT comes with several features for its owner. Among them are letters written by Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee, a British computer scientist and inventor of the internet, digital posters of code written by him, as well as documents that record the early history of the internet.

10. Save Thousands of Lives

Save Thousand of Lives is an NFT created by Noora Health, a health organization that has succeeded in saving the lives of at-risk patients in the South Asian region. The artwork was successfully sold at a price of 4.5 million US dollars or equivalent to IDR 64.7 billion. Profits from the sale are allocated to save the lives of newborns.

That's the list of the 10 most expensive NFTs according to CryptoPotato this year. The list is likely to change as the trend of NFT increases in various parts of the world. Keep in mind, this NFT can be expensive because of its uniqueness and the manufacturing process takes a lot of time.