Early Hyperliquid user sells airdropped Hypurr NFT for $467K
Early adopters of the perpetuals-focused layer-1 blockchain Hyperliquid had been rewarded handsomely on Sunday after the Hyper Basis lastly airdropped the much-awaited Hypurr non-fungible token assortment.
On the time of writing, the Hypurr NFTs have a present ground value of round 1,458 Hyperliquid (HYPE), or $68,700, in line with OpenSea knowledge.
Nonetheless, there have already been eye-watering gross sales effectively above that vary. The Hypurr #21 NFT with the extraordinarily uncommon “Knight Ghost Armor” and “Knight Helm Ghost” traits went for 9,999 HYPE value $467,000 on Sept. 28.
The whopping $467,000 sake of Hypurr NFT #21. Supply: OpenSea
Amid a cost-of-living disaster globally, the novelty of receiving a digital cat image totally free, value greater than some folks’s annual wage, was not misplaced on the crypto group.
“CT can be a particular place in hell. Common particular person struggling to get by or purchase groceries and you’ve got folks posting their $50,000 hyperliquid cat NFTs they acquired totally free,” mentioned X person MoonOverlord.
Whereas DidiTrading mentioned: “Obtained an Hypurr NFT which is valued at $50k. I’m often not good at valuing these items so I’ll give the market a while to seek out an equilibrium earlier than I resolve what I’ll do with it.”
Are Hypurr NFTs set to take over the market?
The Hypurr NFTs had been deployed on the HyperEVM on Sept. 28 and depict cartoon cat avatars with a spread of various traits.
The NFTs had been primarily issued to probably the most energetic individuals within the “Genesis” occasion in November 2024, which revolved across the launch of the HYPE token.
There are 4,600 NFTs in whole, with 4,313 going to Genesis occasion individuals and the rest divided up among the many Hyper Basis and core venture contributors, in line with a Sept. 28 put up on X.
“The objective of the Hypurr NFT assortment was to share a memento with those that believed in and contributed early on to Hyperliquid’s progress. Every NFT is exclusive and captures the completely different moods, hobbies, tastes, and quirks of the Hyperliquid group, as depicted by Hypurr,” the Hyper Basis put up reads.
By way of 24-hour quantity, OpenSea knowledge reveals that 952,000 HYPE have modified arms, value round $44.6 million at present costs.
