NFT Traders Respond to ‘Simpsons’ Roasting by Spending Millions on Knockoff Collectibles
An NFT assortment that mixes CryptoPunks’ aesthetics with parts of “The Simpsons” has notched virtually $2.5 million in gross sales in lower than 24 hours, rocketing to the highest trending spot on OpenSea after the long-running animated tv present roasted NFTs in a particular episode.
The unofficial Springfield Punks assortment launched as a free mint on Sunday, with merchants snatching up the three,405 Ethereum NFTs in a rush. Since then, the venture has seen 1,311 ETH (over $2.4 million) price of buying and selling quantity, based on the OpenSea market. As of this writing, Springfield Punks NFTs begin at slightly below 0.11 ETH (about $200) on the secondary market.
Launched by Rino Russo, a self-described parody artist, Springfield Punks went reside on Sunday night time. When it comes to each day quantity, the gathering stood solely behind the Bored Ape Yacht Membership (2,412 ETH) and CryptoPunks (1,893 ETH), as of this writing.
A number of NFT collections that seem to take inspiration from “The Simpsons” vied for prominence on OpenSea Monday, equivalent to “SimpsPunks.” “The Chimpsons Official” and “Springfield Apes by Rino Russo” are examples of different Simpsons-themed tasks that made an influence on OpenSea’s entrance web page.
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The Springfield Punks have surpassed 1000 ETH in gross sales in lower than 12 hours!
Krusty the Punk 🤡 is seeing greenback indicators 💰💰 after this large milestone.FOMO 😱 Observe @RinaldoRu and our new @SpringPunksNFT for all official updates! #SpringfieldPunks pic.twitter.com/MEpPLIcTre
— Rino Russo (@RinaldoRu) November 6, 2023
Donuts, beer, and blue-beehive hairdos are hallmarks of the seminal comedy—however the outcomes resemble many profile image (PFP) NFT tasks. A kaleidoscope of “Simpsons”-themed imagery is plastered at random throughout hundreds of simian-looking creatures—in each instances.
Whereas “The Chimpsons Official” held a distinguished spot within the wake of Sunday’s episode, the gathering was created final September. Since then, it’s garnered round 600 gross sales throughout 6,996 so-called Chimpsons, based on OpenSea.
The gathering’s ground value—or the most cost effective NFT from a set that’s out there on the market—surged in a single day to 0.44 ETH ($840) from 0.03 ETH ($6). As of this writing, Chimpsons traded arms at round 0.01 ETH ($19), based on OpenSea.
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— PUNKS Comedian (@punkscomic) November 6, 2023
Sunday’s “The Simpsons” episode paid homage to a wide range of established NFT collections—together with Beeple’s Everydays: The First 5000 Days—however the Bored Ape Yacht Membership and CryptoPunks garnered recognizable cameos as iconic tasks.
Formally licensed NFTs from “The Simpsons” weren’t dropped alongside the brand new “Treehouse of Horror” episode, however the present has dipped its toes in NFTs earlier than. In 2021, to advertise the launch of Disney+, Disney rolled out NFTs of Homer, Bart, and his skateboard on {the marketplace} VeVe.
Edited by Andrew Hayward
