The Sotheby’s auction house has been named as a defendant in a lawsuit filed by investors who regret buying Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs that sold for highly inflated prices during the NFT craze in 2021.

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      1 year ago

      Collective delusion of people who still think they’re holding onto something worth anything

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      Yup!

      My vinyl collection is “worth” $50k. I just have to find someone deluded enough to believe me and buy it.

      In reality it’s worth ~$1k because they’re old and play music instead of being ugly pictures of monkeys.

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      Presumably they’re still useful for money laundering. Makes sense to keep some kind of price floor.