The auction for Yuga Labs’ inaugural collection of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) has ended, bringing the firm $16.5 million in just 24 hours.
A total of 288 applicants won one of the Bitcoin NFTs from the ‘TwelveFold’ collection. Yuga said winners will receive their entry within a week, while unsuccessful bidders will have their bids refunded within 24 hours.
The TwelveFold auction has ended. Congratulations to the top 288 bidders – you will receive your entry within a week. Valid bids not ranked in the top 288 will have their bid amount returned to the receiving address within 24 hours.
— Yuga Labs (@yugalabs) March 6, 2023
According to NFT collector ‘tropoFarmer’, the auction brought in 735 BTC worth around $16.5 million at current prices. The highest of 288 bidders paid just over 7 BTC or $161,000 for one of the pieces.
the TwelveFold auction just ended, earning a total of 735 BTC / $16,500,000 in 24 hours, with the highest bidder paying $161k. the biggest bear market decline by a mile and it wasn’t even on Ethereum
I would say that the Yuga ordinals experiment was a huge financial success. pic.twitter.com/DUC2cKrZxo
— tropoFarmer (@tropoFarmer) March 6, 2023
Yuga announced the collection in late February, describing it as a “base 12 art system located around a 12×12 grid, a visual allegory for the data mapping on the Bitcoin blockchain.”
It consists of a limited edition collection of 300 generative pieces entered into BTC network satoshis.
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As reported by Cointelegraph, Yuga Labs received backlash over the weekend from the crypto community, which identified deficiencies in the way he conducted the auction for the Ordinals collection.
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