It has recently been remastered by its creator, Chris Torres, to be auctioned via the crypto-art platform Foundation.Digital art enthusiasts and cat lovers engaged in a bidding war which ended when an anonymous user identified only by a cryptocurrency wallet number acquired it for 300ETH (about $453,807). This meme of an animated flying cat with a Pop-Tart body has been viewed and shared online millions of times over the past ten years. “Nyan Cat" is one of them. It fetched roughly $454,000.You only need to spend a few minutes online to realize that cats rule the Internet. The creator of the “Nyan Cat" recently offered a one-of-a-kind version of his viral GIF on Foundation, a website for buying and selling digital goods. Who would have thought that an animated flying cat leaving a rainbow trail would become the next big thing at auction? Chris Torres did.Christie’s is proud to be in the vanguard of this exhilarating movement. “Not unlike the advent of Street Art as a blue chip collecting category, NFT-based art is on the threshold of becoming the next ingeniously disruptive force in the art market. Christie’s announced that it will accept Ether, the currency of the Ethereum network, as a payment option for the artwork’s principal price.“We see this as a pivotal moment for the future of New Media and even the practice of collecting itself," Noah Davis, Specialist, Post-War and Contemporary Art, commented in a statement. “Just opened up the floodgates to the future of meme economy in the Crypto universe, no big deal," he commented on his Twitter account following the sale.Christie’s hopes to capitalize on the excitement around NFTs with the upcoming sale of a work by prominent digital artist Beeple, entitled “Everydays - The First 5000 Days." Described by the auction house as “a unique work in the history of digital art," this NFT-based piece will soon be offered in a standalone online-only sale, with bidding opening at $100.
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