For the last decade, memes have been in every aspect of our lives, and now it has spread into the NFT world. Since everything can become a non-fungible token (NFT), from a song or a video to a ticket for some game, it’s no surprise that meme creators are willing to sell their memes and create NFTs among the way to make some money. Memes are created to be humorous and in the NFT world are often used to promote some new NFT project or collection. Almost all of the memes that we joked about and that have become NFTs are sold for some big buck at many NFT market-places.
Here are the top 3 classic NFT memes that sold for big bucks:
- Doge NFT
Doge meme is an NFT token designed and inspired by the picture of a dog Shiba Inu. The picture was taken by the dog’s owner Atsuko Sato who never thought that picture would go viral. Doge NFT memes was sold for 1,696.9 ETH ($3,990,094).
- Charlie Bit My Finger NFT
Charlie bit my finger is a famous video on youtube that has nearly 900,000 million views, and it is turned into a meme. It is about two brothers that are fighting in the back of the car. This NFT meme was sold for ~389 ETH ($760,999). The father of the boys, who took the video, told that the money from the sale was more than enough to pay for the brother’s college.
- Disaster Girl NFT
Disaster Girl NFT meme is a picture of a girl, taken by her father, standing in front of the house which was destroyed by the fire. The girl in the picture is Zoe Roth, and she looked very amused and happy in the picture. Disaster Girl NFT meme was sold for 180 ETH ($417,241) at a Foundation Auction.
How exactly are memes turned into NFTs? The meme creator will release a copy of the meme that retains most of its exclusivity and value despite the fact that this is the internet and anything can be copied and pasted. Regardless, like other NFTs, it’s given a non-replicable blockchain address that gives it its value, as these addresses can be traded or auctioned like other collectibles. So if You are ready to embarrass yourself you may earn some big bucks.
