If You Bought Bored Ape NFTs at the Peak, You’ve Lost 93% of Your Investment - Decrypt (decrypt.co)
from Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world to buttcoin@awful.systems on 07 Sep 2024 09:09
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Darkard@lemmy.world on 07 Sep 2024 10:54 next collapse

Don’t worry bro, demand for the receipt that says you own a small picture will skyrocket any day now bro.

gerikson@awful.systems on 07 Sep 2024 11:25 next collapse

Tally Labs launched a project called The Writers Room, which let holders of an associated NFT project dictate storytelling elements. That led to the creation of an Ape-focused novel written by Neil Strauss, a New York Times bestselling author.

Somehow I had not heard of this particular idiocy.

dgerard@awful.systems on 07 Sep 2024 13:18 collapse

Strauss is the guy who wrote about pick-up artists.

V0ldek@awful.systems on 07 Sep 2024 17:44 collapse

So the NFT novel is a step up.

SonicDeathTaco@lemm.ee on 07 Sep 2024 11:45 next collapse

“investment”

radicalautonomy@lemmy.world on 09 Sep 2024 05:44 collapse

I’da gotten in on them were my money not all tied up in Beanie Babies. I gonna hodl until they bounce back so I can finally retire.

SonicDeathTaco@lemm.ee on 09 Sep 2024 12:55 collapse

Maybe you wouldn’t be stuck with a bunch of worthless stuffed animals if you invested in an asset with sound fundamentals, for example GameStop stock.

radicalautonomy@lemmy.world on 10 Sep 01:12 collapse

To da moooooon!

gigachad@sh.itjust.works on 07 Sep 2024 12:18 next collapse

I find it really impressive it is only 93%. This implies there are still people who buy this crap

JustTesting@lemmy.hogru.ch on 07 Sep 2024 13:56 collapse

Not necessarily, as I understand, the floor price is just theld buy one at. i could make a new nft, list it at 500 billion and that would be the floor price, even if no trade ever happens.

There’s also some stuff where the nfts get used as collateral for loans without any intention to pay back the loan. The borrower defaults, keeps the money, the lender is stuck with a useless nft. No actual sale happened, so the floor price didn’t move, even though the loan was likely for less than the floor price.

Crypto is full of this kind of misleading metrics, same as market cap

LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world on 07 Sep 2024 12:27 next collapse

People are still “investing” in Donald Trump and melania’s NFTs

Empricorn@feddit.nl on 07 Sep 2024 13:40 collapse

✔️ weird
✔️ for the rich (and money launderers)
✔️ out-of-touch

How could Trump not love NFTs?

nick@midwest.social on 07 Sep 2024 12:30 next collapse

Good.

swlabr@awful.systems on 07 Sep 2024 13:25 next collapse

NFT related art really normalised shit art, paving the way for gen AI

Crackhappy@lemmy.world on 07 Sep 2024 16:46 next collapse

If you bought NFTs you lost some brain cells.

Evinceo@awful.systems on 07 Sep 2024 17:07 next collapse

You’ve lost 93% of your investment so far

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Swarfega@lemm.ee on 07 Sep 2024 17:31 next collapse

I hated how loads of companies appeared out of nowhere to cash in on this. I feel for people who tried to make an investment hoping it will be the next Bitcoin. I’m really glad it died on its arse though. Pretty sick of seeing shit images of cartoon dogs and monkeys.

BakerBagel@midwest.social on 07 Sep 2024 22:24 collapse

You mean the thing that loses 80% of it’s value every 4 years?

dog_@lemmy.world on 07 Sep 2024 17:53 next collapse

Lol

hate2bme@lemmy.world on 07 Sep 2024 18:13 next collapse

Surprising part to me is that there is actually some monetary value left to these.

ace_garp@lemmy.world on 07 Sep 2024 22:20 next collapse

Dreamed up by the utterly deranged.

Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world on 08 Sep 2024 21:20 collapse

And the corrupt.

spez on 10 Sep 21:46 next collapse

see, bro, it's the perfect asset, bro. it can only go down 7% ever - mathematically, bro - but it can go to da moooooon!

(do i need that /s?)

beebarfbadger@lemmy.world on 11 Sep 13:49 collapse

Dat /s

smallpatatas@lemm.ee on 09 Sep 2024 04:38 next collapse

1 Ape = 1 Ape

bitofhope@awful.systems on 09 Sep 20:48 next collapse

Not with multiple slurp juices!

I’ll let you figure out the value of Ape if one Ape equals multiple Apes.

MBM@lemmings.world on 10 Sep 18:32 collapse

You better not be funging those apes

sailor_sega_saturn@awful.systems on 09 Sep 2024 05:05 next collapse

Yes but consider that $429,000* dollars is a small price** to pay for free*** entry to ApeFest.

* Valuing ApeFest tickets at a few hundred dollars this would only take you a millennium to be in the black. But really it’s more about the exclusivity.

** Oh and you have to hang out with other Ape Holders. Oh and also may get your retinas sunburned from unsafe UV lights.

** Supplies limited. Travel to whatever random corner of the earth they chose not included.

bitofhope@awful.systems on 09 Sep 20:51 collapse

Oh and you have to hang out with other Ape Holders. Oh and also may get your retinas sunburned from unsafe UV lights.

Ouch, that sounds painful. Can’t I just get the retina burn without the having to hang out with Ape Holders part?

sailor_sega_saturn@awful.systems on 09 Sep 22:12 collapse

The easiest way is to look at the sun. I did this and other stupid things (like staring into flashlights) as a kid, and my vision is mostly* normal so I clearly didn’t try very hard.

* Some light visual snow

NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone on 09 Sep 2024 10:02 collapse

I’m about to make back all my losses and some from investing in AI. You can’t win if you don’t play.