Chain CEO Deepak Thapiyal Celebrated The One Year Anniversary Of His $23.7M Punk Purchase!

A year after Chain CEO Deepak Thapliyal went to the moon and purchased an Alien CryptoPunk for a record setting amount, the NFT enthusiast took to Twitter today to reminisce on the past year and teased that something out of this world is coming soon!

On February 12, 2022, Thapliyal purchased CryptoPunk #5822 for 8,000 Eth or $23.7 Million USD.

CryptoPunk #5822 is a one attribute Alien type Punk with a bandana. Based on these traits, CryptoPunk #5822 is the 8th most punk CryptoPunk, according to Rarity Tools.

Since that time, Thapliyal’s Alien Punk has become a mascot of the Web3 space.

"It’s the 1 year anniversary for Alien Punk 5822,” Thapliyal tweeted today.” Since then, 5822 was featured as the main show piece for Tiffany’s iconic NFTiff drop, made it to the Guinness world record book & was a part of the Checks reveal What’s next for 5822 this year? Coming soon.”

The Bored Ape Gazette will contine to follow Thapliyal and will let you know what he does next with his far out Punk! Stay tuned for updates!