Investor pays BRL 950,000 in NFT which is distributed for free

OpenSea, the largest NFT marketplace in the world, announced the purchase of the Gem platform last year. Basically, such an aggregator collects market data, which is a practical option for investors in the sector.

To celebrate, OpenSea released the NFT Gemesis collection on Tuesday (4). In total, the company offers a batch of 180,000 NFTs that can be redeemed for free. At the time of writing, only 44.4% have been minted.

“To celebrate our community’s journey, we are launching Gemesis, a thank you to the Gem community members who have sailed with us.”

However, for unknown reason, a user decided to spend 100 ethers (ETH) for one of these NFTs from the Gemesis collection. In direct conversion, the amount is equal to R$950,000.

Community suspected of money laundering with NFT

Several users laughed at the investor who spent almost BRL 1 million for an NFT that can be exchanged for free or, in the worst case, for 0.03 ETH (BRL 285) in the base price.

However, others pointed out that the transaction was too suspicious to be treated as a mistake. That is, speculation is beginning to emerge that the purchase is part of a coup.

The first option is money laundering. After all, the transaction could have been made by the same person, but they can now claim their 100 ETH winnings as legitimate.

“The washing machine is running at full speed with this one”one user joked about the matter.

Mistakes happen

While the stablecoin USD Coin (USDC) lost its parity with the dollar last month, an investor traded BRL 10 million for 25 cents. In other words, mistakes happen.

Considering that a user put forward another plausible explanation other than that the investor was committing some sort of scam.

“Apparently the seller spent 0.4 ETH on gas to close the offer quickly. It appears that the person tried to split the 100 ETH over multiple bids, but accidentally only made one bid.

Finally, in case it was a mistake, some suggested that the seller return the money to the hapless investor, keeping only a portion. However, on-chain data indicates that he has already moved 70 ETH to another address.

Source: Live Coins

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