YouTuber exchanged Tesla Roadster for $250 000 on NFT cost $60 000 – Bits Media

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Ютубер обменял Tesla Roadster за $250 000 на NFT стоимостью $60 000 - Bits Media

YouTube channel creator with 7 million subscribers exchanged their electric car for NFT, four times cheaper. But why did he do it?

Host of the channel “What’s Inside”?», Dan Markham (And Markham), traded his OG Tesla Roadster for the NFT “Positive Porcupine” from VeeFriend and shared his impressions of this on your YouTube channel.

The NFT was created at VeeGriends and belonged to Eli Burton (That is Burton) - collector, founder of the electric vehicle owner community My Tesla Adventure, and also to the artist, who wrote the graphic novel The Adventures of Starman, dedicated to Elon Musk's space project.

“I traded the epic Positive Porcupine from the VeeFriend collection for the car of my dreams, Starman's real roadster", Burton tweeted.

"In a year, two or three it might turn out to be monumentally stupid, and a great solution. I think, these electric cars will become more expensive over time, but I also believe in NFTs", — Markham commented on the deal.

Both collectors conducted an NFT transaction live on YouTube, then the deal was completed in the real world, when Markham gave Burton documents and keys to Tesla. According to YouTuber, the price of the OG Tesla Roadster electric car may soon reach $250,000, since this is a limited edition, about 2,500 cars.  Porcupine was presented on OpenSea at a price 16.339 Wrapped Ether (Weth), which at the time of publication was approximately $56 445 dollars.

Then, which at first glance seems like an event from the category of a “fair of unheard-of generosity” or stupidity, upon closer examination of the issue, it shows more pragmatic tactics, designed for the impressionable average person. First of all, Previously, Markham won the second next-generation Tesla Roadster, as one of Tesla's referrals. Thus, the transaction involved a previous generation car at its residual value, obviously, comparable to the price of NFT Positive Porcupine.  Next, both collectors belong to the same Tesla community and have known each other for a long time, and a publicly orchestrated NFT exchange for a Tesla Roadster, Potentially increases the value of both assets and the Markham Canal.