Pranksy: Inside the anonymous life of an NFT legend — NFT Collector

Legendary NFT Collector Pranksy has traded Bored Apes with Gwyneth Paltrow and flipped a Zombie CryptoPunk for a $1.2M profit inside a day.

OG collector Pranksy is one of the most prolific figures in the NFT space, yet remains one of cryptos greatest mysteries, with his true identity still unknown.

Starting with just $600 worth of ETH in 2017 (incredibly he’s never had to buy any more ETH with fiat) Pranksy cut his teeth with the explosion of CryptoKitties and quickly built up a stack of ETH which he relentlessly poured back into the ecosystem, being dubbed the “King of the Mint” by the time NFT mania truly hit in 2020-21.A key figure in popularizing Bored Ape Yacht Club, some of his trades have become legendary.

On September 4, 2021, he purchased a Zombie CryptoPunk #6275 for 1,000 ETH ($3.89M) and sold it later that same day for 1,320 ETH ($5.12mil) a casual $1.23 million profit in 24 hours.

Today, he still has more than 45,000 NFTs in his primary wallet, pranksy.eth, with Avastars and CyberBrokers two of his biggest current holdings.

But while few names in NFTs carry as much weight as his, ask him who Pranksy really is and the answer might surprise you.

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