Digital Cat NFT Sells for $254K, Anchoring Record Crypto Art Auction
• "Genesis Cat" digital art NFT sold for $254K in Sotheby's auction, 12 times estimated price
• Image minted on Bitcoin's Ordinals protocol by Taproot Wizards artist FAR (Francisco Alarcon)
• Part of broader Ordinals sale raking in $1.1M across 19 lots from 11 artists
• Another "Rare Satoshi" NFT called "Black Rare Sat" sold for $165K, said to be a record
• Genesis Cat was anchor for Quantum Cats collection honoring Bitcoin's OP_CAT protocol