Meet Vignesh Sundaresan, the Tamil immigrant who bought Beeple's NFT art for $69.3 mn

Meet Vignesh Sundaresan, the Tamil immigrant who bought Beeple's NFT art for $69.3 mn

Sundaresan detailed his journey in a blogpost titled 'NFTs: The First 5000 Beeples How two immigrants from Tamil Nadu bought a piece of digital art for $69M. And what we're funding next.'

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Sundaresan is a Y-Combinator alumnus who co-founded BitAcces.Sundaresan is a Y-Combinator alumnus who co-founded BitAcces.
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  • Mar 19, 2021,
  • Updated Mar 19, 2021 6:08 PM IST

Metakovan, the person who bought the digital art or non-fungible token (NFT) created by artist Mike Winkelmann, known as Beeple, for $69.3 million in an auction conducted by auction house Christie's has identified himself as Vignesh Sundaresan.

Sundaresan, a blockchain entrepreneur based in Singapore, detailed his journey in a blogpost titled 'NFTs: The First 5000 Beeples How two immigrants from Tamil Nadu bought a piece of digital art for $69M. And what we're funding next.'

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The blog also told the story of 'Twobadour', or Anand Venkateswaran, the steward of Metapurse, a crypto-based fund financed by Metakovan.

'Bitcoin will touch $100,000 soon, it's not a bubble,' say cryptocurrency experts

Metakovan, the person who bought the digital art or non-fungible token (NFT) created by artist Mike Winkelmann, known as Beeple, for $69.3 million in an auction conducted by auction house Christie's has identified himself as Vignesh Sundaresan.

Sundaresan, a blockchain entrepreneur based in Singapore, detailed his journey in a blogpost titled 'NFTs: The First 5000 Beeples How two immigrants from Tamil Nadu bought a piece of digital art for $69M. And what we're funding next.'

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The blog also told the story of 'Twobadour', or Anand Venkateswaran, the steward of Metapurse, a crypto-based fund financed by Metakovan.

'Bitcoin will touch $100,000 soon, it's not a bubble,' say cryptocurrency experts

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