The Sotheby’s auction house has been named as a defendant in a lawsuit filed by investors who regret buying Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs that sold for highly inflated prices during the NFT craze in 2021.

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A lot of those transactions is just to up the price so dumb asses think they are worth it. The other half is just dumb asses ofc.

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It has to be some form of money laundering.

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It is, but tsss.

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Shhhhhhh don’t tell them

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