Beeple, who made $69 million from NFTs four years ago, is still making money now

👤 energys@Betty 📅 2026-09-13 08:37:44

Beeple continues to be active in the NFT field after selling an NFT for a whopping $69 million. At this year's Art Basel show, he launched the Regular Animals series, which is shipped for free. Today, the transaction price of a single work has exceeded 10 ETH, with a total value of nearly 10 million US dollars.
(Preliminary summary: NFT legend Beeple released a new work to support "ZachXBT against Brother Moji"!)
(Background supplement: Beeple's drawing mocked SEC Chairman "Gensler's idleness" and the hidden easter egg community called it super funny)

Beeple, the one who sold one NFT for a sky-high price of US$69 million The man has always been regarded as the symbol of the golden age of NFT.

Beeple, who earned $69 million from NFT four years ago, is still making money

Although NFT is no longer brilliant, Beeple and his team are still active in the NFT circle. At this year’s Art Basel show, he once again brought a “golden dog” – Regular Animals – to the currently deserted NFT market.

Yesterday, multiple Regular Animas were sold on OpenSea for more than 10 ETH (approximately $35,000), and this work was given away for free at Art Basel, with a total of 256 pieces. At this price, Beeple gave away nearly $10 million worth of NFTs at Art Basel.

Beeple, who earned $69 million from NFT four years ago, is still making money

The project Beeple and his team brought to this Art Basel show is Regular Animas. This is a bunch of robot dogs, as shown in the picture below. They look a bit scary because these robot dogs have human faces, and they all belong to famous people, such as Musk, Andy Warhol, Zuckerberg, Picasso and even Beeple himself.

Made $69 million from NFT four years ago Beeple, still making money now

Of course, it’s not just the visual effects that look scary. These robot dogs will use the cameras on their heads to observe the surrounding environment and use a visual algorithm logic that can continuously evolve to create works of art.

Made $69 million from NFT four years ago Beeple is still making money now

The celebrities played by these robot dogs are not randomly selected. The above-mentioned celebrities are chosen because they have an impact on the way humans view the world, whether through algorithms, art or politics. We as humans view the world through these lenses, and so do these robot dogs. At Art Basel, these robot dogs and humans observed each other, and the moments of observation became the works of art created by these robot dogs. These works of art are also like the autobiographies of these robot dogs.

Beeple, who earned $69 million from NFT four years ago, is still making money

Interestingly, Regular Animas also has a physical series, with a total of 1,024 physical series. It's already listed for sale on eBay for a buy-it-now price of $6,500. The pricing given by the market is that NFT is far more valuable than physical paintings. This is reminiscent of Damien Hirst’s “The Currency” series many years ago, allowing holders to choose between physical and NFT.

Beeple, who made $69 million from NFTs four years ago, is still making money

Before finding success in the NFT space, Beeple had been creating art every day since 2007, but had never sold it for more than $100. After gaining both fame and fortune, Beeple did not squander like some artists or currency project developers. He owned a studio/gallery of about 460 square meters, formed a team of dozens of 3D artists, engineers and researchers (even former Boeing engineers), invited Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, the former curator of the Contemporary Art Museum of Castle Rivoli, as a consultant, constantly exhibiting at art exhibitions around the world and creating new works of art.

This Beeple robot dog exhibition not only attracted attention in the currency circle because of its price, but also received reports from traditional media such as WSJ.

Beeple, which made $69 million from NFTs four years ago, is still making money

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