This week: “What the Punk!” was released, the new 80-minute documentary that tells the story of the famous CryptoPunk and the pioneers of crypto and NFT Art.
NFT Art with “What the Punk!”: 80-minute documentary about the history of CryptoPunk
On June 11, 2024, “What the punk!” was released, a 80 minute documentary that explores the extraordinary history of the CryptoPunk and the birth of the living NFT Art Scene.
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We decided to use Vimeo OTT to quickly meet community expectations and not keep you waiting any longer.
This also supports the participation of our film in festivals.
Strong viewership will help us get streaming deals.
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“IMPORTANT, we decided to use Vimeo OTT to quickly meet community expectations and not keep you waiting any longer. In this way we also support the participation of our film in festivals. A strong audience turnout will help us win streaming contracts. Thank you for your support!”
“Watch it NOW on ARTE (France and Germany) or on VIMEO OTT (English version) for $5.99 or $9.99 to purchase”
“What a punk!” is made directly with the participation from CryptoPunk creators Matt Hall and John Watkinson. It tells the story of this unprecedented journey: from a candid blockchain experiment to the most prestigious museums and auction houses in the world.
In practice, the story tells about this almost surreal world in which incredibly creative artists find their way through the complexity of the big speculators and digital fraudsters.
The CryptoPunks have shaken the art worldwhich sparked an artistic revolution and a speculative storm of enormous proportions.
NFT Art: the CryptoPunks told in the new documentary “What The Punk!”
Watched the new documentary about NFT Art the international release on VIMEO OTT for a limited period of 3 months, and on ARTE for France and Germany.
For Europe, the launch of “What The Punk!” took place in combination with ART BASEL 2024, at the Kult Kino Cinema, during the Digital Art Mile, a new format for digital art fair in Basel.
ARTE describes the plot of the movie about CryptoPunk as follows:
“In 2017, two unknown programmers had fun tinkering with an algorithm. The result was a collection of 10,000 pixelated characters with an old-fashioned 8-bit look, the CryptoPunk, which they then offered for free via blockchain. Who would have thought that just three years later they would be worth billions of dollars.”
Behind “What The Punk!” is there the director Hervé Martin Delpierre who generally devotes himself to directing documentaries that reveal his passion for the artistic and cultural trends of the 21st century. His most important film is ‘Daft Punk Unchained’, the only one in existence about the most famous electronic band, and has been sold in more than 80 countries.
The sale of the CryptoPunk collection
I CryptoPunk continue to be tops the rankings of the best-selling NFTsalso makeEthereumthe blockchain on which they were developed, the the first in terms of volume.
To give an example: last April 2024, the CryptoPunk NFT #635 was sold for the modest amount of 4000 ETHthe then equivalent of $12.4 million.
Looking at the most recent sales, such as the one on Friday, June 14, 2024, the sale prices of CryptoPunk NFTs remain in the range of 28-50 ETH.