A 12-year-old boy is proving that age is no bar for creating NFTs! The boy, Benyamin Ahmed, made over $160,000 after selling original NFTs called Weird Whales, reported Decrypt.
Weird Whales are stock-image inspired pixelated whales. The collection contains a total of 3350 NFTs, all of which were sold out within around nine hours this week. Moreover, Ahmed earns from the royalties on OpenSea. Whenever someone buys a whale NFT, the boy gets 2.5% of the amount it sold for.
All about Weird Whales NFT
Like CryptoPunks and Bored Ape Yacht Club, each Weird Whale NFT’s value depends on its traits. Some traits are rare, which makes the NFT more valuable.
For instance, Weird Whales 1250 recently sold for around $6,000. According to RaritySniper.com, this is the eighth rarest Weird Whale among all the 3350.
“I got interested in the NFT space because originally I thought it was cool as an online flex,” Ahmed told the media. However, he later developed a “respect” for “digital-first art style” of popular NFT collections and decided to make his own NFTs.
Weird Whales NFTs came to life when the developers of Boring Bananas gave England-based Ahmed a Python script with a template to make his own images. However, his father taught him to take things a step forward by adding his own assets. Soon, with some help from Boring Bananas, the Weird Whales went viral.
NFTs have grown in leaps and bounds in the last couple of months. Today, even kids as young as Ahmed are entering the NFT space. Not only that, global brands are also dropping NFTs to attract children, as we have seen with MGA Entertainment’s L.O.L. Surprise NFTs.
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