What is Rick and Morty NFT and How Much Does it Cost?

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) gained popularity all over the world. People are ready to pay hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars for NFTs. Have you heard about Rick and Morty NFT?

As a reminder, Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon are the creators of the cartoon series Rick and Morty. One of them, Justin Roiland, created an NFT artwork.

Roiland released the NFT art collection called “The Best I Could Do” on the NFT auction house Nifty Gateway. His NFT art collection was sold for $1.6 million, more precisely, $1.65 million.

As stated earlier, Roiland co-created the famous animated television show Rick and Morty. Furthermore, he owns an animation studio as well as a video game studio. He sold a collection of artwork backed by blockchain technology.

More than a year ago, on January 18, on the NFT auction house Nifty Gateway, a famous animator raised more than a million in Ethereum (ETH) for his artwork.

Roiland used his Twitter account to address his followers. He said, “Testing the boundaries of crypto art.

What makes something valuable? The art? The artist? The process? The state of mind while created? The intention of the piece? Feeling really good about this collection.”

According to Nifty Gateway, “All proceeds going to help the Los Angeles homeless encampments.”  It is worth mentioning that one of the auction’s five-minute open editions aggregated a total of $275k in ether.

Interestingly, after Justin Roiland’s NFT collection sale ended, the auction house tweeted about Roiland’s record auction.

Creators of Rick and Morty and NFT

NFT artwork is quite popular in the crypto community. It isn’t hard to understand why. Artists have the opportunity to earn millions of dollars. For example, the collection created by the co-creator of Rick and Morty was sold for $1.65 million.

Let’s take a look at the most expensive NFTs in history.

Have you heard about The Merge? The most expensive NFT ever sold is actually a series of NFTs. The most expensive NFT was created by the world-famous digital artist Pak. Interestingly,

The Merge was bought by 28,983 people. They bought a total of 312,000 shares (each of which is an NFT) for $91.8 million.

The above-mentioned NFT artwork has made Pak the most valuable living artist in history.

The second place belongs to ‘Everydays: The First 5000 Days’, which was sold for $69.3 million.

Do you know who created the above-mentioned NFT artwork? Digital artist Mike “Beeple” Winkelmann. His artwork was sold at Christie’s first-ever digital art auction more than a year ago in March of 2021.

One really interesting question is, “Who bought the above-mentioned NFT artwork?” It was bought by Vignesh Sundaresan, a Singapore-based crypto investor. Interestingly, Vignesh Sundaresan is the founder of the Metapurse NFT project.

Let’s discuss another expensive NFT. As you already know, The Merge was created by Pak. We can take a look at his other famous NFT artwork.

Pak and his other famous NFT artwork

At the moment, the third most expensive NFT in history is “Clock.” This NFT is a joint creation of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange and Pak.

The purpose of this NFT artwork was to raise funds. As you know, it is quite expensive to hire a lawyer, etc. So, this NFT artwork was created in order to raise funds for Julian Assange’s defense. Notably, it was auctioned for the equivalent of $52.7 million in February 2022 to AssangeDAO, a decentralized organization (DAO).

What’s interesting is that the above-mentioned NFT artwork is part of a larger NFT collection called Censored. Importantly, Censored features more than 29,000 tokenized by buyers of the project. As a reminder, the proceeds for this NFT sent went to pro-freedom organizations Julian Assange, as well as Pak chose, including the Way Holland Foundation. Unsurprisingly, the Way Holland Foundation supports Julian Assange’s defense.

CryptoPunk #5822 and CryptoPunk #4156

CryptoPunks are very popular, to say the least. It is worth mentioning that this project was launched in 2017 by Larva Labs. Interestingly, it was inspired by the London punk scene, the cyberpunk movement, as well as electronic music artists. The most expensive CryptoPunk is CryptoPunk #5822.

Importantly, it was sold for roughly $23.7 million more than six months ago. Do you know why CryptoPunk #5822 is so expensive?

It is part of the series rarest alien edition. Notably, only nine exist out of the 10,000 punks available. Furthermore, CryptoPunk #5822 is one out of 333 others with a bandana. Who paid roughly $23.7 million for CryptoPunk #5822?

Good question! Deepak Thapliyal. He is the CEO of Chain. And given how rare this CryptoPunk is, we can expect CryptoPunk #5822 to remain one of the most expensive NFTs for many years.

Another expensive CryptoPunk is CryptoPunk #4156. It was sold for $10.26 million in 2021. It is worth mentioning that the sale was prompted by the pseudonymous collector Punk4156. Interestingly, Punk4156 became disillusioned with the NFT project as well as the way in which Larva Labs took care of communication, etc.

As you can see, people are ready to pay millions of dollars for CryptoPunks. For example, CryptoPunk #5577 was sold for $7.7 million in February. Robert Leshner, a founder of the Compound Defi protocol, bought the above-mentioned CryptoPunk.

Dan Harmon and Fox

Let’s get back to Rick and Morty. As stated earlier, Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon created Rick and Morty. They created one of the most popular animated television shows in the world.

Justin Roiland sold the NFT art collection for $1.65 million. Harmon, who is another co-creator of Rick and Morty, also made an interesting decision. He has partnered with Fox in the United States in order to launch a series of NFTs ahead of the launch of the network’s animated series Krapopolis.

Viewers will be able to watch the show next year. Importantly, Harmon works in collaboration with animation studio Bento Box Entertainment on Krapopolis. As a reminder, Bento Box Entertainment belongs to Fox.

It is noteworthy that the network’s Blockchain Creative Labs division cooperated with Dan Harmon to create a separate website for Krapopolis. Viewers will be able to purchase and collect NFT ‘Krap Chickens’ through the website. Notably, they will be able to use ‘Krap Chickens’ in order to unlock digital as well as real-life experiences within the above-mentioned show’s universe.

Let’s continue, “Krap Chickens” will provide “access” to various activities, including entry to Discord channels, etc.

Fox and non-fungible tokens

Media giant Fox entered the NFT space in 2021 with the creation of the Blockchain Creative Labs. Furthermore, the media giant created a $100m ‘creator fund’ in order to spot growth opportunities in the industry.

Blockchain Creative Labs operates under the Fox Entertainment banner. Scott Greenberg is the current CEO of Blockchain Creative Labs. Interestingly, he is a co-founder & CEO of Fox subsidiary Bento Box Entertainment as well. As a reminder, Bento Box Entertainment created a number of interesting shows.

According to Fox, Krapopolis is the first animated comedy to be curated on the blockchain. As a reminder, Krapopolis is set in mythical ancient Greece.

What you need to know about NFTs

Without exaggeration, non-fungible tokens are everywhere. You need to remember that NFTs refer to non-fungible tokens. They are digital objects that are verified on the blockchain and hold features such as non-interchangeability.

NFTs can fall into pretty much any category. However, they are most notably appearing in the form of art and music. Also, we shouldn’t forget about blockchain-based video games as well as video.

NFTs transformed the art world. As stated above, the Merge was bought by tens of thousands of people. Artists have the opportunity to earn millions of dollars thanks to NFTs.

For instance, artists who would once post their work for free or sell it cheaply realize that they can cash in on their talent in order to make a living.

It is still the early days for NFTs. They gained popularity only several years ago. It is hard to deny the fact that people like NFTs.

For instance, the NFT market rose by 300% in 2020 to over $250 million year-over-year. NFTs have captured the imagination of traders as well as creative alike. Moreover, the number of NFT wallets skyrocketed in 2020 to over 222,000 year-over-year.

Last but not least, the co-creator of Rick and Morty made the decision when he decided to create an NFT art collection. Celebrities, including the co-creator of Rick and Morty, understand the importance of NFT and its influence on people.

People can use modern technologies in order to solve various problems. It makes sense to learn about famous digital artists and NFTs. So, don’t forget to read about NFTs from time to time. Moreover, it is important to share your experience and knowledge with your friends in order to raise awareness about NFTs.