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[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Terrible investment. That was probably like 2 months of his income.

[–] Magnum@infosec.pub 1 points 3 hours ago

His annual income is estimated at around $20 Million, so it was probably less.

Also you can write realized losses off of your taxes.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 5 points 9 hours ago

Or it wasn't. Very possible he was simply gifted the NFT and lied about the price.

A bunch of the early 20s NFT sales were wash sales