Iconic ¡®Disaster Girl¡¯ Meme Fetches ?3.7 Crore In NFT
Zoe Roth took control over the viral image macro taken by her father in 2005 of her flashing a sinister smile as firefighters doused a house fire in their North Carolina US neighbourhood. The Roth family didnt know what to do with all the internet infamy until February when it was suggested that she should sell the original image as a non-fungible token NFT. NFT is a digital signature authenticated by blockchain that certifies the ownership and o...Read More
That mischievous smirk on an innocent girl¡¯s face while a house burns down in the background--a meme that has intrigued the internet community for more than a decade--has fetched the ¡®disaster girl¡¯ over ?3.7 crore In NFT.
Zoe Roth took control over the viral image macro taken by her father in 2005 of her flashing a sinister smile as firefighters doused a house fire in their North Carolina (US) neighbourhood.
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Just so there isn¡¯t any confusion, then 4-year-old Roth isn¡¯t an arsonist; and when she isn¡¯t being her alter ego--teasing the internet with her diabolical smile--the internet¡¯s favourite child lives a parallel life as a 21-year-old young adult who is a senior at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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The Roth family didn¡¯t know what to do with all the internet infamy until February when it was suggested that she should sell the original image as a non-fungible token (NFT).
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Putting aside initial suspicion, the father-daughter duo sought the advice of "meme" celebrities like "Overly Attached Girlfriend" Laina Morris and "Bad Luck Brian" Kyle Craven before hiring a manager and a lawyer to sort the process out, the Raleigh News and Observer reported.
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Thereafter, on April 16, they listed the original copy of the ¡®Disaster Girl¡¯ meme for a 24-hour auction, which was purchased by 3F Music, a Dubai-based music studio, for 180 Ether--a cryptocurrency currently worth over ?3.7 crore.
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The same company also bought several other big-ticket NFTs, including Overly Attached Girlfriend ($411,000) and The New York Times¡¯ meta NFT-column ($560,000), The Verge reported.
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NFT is a digital signature authenticated by blockchain that certifies the ownership and originality of items. It has become the latest investment craze, with one digital artwork selling for nearly $70 million while a hand-painted "self-portrait" co-created by the famous humanoid robot Sophia fetched just under $700,000.
