Meet artist that had his work stolen in a $138,000 crypto scam

Close to 2000 people last week bought into a presale of a collection of digital figurines only to receive nothing in return but a set of emojis. The Twitter account behind this purported NTF mint is estimated to have pocketed $138,000 and disappeared, leaving behind a closed Twitter account.

It was only on Sunday that the legit artist of the image caught wind of this sale. The creator of the images – presented as previews of the collection- expressed distress that someone would use your work like that.

The 27-year-old artist, Ludvig Holmen, is currently studying architecture at the Architectural Association. When he was younger, the artist recalls doing a lot of drawing and 3D modeling that did progress to NTFS. In February, Holmen got curious about NTFS after Beeple sold one for $69 million. Successfully, shortly after, Ludvig Holmen was able to sell a set of rotating 3D NFTs, GolemFactory, at 17ETH ($59,000 at current prices.)

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