{"id":38650,"date":"2025-07-24T17:46:43","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T17:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=38650"},"modified":"2025-07-24T17:46:43","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T17:46:43","slug":"remember-cryptopunks-this-public-company-just-traded-5-15-million-worth-of-stock-for-a-jpeg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=38650","title":{"rendered":"Remember CryptoPunks? This Public Company Just Traded $5.15 Million Worth Of Stock For A JPEG"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>GameSquare <\/strong>(NASDAQ:<a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/stock\/GAME#NASDAQ\">GAME<\/a>) has acquired <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/cryptocurrency\/24\/09\/40831680\/cryptopunk-heist-1m-nft-snagged-for-18-000-in-smart-contract-exploit\">CryptoPunk #5577<\/a> \u2014 one of the rarest and most culturally important NFTs \u2014 from <strong>Compound <\/strong>founder and Superstate CEO <strong>Robert Leshner<\/strong>, issuing $5.15 million worth of preferred stock in the exchange.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/chainwire.org\/2025\/07\/24\/gamesquare-acquires-iconic-cowboy-ape-cryptopunk-from-defi-pioneer-robert-leshner\/?mfk=v%2Bkg%2BxHRI312ZXUiRsmc6kv6DF0rfIhl67VOdSylUDWRNQo921b5MKkydzNUJF6Bj3yjI534SZUH%2BWn84i%2FW7YMiVF4zaUhHFjbTaKKyE7JP\">purchase<\/a> was executed through the issuance of GameSquare preferred shares convertible to common stock at $1.50 per share, officially making Leshner a shareholder in the public company.<\/p>\n<p>The move signals GameSquare&#8217;s deepening commitment to Ethereum-native strategies and positions the firm as a digital asset-forward player in the traditional markets.<\/p>\n<p>CryptoPunk #5577, also known as the &#8220;Cowboy Ape,&#8221; is part of the original 10,000-piece CryptoPunk collection by <strong>Larva Labs<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>It is one of just 24 &#8220;Ape&#8221; Punks, and features a distinctive cowboy hat, a trait &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/25\/07\/46611509\/remember-cryptopunks-this-public-company-just-traded-5-15-million-worth-of-stock-for-a-jpeg\" alt=\"Remember\" cryptopunks this public company just traded million worth of stock for a jpeg>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GameSquare (NASDAQ:GAME) has acquired CryptoPunk #5577 \u2014 one of the rarest and most culturally important NFTs \u2014 from Compound founder and Superstate CEO Robert Leshner, issuing $5.15 million worth of preferred stock in the exchange. The purchase was executed through the issuance of GameSquare preferred shares convertible to common stock at $1.50 per share, officially [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-38650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38650\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}