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'I slipped up': NFT collector evaporates CryptoPunk valued at $129,000—a third of his net worth

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With just a few clicks, a Web3 fortune can disappear in seconds.

On Friday, a non-fungible token collector permanently lost a CryptoPunk, a blue-chip NFT, while he was following a how-to guide to ready the collectible as loan collateral.

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