The suspected-bot buyer also paid very high "gas" fees - which determine how quickly the Ethereum network processes a transaction - of 8 ETH ($32,000), to ensure the sale went through almost instantly.
Imagine if money charged you $32k on a $3k purchase to process that sale "almost instantly". NFTs should be an opt-in card for organ donation.
There are 3500 apes and they are worth 300,000 USD each. That's 1 billion dollars. We need to re-normalize beating up nerds and taking their money before it's too late.