# The Meebits

<https://meebits.larvalabs.com/>

- Host: [meebits.larvalabs.com](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/hosts/meebits.larvalabs.com/)
- Saved: May 6, 2021 (2021-05-06T11:02:21Z)
- Record: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/7c25d5749b62/
- JSON: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/7c25d5749b62.json

## What Jamie wrote

This new [NFT](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-fungible_token) project launched this week from [Larva Labs](https://larvalabs.com), who also created the famed [CryptoPunks](https://larvalabs.com/cryptopunks). The CryptoPunks are now selling for over $1M in some cases, so the launch of a new project from this team is a big deal.

The Meebits all sold within a few hours. There were 20,000 of them generated. Owners of CryptoPunks could get one for free, and new buyers had to pay 2.5 ETH, or $8,000 to mint. Larva Labs [generated **$80,000,000 in a few hours**](https://cryptobriefing.com/meebits-nfts-selling-six-figures-larva-labs-banks-80m/). There was also a run-up in the price of ETH right before this. I wonder if that inflow had anything to do with it? Likely not. 

It will be interesting to see how these transition over time. You can also see the [collection on OpenSea](https://opensea.io/collection/meebits).

## Facts

- Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/)

## Appears in

- [WT185: Weekly Thing #185 / Signal, Peloton, Meebits](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/185/), Must Read

## Mentioned by

- [MoFi Consensus - Weekly News and Crypto Talk w/ Kevin Rose & Feyyaz Alingan | Modern Finance Podcast - MoFi](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/24b1b2c84179/) (modern.finance, May 27, 2021)

## Saved the same week

- [The Observation Deck » Twitter Spaces, a few weeks in](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/914ed93224d4/) (dtrace.org, May 6, 2021)
- [Amazon Q1 2021 — ongoing by Tim Bray](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/6c2616d27b52/) (tbray.org, May 6, 2021)
- [osmosfeed: Turn GitHub into an RSS reader](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/93c079c51007/) (github.com, May 6, 2021)
- [Scorecard: iOS Score Tracking App](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/b753b7149f5b/) (getscorecard.app, May 6, 2021)
- [Peloton agrees to recall Tread Plus treadmills in a deal with Consumer Product Safety Commission - The Washington Post](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/bf9d021bb3a3/) (washingtonpost.com, May 6, 2021)

## Elsewhere

- Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://meebits.larvalabs.com/