BAYC NFT Whale Franklin sells his Y00ts NFT after the mint

by James · September 7, 2022

Famous BAYC NFT whale Franklin Caldwell, who goes by the name franklinisbored on Twitter, is once again the talk of the NFT town for selling his y00ts NFT coin site.

y00ts has taken over NFT Twitter. I was able to sell my coin for 127.41 SOL after fees. I spent about 37 SOL on DUST, and paid 6.85 SOL to the team through royalties on my sales. It was a great achievement to make this list and I will work hard to make future lists! https://t.co/zeyhIKqXGO

– Franklin has 60 monkeys (@franklinisbored) 6 September 2022

Franklin currently owns more than 60 BAYC NFTs, making him the sixth largest Bored Ape collector. Just a few hours later y00t’s mint event was delayed due to a block failure Franklin sold his y00ts NFT.

He did this to increase his profits by selling the coin while there was still anticipation of the decline. “I was able to sell my coin for 127.41 SOL after fees. I spent about 37 SOL on DUST, and paid 6.85 SOL to the team through royalties on my sale,” Franklin tweeted.

As criticism began pouring in from NFT Twitter for selling the coin, Franklin stated that he would rather be open to taking profits since y00ts is such a high-profile collection with a visible roster.

“Even a 90 SOL profit for an inexperienced SOL trader is hard to say no to. It’s good data and feedback for the team. And yes, I want to make more lists and repeat this,” Franklin added.

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DeGod’s and y00t’s NFT creator, Frank, also joined the conversation and wondered why Franklin made such a decision. Frank chimed in by saying, “It’s going to be fun when the DeGods turn the Apes this year, though.”

Then the Twitter catfight between Frank and Franklin ensued with the latter tweeting “I’m more obsessed with my BAYC monkeys than @frankdegods is about DeGods/y00ts/DUST. Sorry if it offends you, but more than one person named Frank can be ultra-determined and focused. Get used to it.”

Frank didn’t hold back and tweeted that he thought Franklin just wanted the Twitter engagement now sounds like he doesn’t with all these shady tweets.

literally thought you just wanted the engagement now sounds like you don’t

— Frankⓨ (33.3%) (@frankdegods) 6 September 2022

Amidst all this chaos, y00t NFTs remain unoccupied and successful, as the collection in less than 24 hours generated over 190,000 SOL in volume, approximately $6.1 million.

At the time of writing, y00ts NFT, with a floor price of 159 SOL, occupies the top spot on OpenSea’s 24-hour volume statistics.

The Y00ts team has also revealed a second NFT collection titled T00bs. T00bs offers an additional entry point to the Y00ts ecosystem and increases the overall value of the project.