Edward Snowden created NFT art, “<a href="https://foundation.app/Snowden/stay-free-edward-snowden-2021-24437" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Stay Free</a>” which has sold for $5.4 million in Ethereum. The NFT artwork represents his face as a cut-out with the background made up of the documented court decision ruling on the NSA’s mass surveillance program. A former employee of the United States National Security Agency, Snowden is guilty of the U.S. espionage charges for leaking the documents concerning the Prism surveillance program in 2013.
<h2><strong>Edward Snowden's NFT Sells for $5.4 Million</strong></h2>
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden just sold his very first NFT for $5.44 million, or 2,224 ETH.

The sale makes “Stay Free'' one of the single-most expensive NFTs to go at auction just behind <a href="https://www.cryptoknowmics.com/news/mysterious-buyer-for-70-million-beeple-art-is-nft-investor-metakovan/">Beeple’s $69 million</a> digital art and $6 million for 16 CryptoPunks. Even though many artists and celebrities have given into the <a href="https://www.cryptoknowmics.com/news/new-york-stock-exchange-to-launch-first-trade-nfts/">NFT craze,</a> few have bagged in millions with just a single piece.

Snowden said that all proceeds from the sale will go to the Freedom of the Press Foundation, a non-profit that develops open-source tools for whistleblowers that develop open-source communication and encryption tools to shield journalists from state-sponsored hackers and government surveillance. Snowden has led the organization as president since 2017.

https://twitter.com/FreedomofPress/status/1383156492468113411

The former CIA employee has been in self-imposed exile in Russia since exposing the NSA’s domestic surveillance program. He worked as a contractor for the CIA and the NSA in 2013 as an analyst.

The <a href="https://www.cryptoknowmics.com/news/digital-artist-paks-nfts-fetch-total-168m-in-auction/">NFT piece is based</a> on a photo by visual artist Platon that depicts a shaded motif of his face set against court documents linked to the exposé with Snowden’s signature on it.
<h2><strong>High-Profile Personalities Joins the NFT Craze</strong></h2>
The NFT winner went by the username @PleasrDAO on OpenSea on the Foundation platform where the auction was held.

Snowden joins Megadeth, The Weeknd, and the<a href="https://www.cryptoknowmics.com/news/wwe-bouncing-into-the-nft-ring-featuring-moments-from-the-undertakers-career/"> WWE in releasing an NFT,</a> making the non-fungible token market continue with its continual high-profile auction. The influx of <a href="https://www.cryptoknowmics.com/news/filmmaker-kevin-smith-releasing-horror-anthology-killroy-was-here-as-nft/">celebrities and prominent names</a> like Snowden has put the spotlight on the NFT market.

Edward Snowden's “Stay Free” NFT Art Sells for $5.4 Million

Edward Snowden created NFT art, “Stay Free” has sold for $5.4 million in Ethereum. The influx of celebrities like Snowden has put a spotlight on NFT market.

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Edward Snowden's “Stay Free” NFT Art Sells for $5.4 Million

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