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i suspect, you know what we saw with some early beeple sales, beeple with the record of $69 million with nft that also sold at christie's, previous beeples had sold we don't know who bought this. maybe we'll find out and have that person on "squawk box." yes, that is a common practice it's likely somebody will split off the alien or one or two other characters and sell them for even more. >> wow, robert frank, educating us on the world of money big money, we should call it robert frank, thank you, appreciate it. joe. >> you've got your eye on one of the punks, andrew? which one caught your fancy? >> just you. just you >> no, one of the cryptopunks. i got it, i just -- well, you know what, are there any that you've got or eye on which one that you saw how many were there? >> well, there were nine, right? >> i don't know -- yeah, but what's the coolest -- what's the most valuable one, do you think? >> i don't know. >> alien >> it's in the eye of the beholder >> 17 million. so those little things are worth like 2 million apiece? >> i think i like that little guy what do you think? >> the gu

. >> are we going to update our beeple that is at the bottom of the hour andrew, are you the proud owner>> i'm not the proud owner i tried to do this and actually could not figure it out. i was thinking i should send money directly to autism speaks. i had gone to the site twice to figure out how to get in and i was not let in it looks like -- let's talk about it when we do it later i have more on that. >> i labeled it the heeple the haines beeple. it didn't work with wiscovery. it works with heeple >>> thenasdaq indicated up 70 and s&p up 13. we'll dig into what's working in the markets next >>> at 6:30, we reveal the d disrupter 50 only the best get in here. we'll show you which ones made the cut. "squawk box" coming right back >> announcer: this cnbc program is sponsored by ibm. the world is going hybrid with ibm. state-of-the-art but dependable. in other words, you want a hybrid. so do telcos. that's why they're going hybrid with ibm. a hybrid cloud approach with watson ai helps them roll out new innovations anywhere without losing speed. from telco to transportation, businesses are g

artist beeple sold an nft for a whopping $69.3 million. >> we don't have any expectations.r happens. >> charlie! >> reporter: the boys's father howard hopes the old video can help his sons, now 17 and 15, in the future. >> it would be great if someone thinks it's fantastic and they want to do whatever. it makes it easier for us. it means that harry goes to university and has a nice place to stay and doesn't have to have a bar job. >> reporter: no splurging on fast cars and video games? >> probably not. >> not for the most part. >> education takes priority. >> reporter: while charlie may have found biting his brother funny -- >> that really hurt, charlie, and it's still hurting. >> reporter: when the nft is sold, it's the family that could last ones laughing all the way to the bank. for "cbs this morning," ian lee in marlo, england. >> still tickles my funny bone. one person who won't bite finger, nate burleson, of cbs sports. our our green room. he's got the stories you're talking about today -- got the shorts. he is ready. >>> first, it is have you ever seen this before? s

turn it into dollars or do they pay it to the artist in the form of the crypto >> reporter: with beepleook it and sold it in dollars they turned it around. they have a coinbase account it is a quick turn they don't hold it >> nfts would be different i imagine. robert, great to see you joe. >>> coming up, we have fallout from the ransomware attack on the colonial pipeline. brian sullivan has the latest next. >>> and as we head to break, here is yesterday's s&p 500 winners and losers >> announcer: executive edge is sponsored by at&t business our people and network will help keep you connected let's take care of business. ca. okay, imagine this... your mover, rob, he's on the scene and needs a plan with a mobile hotspot. we cut to downtown, your sales rep lisa has to send some files, asap! so basically i can pick the right plan for each employee... yeah i should've just led with that... with at&t business... you can pick the best plan for each employee and only pay for the features they need. some say this is my greatest challenge. governments in record debt; inflation rising, currencies f

this qe and all of this money sloshing around is this a real asset class or is this a reflection or beeple? is it gold is it currency you had a finance job that lends credibility to the industry. there are questions going on based on colonial and china and a lot of worries and headwind? >> my personal view is calling crypto an asset class is like calling stocks an asset class. most of us don't think of it that way think about it for a minute. tech stocks versus industrials and financials within tech stocks, e-bay is different from apple the education level of investors needs to be better ethereum is a different business from solana. that is a different business from protocol labs you need to understand what you are buying people are sophisticated about that you still hear stories of guys on the train poking around on coin market cap to buy any crypto asset that is the wrong way to think about it many of these things will go to zero some of these things will be foundational technology with real value for generation. people need to get that. that's what we're trying to build here >> can you