Investors spent millions of dollars on “NFTs” of cartoon apes and then they got scammed. So says this Vice article about a thief who ran off with millions of dollars people had spent to purchase “Evolved Apes”. Personally, I think if someone convinces you to pay millions of dollars for a JPEG, you were already scammed. But hey, if you disagree, I’m thinking of minting an NFT of the Brooklyn Bridge that I’d be glad to sell you.

Update (November 11, 2021): Friend-of-the-site Josh H. notes that John Cleese actually followed through on the dumb Brooklyn Bridge joke. While Cleese didn’t get the $69 million he set as a “Buy It Now” price, his sketch did sell for almost 18 Ethereum, which is about $85,000. Also, don’t miss the name of the auction’s winning bidder.