One person paid 204 ETH, which roughly translates to $553,000 as gas fees for a transaction. But it cost 300 Ether ($785,640) in order to mint 1,000 tokens.
On Feb. 22, Tubby Cats became the number one project on the flagship NFT marketplace OpenSea by trading volume.
The 48-hour whitelist mint for the project kicked off on Monday. The rest of the tokens became accessible to the public.