$DOGE Wallet Founder Makes ‘Largest Commercial Dogecoin Transaction’ in History

Bill Lee, the founder of self-custodial Dogecoin ($DOGE) wallet MyDoge, has purchased 25 Fire-Tier copies of BIG3’s Aliens for $625,000, making it the “biggest commercial Dogecoin cryptocurrency transaction in history.” According to a news statement, Lee, who is also the co-founder of Craft Ventures, paid $625,000 for the 24 Fire-Tier non-fungible tokens (NFTs) that confer ownership in Ice Cube’s Big3 basketball league’s Aliens squad. BREAKING 🚨 Aliens acquired by Craft Ventures co-founder Bill Lee and Dusan Bulut has been named captain of Aliens 👽 Lee purchased all 25 Fire tiers of Aliens in Dogecoin. Bulut was selected No. 3 overall to Power last year. In 5 games, he averaged 19.2 PPG, 5 RPG & 2 APG. https://t.co/IiSDwrPI7c pic.twitter.com/AskKqUZrg5 — The Fourth Man: A BIG3 Podcast (@4thManPod) May 4, 2022 Big3 co-founder Jeff Kwatinetz was cited as saying, “We’re happy to team up with Bill and have the MyDoge and Dogecoin communities be represented by the Aliens,” noting that the deal “made history.” Big3’s new ownership model, which was revealed earlier this month and offers NFT owners “ownership-like perks,” was used to sell the NFTs. The squad will “embrace Dogecoin and incorporate MyDoge,” according to the press release, so that “players, coaches, and the team can receive Dogecoin advice on Twitter with only a tweet.” The team the Dogecoin wallet founder bought will also “MyDoge/Dogecoin prominently on team jerseys, ...