Reddit Avatars Doing Real World Good- We Raised and Donated $332 to Red Cross efforts for Hurricane Ian

So for those unaware, the paid Reddit Avatars are selling for some huge bucks on the secondary market on Opensea. The highest grossing collection and largest sale are is the Foustling Collection and the Fishy Foustling #1 that sold for 15.25 ETH (over $20k at sale time- https://polygonscan.com/tx/0x4d5ddf432502a0969a41938247cd6772d9836e8f2f70178d5c5575d78e79ff90)

I am an NFT Parody/comedy artist who works exclusively in MS Paint. I reached out to the original artist and asked if he would be cool with me making a parody collection of his avatar. He told me to go for it, so I minted 10 "Remastered" versions of his avatar.

Now, I mostly make the artwork to bring joy, fun, and silliness into the world. Because of this, I wanted to use the proceeds of the sale in a positive way. I ask Tyler Foust (original artist) to tell me a charity or non-profit he wanted the money to go towards, and he said the Red Cross and hurricane victims.

The collection was listed on Opensea (here) on 10/5, and sold out by 10/7. The total volume was .26 ETH (proceeds were .25 ETH after fees).

I took the net of .25ETH, and swapped for 398 MATIC (value of $332.75), seen here- https://polygonscan.com/tx/0x1e74f33b2967fb33dee0dab2d891878c54478fd89d1e10e2ee6efb0f5654cad5

I then moved the 398 MATIC to Coinbase, seen here- https://polygonscan.com/tx/0x234f213176d885827e81079e3fc7d4f2e14276df4fb3d6d4fe97025ccfd8dcc6

After selling the MATIC on Coinbase, I was left with $332 USD, which I used to donate to the American Red Cross to go towards Hurricane Ian.

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I am blown away by the giving nature of the crypto community and I love seeing how great art can multiply in “goodness!!” Even silly and fun things like Reddit Avatars can be reimagined and bring tangible good and help those in need! And now, if anyone asks you what good NFTs and crypto has brought into the world, you can tell them funds raised through sales went to hurricane victims.