[xref]

Well it sold at Christie’s, not OpenSea or something

[acdha]

The best theory I’ve seen is that it was more of an attempt to generally juice the market:

https://amycastor.com/2021/03/14/metakovan-the-mystery-beepl...

[xnx]

True, so there was probably a commission cost, though even Christie's might have been doing it to try and establish itself in this new space.