ETH gas price surges as Yuga Labs cashes in $300M selling Otherside NFTs

While the Otherdeed NFTs could be minted only in APE, it also required ETH for gas fees.
Source: ETH gas price surges as Yuga Labs cashes in $300M selling Otherside NFTs (https://cointelegraph.com/news/eth-gas-price-surges-as-yuga-labs-cashes-in-300m-selling-otherside-nfts)
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