On Saturday 9 September, 2023: the X account of Vitalik Buterin was hacked. The scammer cleared over $1M worth of stolen value in cryptocurrency and NFT assets, including Punk #3983.

This punk holds cultural significance as representing the first punk claimed by the public (V1), and was held by @BokkyPoohBah until the hack. Less than 24 hours later, it was sold for 155e ($250,873.70) to pdf.0x5f-capital.eth