The 6529 model: royalties unpaid, artists silenced.

The Memes by 6529 has paid no royalties from secondary sales to its roughly 400 artists in more than 835 days, according to the article, which says a wallet designated for those royalties holds an estimated $190,000, with around $120,000 reportedly moved to team-controlled wallets. The article argues the primary sale split of 50/50 and the inventory distribution favor the team, which receives 30 museum copies, 100 or more for "research," and extra copies for figures including Punk6529, Jeff Bandman, DCInvestor and BSY, while each artist receives 20 copies. Former insider @PtiteAngele is quoted calling the project "rigged," and Brandon Walsh, @NFTWannabe, is cited publishing wallet addresses and transaction history. The 6529 side's response, as the article reports it, is that OpenSea does not enforce royalties and the team distributes manually.