Metakovan is a blockchain entrepreneur and NFT collector who founded MetaPurse, best known for purchasing Beeple's EVERYDAYS: THE FIRST 5000 DAYS for $69.3 million at Christie's in March 2021. Metakovan's Twitter Score is 254 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of July 2026, ranking #1,559 (top 0.5%) among 531,432 tracked accounts.
Metakovan, whose real name is Vignesh Sundaresan, founded MetaPurse as a crypto-native fund focused on digital art and blockchain assets. He created the B20 token, which represents fractionalized ownership stakes in a portfolio of digital art assets including works by Beeple. He was formerly affiliated with Bitaccess and previously worked alongside Anand Venkateswaran, also known as Twobadour, in connection with the Beeple acquisition. Metakovan is also affiliated with Portkey Technologies.
Metakovan co-authored a paper published on arXiv in 2018 presenting Velocity, a decentralized Ethereum-based market for trading derivatives. In June 2023, he filed a lawsuit against Anand Venkateswaran alleging trademark infringement and false claims related to the Beeple purchase. Metakovan has 63,396 followers as of July 2026 and has published 95 posts. He has been mentioned by 225 accounts, with 401 total mentions.
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