20.11.2021
Post Malone, Jimmy Fallon, Steph Curry, and a few other high-profile celebs are now owners of the popular Ethereum NFT collection: Bored Apes
Bored Ape Yacht Club
CryptoPunks NFT might have opened the doors for the NFT profile picture trend, but the Bored Ape Yacht Club is making even stronger adoption to collectors who aren’t deeply immersed in crypto culture.
Post Malone
Rapper Post Malone recently was added to this list, just changing his Twitter profile picture to a Bored Ape a few days ago.
Jimmy Fallon
The Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon mentioned about NFT lately
And recent just revealed the bought Bored Ape #599. It was purchased for about $224,000 worth of ETH in early November, and Fallon showcased the image to his 51 million Twitter followers by writing, “Permission to come a bored?” Now he said he’s looking into Mutant Apes, as well.
Stephen Curry
Curry wasn’t the first notable athlete to buy a Bored Ape, but he was surely the most prominent one when he joined in August. The three-time NBA champion, bought his Bored Ape NFT for about $180,000 worth of ETH at the time. Curry was seen hanging out in the project’s official Discord server shortly after the purchase.
Mark Cuban
Billionaire investor, Dallas Mavericks owner, and “Shark Tank” famous Mark Cuban apparently received his Bored Ape as a gift in May, according to community resource The Bored Ape Gazette. However, he hasn't sold even though the price skyrocket, and even featured it on his own Lazy.com NFT gallery profile. Cuban is also a big fan of Dogecoin and has invested in.
Lil Baby
Rapper Lil Baby is yet another celebrity that joined the Yacht Club via MoonPay, but he also went a step further, “mutating” his Bored Ape with a special NFT serum to create a second Mutant Ape Yacht Club NFT. He seems to like it.
Marshmello
The DJ has since traded up to a CryptoPunk avatar for his Twitter profile pic, but he aped into the Bored Apes in September with a rainbow-teeth NFT purchased for nearly $220,000 worth of ETH at the time.
