Bored Ape Yacht Club has been one of the most prominent non-fungible token collections of the last year. The collection of 10,000 Bored Apes has attracted NFT collectors, investors, athletes and celebrities to its exclusive club. Here’s the latest on another prominent figure Apeing in.
What Happened: Speculation has grown about the world’s richest person joining the list of celebrities who own a Bored Ape NFT. Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk was recently photographed with the co-founders of cryptocurrency company MoonPay.
MoonPay has helped bring several celebrities into the NFT space. Paris Hilton, Jimmy Fallon, Post Malone and Justin Bieber were among the celebrities that have deals with MoonPay and received Bored Apes.
This week, MoonPay bought two Bored Apes many believe would be good fits for Elon Musk: Bored Ape #4976, which features a cowboy hat and could be connected to his new residence in Texas and the opening of a Tesla Gigafactory in the state.
The other is Bored Ape #4976, which was purchased for 95 Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) ($245,000), has the following traits:
- Purple Background: 13% of Apes
- Biker Vest: 3%
- Closed Eyes: 7%
- Blue Fur: 5%
- Cowboy Hat: 4%
- Bored Mouth: 23%
- Orange Background: 13%
- Wool Turtleneck: 2%
- Crazy Eyes: 4%
- Solid Gold Fur: 0.46%
- Short Mohawk: 3%
- Bored Unshaven: 16%
The purchase of Ape #1837 for 569 ETH is the sixth highest price paid on OpenSea, which doesn’t include private transactions or other exchanges like LooksRare.
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Why It’s Important: The purchase of Bored Ape #4976 came just hours after the photograph of Musk with the MoonPay executives.
“The picture is real. Don’t have additional details to share at the moment. But stay tuned to the website for exciting news to come,” a MoonPay spokesperson told Benzinga.
Moonpay meeting with Elon Musk? Is it finally happening?!? pic.twitter.com/esHQvEBnQq— Willy ₿ullish