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Elon Musk just changed his profile pic to Bored Apes–a whole montage of them. This comes after he bought Twitter. Did Musk see the potential in not only Bored Apes, but the community known as NFT Twitter (of which we are a part!). Musk hasn’t shown much interest in NFTs, other than a Feb. 26…
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Crypto payments app developer MoonPay had the winning bid at Christie’s auction of World of Women # 5672 NFT. It was one of the highest purchases for the World of Women (WoW) collection. Yam Karkai is the artist and creator behind WoW. She recently announced a partnership with Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine to develop WoW…
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Ryan Weeks of The Block has an excellent interview with MoonPay CEO Ivan Soto-Wright. MoonPay says it “offers the fastest way to buy and sell crypto securely. Buy crypto with credit card or bank transfers. It’s fast, simple, and secure.” But it also began offering a “concierge” service for NFT purchases to celebrities, including Jimmy…
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DJ and record producer Diplo acquired Bored Ape #5384, assisted by the service MoonPay. Moonpay has assisted other artists and celebrities, including Post Malone and DJ Khaled, with acquisitions of Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs.
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Using the fintech service MoonPay, Post Malone bought 2 NFTs from the Bored Ape Yacht Club collection. Post Malone then proceeded to waste no time and included one of the Bored Apes image (for Bored Ape #961) in a kind of virtual product placement his new music video with The Weeknd.
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