Madonna joins Metaverse with $560,000 Bored Ape NFT purchase

2 years ago

The “queen of pop” has joined the ever-growing database of mainstream celebrities who “aped up” their creation collections.

Liam Frost Mar. 25, 2022 astatine 1:20 p.m. UTC 2 min read

Madonna joins Metaverse with $560,000 Bored Ape NFT purchase

Cover art/illustration via CryptoSlate

Iconic singer/songwriter and histrion Madonna joined the arrogant ranks of “ape holders” today, flaunting connected Instagram a Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) non-fungible token (NFT) she purchased for astir $560,000 via fintech steadfast MoonPay.

“I yet entered the MetaVerse…My precise ain Ape! What should I sanction her? Thanks @moonpay,” Madonna wrote connected her Instagram. “We each request extortion from Evil Eye.”

Madonna rocking her ape connected Instagram

According to NFT marketplace OpenSea’s records, MoonPay bought Madonna’s caller token—BAYC #4988—for 180 Ethereum (roughly $564,660 astatine property time). Prior to that, the ape past changed hands for 46.5 Ethereum successful August—worth astir $155,000.

Notably, rumors that Madonna is pondering a BAYC acquisition person been flying astir since astatine slightest January. At the time, BAYC holder Lindsey Byrnes tweeted astatine Madonna, pointing retired similarities betwixt the looks of her ape and the singer’s “Justify my love” medium cover.

Two weeks later, Madonna replied: “Ape good chosen. Now what?”

@LindseyByrnes I’m gladsome you saved it for me.
Ape good chosen. Now what?

— Madonna (@Madonna) January 17, 2022

Additionally, Madonna and BAYC really person the aforesaid manager—Guy Oseary—so it wasn’t truly unexpected for the instrumentalist to transverse paths with premium NFT apes sooner oregon later.

Simultaneously, MoonPay besides transferred different ape—BAYC #1506—to an chartless code connected Thursday. Soon after, rapper Wiz Khalifa uploaded the “jpeg” arsenic his Twitter avatar.

Smoke 1 with me!! Just dropped my archetypal ever $APE Coin mixtape connected the artifact concatenation with Unc @SnoopDogg 🔥🔥

▶️ https://t.co/tUItOCCIhT

— Wiz Khalifa (@wizkhalifa) March 24, 2022

As CryptoSlate reported, BAYC tokens are becoming progressively fashionable among mainstream celebrities. In aboriginal January, for example, celebrated rapper Eminem besides “joined the ape club” with a $450,000 NFT purchase.