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Hip hop icon Eminem buys his first Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT, paying nearly $500,000
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Award-winning hip hop artist and icon Eminem purchased a Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT for the first time, joining a growing list of celebrities who have bought into the hype.
He acquired the non-fungible token, which he has since set as his Twitter profile picture, on the OpenSea platform for 123.45 ether, or about $462,000.
But this wasn't his first NFT purchase. Under the name Shady_Holdings, the rapper has loaded up on 22 NFTs, despite only opening his OpenSea wallet less than a week ago.
User GeeGaza, who sold Eminem the Bored Ape NFT, tweeted "<a href=«https://twitter.com/Gee__Gazza/status/1477005759359733771?ref_src=» https: markets.businessinsider.com target="_blank">I'm living in a simulation
" after the transaction with the Read more on markets.businessinsider.comAbout this in other media
Sales of Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs jump past $1 billion amid heightened interest from celebrity collectors markets.businessinsider.com /2 years ago
OpenSea NFT trading volume surges as Bored Ape mania intensifies cointelegraph.com /2 years ago
Slim Shady buys Bored Ape ‘EminApe’ NFT for $460K cointelegraph.com /2 years ago
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