In 2022, celebrities have begun putting their money into non-fungible tokens, or NFTs. You typically need to buy them using ethereum, a cryptocurrency — it’s pretty straightforward, you get it. Celebrities need you to know how to purchase an NFT so that you yourself can invest in a few and then tell other people that you own them.
The Bored Ape Yacht Club makes NFTs. If you invest in these, you’ll get access to an exclusive club with perks. There are warehouse parties in Brooklyn, and if you own at least one ape, you can go into the digital bathroom and draw one pixel on a digital toilet as if you were in a dive bar with a teeny-tiny Sharpie.
Lindsay Lohan
Lindsay Lohan is an early pioneer as far as celebrities are concerned. She released the song “Lullaby” as an NFT in March 2021. Next, she collaborated with Canine Cartel on a rendering of her fursona (furry persona). This swiftly led to the furry community trying to cancel her.
Shaquille O’Neal
Shaquille O’Neal is a franchise owner of 17 Auntie Anne’s pretzel shops, so yes. Bought into the Mutant Ape Yacht Club, which is like the L.A. Soho House. He also launched his own NFTs that all lead back to his Shaq Gives Back Foundation.
Gwyneth Paltrow
She began tweeting about the cryptocurrency to her 2.7 million followers back in June 2021. Recently, she entered into a partnership with Cash App and posted a hostagelike photo of herself sending out free bitcoin. This campaign, which at first glance seems to have been led by a marketing team in an alcohol-induced blackout, was meant to make crypto less “exclusionary”.
Reese Witherspoon
She believes women will be left behind if they don’t start getting involved now. Her NFT collection includes one from World of Women, which is “united by a first-of-its-kind collection, featuring 10,000 artworks of diverse and powerful women”.
Justin Bieber
Recently purchased a BAYC NFT for 300 percent more than its estimated presale value. Also has his own line of NFTs, a project he is working on with InBetweeners. After his purchase of the ape No. 3001, his own NFT’s went up in value.
Kevin Hart
Comedian Kevin Hart tweeted that he bought a BAYC No. 9258 for around $200,000. He didn’t even tweet about it — just retweeted an announcement saying he bought one. The hat features a fun spinner hat befitting a comedian like Hart often wears when he performs on stage and in the movies.
Serena Williams
Serena Williams was recently gifted BAYC NFT No. 5797 by her husband, Alexis Ohanian. She is on the board of Sorare, which is like if the pool Samantha Jones wanted to use was a fantasy-soccer league. Ohanian has gone on record that he is only gifting her NFTs from now on.
Lily Allen
In 2014, Britney Spears turned down an offer to do a Second Life concert in exchange for 200,000 bitcoin. Had she accepted, she would be a billionaire (and we would not be getting the upcoming LA5 album) – and we wouldn’t have heard of the band LA5 until they were already part of the music industry.
