August 1, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By Murtuza Merchant<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Popstar Madonna was \u201chell-bent\u201d on buying a Bored Ape NFT but rued she could not do so as it was way too expensive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bored Ape #3756 is currently listed on the NFT platform OpenSea for a staggering 88.69 ETH, equivalent to $1.27 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The superstar, however, whose net worth is $575 million, eventually purchased Ape #4988 through Moonpay at a price of $466,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI was hellbent on getting an Ape and really specific about what I wanted: the Ape with a leather motorcycle cap on and multicolored teeth,\u201d Madonna said. \u201cI was told that it was inspired by me, and modeled after me, and it was bought by a woman who\u2019s a fan of mine. She was gonna sell it to me, but it was way too expensive,\u201d Madonna told Variety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yuga Labs, the creator of BAYC and Ape Coin was able to raise $450 million in a seed-funding round that has put the valuation of Yuga Labs over $4 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On being asked if Bored Ape #3756 was indeed inspired by Madonna, a Yuga Labs representative said Apes are not designed or modeled after anyone in particular.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Yuga Labs team loves it when people see themselves in certain apes. The S&M hat is one of the founders’ favorite characteristics in the collection, they love anything punk rock. Madonna helped popularize that style, which the founders are a fan of,\u201d the representative said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, #4988 isn’t a terrible alternative. The ape Madonna owns has the same black S&M cap and colorful fur as Ape #3756.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Out of the 10,000 NFTs in the collection, the NFT she wants is ranked 123rd, whereas the one she already owns is ranked 3,754 according to Rarity Sniper data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Beyond the Bored Apes, Madonna has other targets in mind. The singer owns two World of Women NFTs, each of which cost around $13,000. She also minted one Otherdeed, one of Yuga Labs’ NFTs that holders would get in the future metaverse game Otherside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
About the author<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Murtuza Merchant is a senior journalist and an avid follower of blockchain, cryptocurrencies and NFTs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" August 1, 2022 By Murtuza Merchant Popstar Madonna was \u201chell-bent\u201d on buying a Bored Ape NFT but rued she could not do so as it was way too expensive. Bored Ape #3756 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1489,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nftmetta.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1488"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nftmetta.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nftmetta.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nftmetta.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nftmetta.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1488"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nftmetta.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1490,"href":"https:\/\/nftmetta.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1488\/revisions\/1490"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nftmetta.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nftmetta.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nftmetta.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nftmetta.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}