{"id":247812,"date":"2021-05-12T17:54:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T14:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/when-dollars-meet-the-hype-the-biggest-nft-hits-from-celebrities\/"},"modified":"2021-05-12T17:54:00","modified_gmt":"2021-05-12T14:54:00","slug":"when-dollars-meet-the-hype-the-biggest-nft-hits-from-celebrities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/when-dollars-meet-the-hype-the-biggest-nft-hits-from-celebrities\/","title":{"rendered":"# When dollars meet the hype: The biggest NFT hits from celebrities"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3d429585209\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3d429585209\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/when-dollars-meet-the-hype-the-biggest-nft-hits-from-celebrities\/#Beeples_%E2%80%9CEverydays%E2%80%9D\" >Beeple\u2019s \u201cEverydays\u201d<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/when-dollars-meet-the-hype-the-biggest-nft-hits-from-celebrities\/#Jack_Dorseys_29-million_genesis_tweet\" >Jack Dorsey\u2019s $2.9-million genesis tweet<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/when-dollars-meet-the-hype-the-biggest-nft-hits-from-celebrities\/#Edward_Snowdens_NFT\" >Edward Snowden\u2019s NFT<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/when-dollars-meet-the-hype-the-biggest-nft-hits-from-celebrities\/#Gronks_NFL_Championship_Series\" >Gronk\u2019s NFL Championship Series<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/when-dollars-meet-the-hype-the-biggest-nft-hits-from-celebrities\/#Grimes_20-minute_58-million_NFT_bonanza\" >Grimes\u2019 20-minute, $5.8-million NFT bonanza<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/when-dollars-meet-the-hype-the-biggest-nft-hits-from-celebrities\/#Not_just_a_fad_it_seems\" >Not just a fad it seems<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong># When dollars meet the hype: The biggest NFT hits from celebrities <\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjEtMDUvNTczY2YzZWQtODU3ZS00MzdlLWE1YzMtNjE3YTc5NTFhZjhlLmpwZw==.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content\" data-v-5a136f3a>Nonfungible tokens have quickly become a mainstream phenomenon, and a number of celebrities and entertainment and sporting icons are driving their popularity. The question is: <em>Which NFT has had the most influence on this up-and-coming sector?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>There is no denying that NFTs have taken the world by storm as some of the most popular digital collectibles have attracted mind-blowing price tags and led to a stampede of newcomers looking to make the most of the spotlight on the space.<\/p>\n<p>While many have looked to ride the very <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>arent wave of success of NFTs, there are a few standout digital collectible creators that have seen their NFTs sold at auction for millions of dollars. In a short space of time, NFTs have become the new-age autograph, and the use of the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> has proliferated a variety of industries.<\/p>\n<p>The world of sport has taken a fondness to NFTs as blockchain-powered digital collectibles marketplaces boom for American sports leagues such as the National Basketball Association and the National Football League. The art industry is going through a new age renaissance of sorts, evident in Beeple\u2019s $69-million digital art piece breaking auction records and changing the way people enjoy and own art. Musicians, celebrities and content creators have also created unique NFTs that are redefining how fans and consumers acquire memorabilia, merchandise and content.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some of the most influential NFTs in 2021, highlighting the creators or original owners and what those particular NFTs are now worth.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Beeples_%E2%80%9CEverydays%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>Beeple\u2019s \u201cEverydays\u201d<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>It is only fitting that Beeple\u2019s now-famous digital collage \u201cEverydays: The First 5000 Days\u201d is part of this list of notable NFTs. Its price tag alone has solidified its status as the most expensive NFT ever sold at an auction.<\/p>\n<p>American digital artist Mike Winkelmann, better known by his nickname Beeple, created the digital collage, which was sold in February 2021 at renowned auction house Christie\u2019s for a total of $69,346,250.<\/p>\n<p>Beeple has been releasing a piece of digital art every single day for the past 13 and a half years, and the \u201cEverydays: The First 5000 Days\u201d is a collage of some 5,000 of these pieces he\u2019s released.<\/p>\n<p>The NFT\u2019s jaw-dropping price tag was only realized in a frenzied final hour while on auction as the digital art piece saw a dramatic increase in the value of bids in the last two minutes of the auction, going up from a $20-million bid to the final bid for around $60 million. The extra $9 million was the buyer\u2019s premium that Christie\u2019s charges.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Jack_Dorseys_29-million_genesis_tweet\"><\/span>Jack Dorsey\u2019s $2.9-million genesis tweet<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In a weird and wonderful use-case example for NFTs, <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> CEO Jack Dorsey successfully auctioned off the digital rights to his first-ever tweet from March 2006. The NFT tweet was eventually <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/v.cent.co\/tweet\/20\">sold<\/a> for $2.9 million in March 2021, the proceeds of which were donated to the GiveDirectly fund. <\/p>\n<p>Dorsey shared a link on his Twitter profile on March 6 that took users to an online auction for his 2006 tweet, which also happened to be the first-ever made on the popular social media platform some 15 years ago.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ending this March 21st<\/p>\n<p>Will immediately convert proceeds to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bitcoin?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bitcoin<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And send to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GiveDirectly?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GiveDirectly<\/a> Africa Response<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 jack (@jack) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jack\/status\/1369326373035245581?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 9, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The tweet\u2019s auction was facilitated by the NFT platform Valuables, which allows users to mint tweets on its blockchain \u201ccreating a 1-of-1 autographed version.\u201d People can then bid for the ownership of the autographed tweet \u2014 as explained in the Valuables FAQ.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Dorsey\u2019s first tweet from March 2006 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jack\/status\/20\">reads<\/a>: \u201cjust setting up my twttr.\u201d Dorsey\u2019s digitally autographed tweet attracted a multitude of bids, but it eventually went to Sina Estavi, the CEO of Tron-based Bridge Oracle.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Edward_Snowdens_NFT\"><\/span>Edward Snowden\u2019s NFT<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>American whistleblower Edward Snowden is another notable person to have raised a large amount of money through the sale of an NFT. In 2021, he made <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livemint.com\/market\/cryptocurrency\/edward-snowden-joins-nft-bandwagon-with-5-4-million-art-sale-11618649912173.html\">headlines<\/a> after raising $5 million through the sale of a unique piece of NFT art \u2014 with the proceeds donated to the Freedom of the Press Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>The NFT art piece, titled \u201cStay Free,\u201d was commissioned by Snowden to commemorate a landmark 2020 court decision ruling the United States National Security Agency\u2019s mass surveillance violated the law. Snowden played an integral part in uncovering the violations \u2014 and the art piece comprises every page of the historic court ruling, while a silhouette of Snowden\u2019s face is featured in the foreground of the art piece.<\/p>\n<p>Snowden is perhaps one of the most widely recognizable government whistleblowers over the past decade. During his time as a former employee and subcontractor for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, Snowden gained access to and leaked sensitive information relating to privacy abuses carried out by the NSA.<\/p>\n<p>Some seven years later, a federal appeals court ruled that the NSA\u2019s surveillance program that collected data on Americans\u2019 phone calls was illegal. Snowden had to seek asylum in Russia after leaking this information and has since been granted permanent residency in the country. Snowden was charged under the Espionage Act for leaking this information to the public.<\/p>\n<p>Given that NFTs have surged in popularity in 2021, it is not surprising that Snowden\u2019s \u201cStay Free\u201d art piece garnered such a big price tag at auction. The NFT was snapped up by PleasrDAO, which was formed by a group of NFT art collectors. <\/p>\n<p>The group posted a winning bid of 2,224.00 Ether (ETH) for the digital art piece. The final price paid for the \u201cStay Free\u201d NFT is more than the annual budget of the Freedom of the Press Foundation, as Snowden <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Snowden\/status\/1383148677267607559\">noted<\/a> in a tweet as bidding for the art piece heated up.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Gronks_NFL_Championship_Series\"><\/span>Gronk\u2019s NFL Championship Series<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>NFL veteran Rob Gronkowski is arguably the most influential player from his sport to have enjoyed a successful NFT launch of digitally signed trading cards.<\/p>\n<p>The Tampa Bay Buccaneers tight end entered the world of NFTs in March as he partnered with OpenSea to mint a collection of trading cards and ended up earning $1.8 million worth of ETH from the sale of the cards.<\/p>\n<p>Gronkowski\u2019s Championship <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Series<\/a> NFTs are an homage to his four NFL titles, while the fifth and final \u201cCareer Highlight Refractor Card\u201d was created as a tribute to those four successful campaigns. Gronkowski won three NFL titles with the New England Patriots while his fourth NFL win came alongside quarterback Tom Brady after the pair joined the Buccaneers in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The four Championship Cards featured 87 digital editions that were up for auction, while the fifth Career Highlight card was a single, stand-alone NFT.<\/p>\n<p>Considering that fact, it\u2019s unsurprising that the one-off \u201cCareer Highlight Refractor Card\u201d netted the highest amount at auction, selling for 229 ETH valued at around $435,000 at the time. The auction lasted for two days and saw a total of 349 trading cards sold at auction as well as the one-off Career highlight card to 95 different owners. The total trading value of the auction was 1,014 ETH valued at $1.8 million on the day. <\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Grimes_20-minute_58-million_NFT_bonanza\"><\/span>Grimes\u2019 20-minute, $5.8-million NFT bonanza<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Last but not least, Canadian musician and visual artist Claire Elise Boucher, better known by her stage name Grimes, enjoyed an explosive NFT launch that netted $5.8 million in sales of tokenized artwork when the sale ended in March 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Grimes released her first NFT collection dubbed \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/niftygateway.com\/collections\/warnymphvolume1\">WarNymph<\/a>,\u201d which was created by her brother, renowned digital artist Mac Boucher. The artwork explored a fictional universe centered around a goddess stylized as an infant angel. A percentage of the proceeds from the \u201cWarNymph\u201d NFT sales were donated to Carbon 180, a non-governmental organization dedicated to reducing carbon emissions.<\/p>\n<p>As mentioned, Grimes\u2019 NFT art pieces were in hot demand, and copies garnered more than $5 million in sales in under 20 minutes after going live on Feb. 28. The most expensive NFT, \u201cDeath of the Old,\u201d attracted a winning bid of $389,000.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Not_just_a_fad_it_seems\"><\/span>Not just a fad it seems <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>As Cointelegraph previously explored, NFTs have quickly moved past the notion of being a fad, and there seems to be agreement that the space will continue to attract major investment and use in the future.<\/p>\n<p>From musicians interested in breaking the boundaries of their usual releases, like the band Kings of Leon generating $2 million from its NFT album release, to a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2021-04-26\/a-company-paid-1-8-million-for-yeezy-sneakers-so-you-can-afford-them?sref=323RPL5z\">$1.8-million<\/a> pair of sneakers, it is undeniable that tokenizing assets is becoming more mainstream. <\/p>\n<p>Mattison Asher, who conducts research on Ethereum, NFTs and DeFi at ConsenSys, told Cointelegraph at the time that it\u2019s hard to gauge whether the prices paid for select pieces of digital art and other NFTs will hold their value in the future, adding: \u201cI own some NFTs, but that is because I appreciate the art and the community that was formed to create the art. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, though, and people clearly do value Beeple\u2019s \u2018The First 5000 Days\u2019 as evidenced by the auction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, Asher contends that sales like that of \u201cEverydays\u201d have played a more important role in amalgamating industries that seem to have more in common than meets the eye:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe story of crypto and Beeple are incredibly similar in nature. Both Beeple and the crypto industry as a whole have had to overcome an incredible amount of adversity in order to reach the level of success they are experiencing now. Similar to the crypto industry as a whole, Beeple has been creating digital works for years, often with little recognition.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As Asher also highlighted, NFTs have already proven to be a highly effective medium for monetizing intellectual property, no matter what shape or form a particular NFT takes. 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