{"id":441882,"date":"2022-05-04T19:55:11","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T16:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/elon-musk-twitter-profile-photo-sends-apecoin-surging\/"},"modified":"2022-05-04T19:55:11","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T16:55:11","slug":"elon-musk-twitter-profile-photo-sends-apecoin-surging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/elon-musk-twitter-profile-photo-sends-apecoin-surging\/","title":{"rendered":"#Elon Musk Twitter profile photo sends ApeCoin surging"},"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-6a3a8658af233\" 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-6a3a8658af233\" 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-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/elon-musk-twitter-profile-photo-sends-apecoin-surging\/#%E2%80%9CElon_Musk_Twitter_profile_photo_sends_ApeCoin_surging%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Elon Musk Twitter profile photo sends ApeCoin surging&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CElon_Musk_Twitter_profile_photo_sends_ApeCoin_surging%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Elon Musk Twitter profile photo sends ApeCoin surging&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Tesla CEO Elon Musk changed his <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> profile picture to a montage of the Bored Ape non-fungible token collection \u2014 sending the value of its related cryptocurrency soaring.<\/p>\n<p>ApeCoin, the cryptocurrency that was started by Yuga Labs who are the creators of the Bored Ape NFT, was up nearly 20% as of 8 a.m. on Tuesday. At the time, it was trading at $17.64 per token.<\/p>\n<p>Later in the day, ApeCoin lost some of those gains. It was up 3% as of noon on Tuesday, when it was trading at $15.15.<\/p>\n<p>The image that Musk posted on his Twitter profile was created for the Sotheby\u2019s sale of the NFT, according to Michael Bouhanna, an executive at the auction house.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs much as I admire your work I\u2019d like you to remove your pfp that I created for our Sotheby\u2019s sale,\u201d Bouhannah tweeted on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOr you credit me,\u201d he wrote, adding a laughing emoji. \u201cH<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>y to send you the original file minted with the buyer approval.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"969\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/musk-sotheby-bored-ape-twitter-2-1.jpg?w=969\" alt=\"Elon Musk Twitter profile\" class=\"wp-image-22137373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/musk-sotheby-bored-ape-twitter-2-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1938 1938w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/musk-sotheby-bored-ape-twitter-2-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1453 1453w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/musk-sotheby-bored-ape-twitter-2-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=969 969w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/musk-sotheby-bored-ape-twitter-2-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=484 484w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/musk-sotheby-bored-ape-twitter-2-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 969px) 100vw, 969px\"\/><figcaption>Musk\u2019s Twitter profile photo sent the value of ApeCoin, the cryptocurrency started by the creators of the NFT collection, soaring.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Musk did not reply to Bouhanna, though he did write about NFTs, tweeting: \u201cI dunno \u2026 seems kinda fungible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC), which is one of the most popular NFT collections on the market, features 10,000 apes on the Ethereum blockchain.<\/p>\n<p>Yuga Labs, the Miami-based startup backed by venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, sold 10,000 BoredApe NFTs last week, netting it $285 million.<\/p>\n<p>Musk\u2019s past tweets about cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin and dogecoin, have led to wild fluctuations in their value.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/apecoin-2.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Bored Ape NFT\" class=\"wp-image-22136669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/apecoin-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/apecoin-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/apecoin-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>As of 8 a.m. on Tuesday, ApeCoin was trading at nearly 20% above its value.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Last week, Musk posted a political cartoon to his Twitter feed. The illustrator of the cartoon then put up the drawing for sale as an NFT.<\/p>\n<p>Musk, whose $44 billion bid to take over Twitter was accepted last week by the company\u2019s board of directors, is an avid fan of dogecoin \u2014 the meme cryptocurrency that was started as a joke in 2013 as a way to make fun of the hype surrounding bitcoin.<\/p>\n<p>The digital currency features the face of the Shiba Inu dog from the viral \u201cDoge\u201d meme as its logo and namesake.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Musk floated the idea of Twitter users\u00a0paying for a monthly subscription using dogecoin.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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