Bored Ape Yacht Club Donates $1 Million Worth of ETH to Ukraine

Urian B., Tech Times 09 March 2022, 01:03 am

With the amount of crypto donations being made towards Ukraine increasing, it seems like one of the most popular NFT projects has also decided to pitch in. The Bored Ape Yacht Club has just decided to donate a massive $1 million worth of ETH towards Ukraine.

Bored Ape Yacht Club Donated to Ukraine

To be more specific, a tweet by The Moon detailed that the Bored Ape Yacht Club or BAYC, has just donated to Ukraine in Ethereum. The amount of Ethereum that was donated was exactly 388.999 ETH.

This, when converted with the current rate of Ethereum, results in $1,061,858.35 based on CoinBase's calculator. To add, the reason why the Bored Ape Yacht Club is extremely popular is actually because of the number of people who own it.

JUST IN: Bored Ape Yacht Club #BAYC has donated 388.999 #ETH to #Ukraine! 🇺🇦
— Carl From The Moon (@TheMoonCarl) March 9, 2022

Why has the BAYC Grown in Popularity?

The reason why the BAYC NFT collection has grown in popularity, aside from the project itself, is the people that buy the NFT. From celebrities and musicians to businessmen, the all-star people that own BAYC are ever growing as of the moment.

A list was made by decrypt.co to show who really owns BAYC. While there are a lot of other owners, as of the moment, the most popular owners include Mark Cuban, Eminem, Paris Hilton, and more.

Here are the Most Popular Bored Ape Yacht Club Owners:

Mark Cuban - owner of the Dallas Mavericks and billionaire investor on Shark Tank. He got the BAYC NFT as a gift in May as per The Bored Ape Gazette.
Stephen Curry - bought his Bored Ape NFT for $180k worth of ETH
Steve Aoki - known to be no stranger to NFTs as a collector and creator, Aoki owns eight different Bored Ape NFTs.
KSI - YouTuber KSI was not shy to share how much his Bored Ape increased in price with offers piling up over the $100k price point.
Shaquille O'Neal - the four-time NBA champion bought his Bored Ape NFT for just $14k worth of ETH back in September and has even launched an NFT collection of his own.
The Chainsmokers - the DJ and producing duo bought ta Bored Ape NFT in September for $210k using it as their Twitter avatar despite a long hiatus.
Mike Shinoda - Linkin Park rapper is not shy about his NFT collections especially on his Audius profile. This includes his purchase of the Bored Ape NFT.
Marshmello - around September of 2021, the popular masked DJ bought his Bored Ape NFT at $220k worth of ETH.
Rich the Kid - aside from buying a Bored Ape NFT, Rich the Kid also bought virtual land in the metaverse game The Sandbox.
Jimmy Fallon - the host of the tonight show decided to drop $224k worth of ETH on Bored Ape #599 during early November.
DJ Khaled - the music producer and DJ bought his Bored Ape NFT for $227k worth of ETH using it as his Instagram avatar with over 27 million followers.
Post Malone - as one of the newest member to the club and although hasn't tweeted about it yet, the purchase was confirmed in a TikTok video by MoonPay.
Logan Paul - as an owner of CryptoPuinks as well, Logan Paul not only has a Bored Ape but also over 4,000 NFTs in his wallet.
Snoop Dogg - Snoop Dogg has been a huge NFT collector and worked with MoonPay to purchase not just the Bored Ape Kennel Club companionship but also two Mutant Apes as well.
Eminem
Before last year ended, Eminem decided to buy a Bored Ape worth $452k with a resemblance to the rapper.
Paris Hilton - as an early person in the NFT space, she is also the proud owner of Bored Ape #1294 buying it for #287k worth of ETH.
Gwyneth Paltrow - as an actress and entrepreneur, she shocked the world with her Bored Ape #6141 purchasing it for $228k worth of ETH.
Justin Bieber - as one of the newest members, the artist payed $1.3 million for Bored Ape #3001.