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Finance

Eminem Purchases Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT for $462K

The celebrated entertainer quickly made the dazed-looking ape, who is outfitted in a military-style cap and hip hop clothing, his Twitter profile picture.

Eminem performs onstage during the 36th Annual Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse on October 30, 2021 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame)

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Volatility Ruled Crypto Markets in 2021, From $69K Bitcoin to Elon Musk’s ‘Dogecoin to the Moooonn’

NFTs exploded, Coinbase stock went public, El Salvador bought the dip and China cracked down on bitcoin miners, while Solana’s SOL tokens and Polygon’s MATIC shot up by multiples of 90 or more. Here’s how crypto traders played it.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk (Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk)

Marchés

NFT Project Bored Ape Yacht Club Spawns ‘Left-Facing’ Copycats

The parody projects expose the absurdity of NFT communities and intellectual property concerns surrounding digital images.

(Yuga Labs, modified by CoinDesk)

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How NFTs Put Generative Artists on the Map

Profile avatars emerged from a long tradition of artists expressing themselves through code, math and randomness. This article is part of CoinDesk’s Culture Week.

Artist Sol LeWitt with one of his instruction-based wall drawings in 1978. LeWitt is widely credited for his influence on the field of "generative art," which has benefited from NFT technology.

Juridique

Why Corporate America Is Getting NFTs All Wrong

Here are the nine things every marketer and CEO should know about NFT projects.

A selection of Bored Apes, one of the best-selling NFT avatar series.

Analyses

Can NFT Art Survive Its Own Addiction to Elitism?

The fine art world has long since learned the value of inviting the world in. NFT entrepreneurs still haven’t taken the hint.

A crowd dances at Area nightclub decorated with paintings by artist Keith Haring.   (Photo by Nick Elgar/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images)

Vidéos

Crypto Fall Continues, Is DeFi Really Decentralized?

Animoca Brands and Bored Ape Yacht Club join forces for blockchain game. Crypto market’s downward trend continues. Just how decentralized is DeFI? We’ll have more on those stories and other news shaping the cryptocurrency and blockchain world in this episode of "The Daily Forkast."

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Bored Ape NFT Accidentally Sells for $3K Instead of $300K

A highly-sought after non-fungible token (NFT) from The Bored Ape Yacht Club collection has accidentally sold for a little more than $3,000, one-hundredth of its actual market price. "The Hash" team discusses the latest mix-up revealing the importance of personal responsibility in the blockchain.

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Neil Strauss Pens the Bored Ape Yacht Club ‘Tell-All’

What does it mean to write a memoir about a group of NFT avatars that kind of exists but kind of doesn’t? The author of “Pickup Artists” (and nine other books) tells Jeff Wilser. This article is part of CoinDesk Culture Week.

Artist's rendition of a Bored Ape NFT. (Adam Levine/CoinDesk)