The celebrity NFT market is booming, with many big-name celebrities hosting large collections of digital assets. Although entrepreneurs typically have the largest holdings, many of the world’s most famous faces have bought into the latest crypto innovation and have the catalogue to prove it. Leading the way with more than $30 million worth of NFTs and trades is a hip-hop icon, Snoop Dogg. However, he’s not the only major player when it comes to famous celebrity NFT trades. To see who else is big in the celebrity NFT game, check out the player cards below.
Before we list the most famous celebrities NFT collection, here’s a quick definition of non-fungible tokens:
A non-fungible token (NFT) is a financial security that contains a specific piece of digital data. NFTs are stored on a blockchain, which means ownership is recorded on a distributed ledger.
A way to think about NFTs is that they’re like digital signatures represented by an icon of some sort. So for example, when you take part in celebrity NFT drops and you purchase a cartoon image of Jay-Z as a CryptoPunk, you’re buying a digital signature. It’s a signature because the asset becomes unique to you. It’s owned by you, and everyone can see it.
This is how we’ve compiled this NFT celebrity list. Our methodology was simple. We looked at two NFT marketplaces, Rarible and DappRadar, to see which celebrities had bought NFTs. Because information on a blockchain is publicly available, we could see how many Ethereum NFTs celebrities owned, their most expensive NFT, and the estimated total value of their portfolio.
The following list of famous celebrity NFT owners should provide some insight into the market.
Rapper
CryptoPunk #8472
$1,260,000.00
Value of current NFT portfolio: $4,630,000.00
Owner:
Snoop Dogg
Snoop Dog is hip to the NFT vibe. In fact, his CryptoPunk NFT collection has not only made him one of the leading figures on the celebrity NFT scene, especially as it has been suggested that his record label, Death Row Records, will release music on NFTs.
Last sale price: $1,260,000.00
Last sale price: $154,007.25
Owner:
Post Malone
Estimated price: $278,452.18
Malone’s Bored Ape Yacht Club #9039 is one of the best-performing celebrity NFTs on the market right now. It’s worth over $100,000 more than it was when it was last sold. At a time when other NFTs have lost $100,000 in value, this is hugely impressive and testament to the power of making smart purchases.
Last sale price: $1,260,000.00
The celebrity NFT traders in this article are a great example of what can happen in the financial markets. Some have made money, others haven't. This dynamic is true regardless of whether you're day trading, buying stocks, or collecting NFTs.