Memeland Goes Bananas for BAYC in $1.3M USD Spending Spree
On February 6th, 2023, the Bored Ape Gazette’s official Twitter account revealed that Web3 venture studio Memeland had purchased eight high-volume Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) NFTs. EIGHT APES » @Memeland Purchased Eight Bored Apes Today For $1.3 Million USD According to the associated announcement by the Bored Ape Gazette, Each of the purchased BAYC NFTs includes rare hat accessory traits, and the highest-volume NFT in the purchase was BAYC 2059, worth 132.7 ETH or approximately $215,879.29 USD at the time of writing. Considering the current state of the NFT market, the high-volume NFT purchases have fostered keen anticipation within the BAYC, Memeland, and broader crypto communities. Data from NonFungible reveals that BAYC has been the top-selling NFT collection in the past seven days, with 798 sales totaling $26,4M. The high-volume BAYC sale and raffle speculation have sparked the interest of the crypto community. Notable crypto investor Cirrus shared a screenshot from the Memeland Discord, which suggests the BAYC NFTs will be raffled off. staked and cozy pic.twitter.com/2xe9476IP4 Community member BelfortNFT remarks that it is “very interesting” that all the purchased NFTs are sailor-themed. all sailor themed very interesting Another community member speculates that “it’s going to get wild” if the NFTs are dropped to random Captainz holders. Beyond the aforementioned high-volume sale, Bored Ape Yacht Club has remained one of the most prominent Blue-Chip NFT projects in the space, with an all-time volume of $5.1B, according to data from NonFungible. Despite a steady decrease of NFT sales from the 2021 highs, the broader NFT market has outlasted the notorious crypto winter and has shown signs of picking back up after the prolonged downtrend as new high-rollers are entering the scene. The rapid global adoption of BAYC has contributed to the rise of the crypto industry. Integrating a notable Web3 entity like BAYC with a Web 2.0 mainstay like 9GAG could propel the NFT market. Read more about Bored Ape Yacht Club: Read more about NFT market growth in the crypto winter:
Check out the eight apes here: https://t.co/JfLdN3H4hF pic.twitter.com/8MGFLYJ9BJ“Memeland spent 796.86 ETH or $1,304,000 USD on the eight nautical themed primates, according to Etherscan data.”
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