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Bored Ape NFT Investors Suing Justin Bieber, Madonna, Paris Hilton
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Bored Ape NFT Investors Suing Justin Bieber, Madonna, Paris Hilton

[ad_1] The creator of the popular Bored Ape Yacht Club collection of NFTs and its promoters, including Madonna, Paris Hilton and Justin Bieber, were sued by investors. The creator of the popular Bored Ape Yacht Club collection of NFTs and its promoters, including Madonna, Paris Hilton and Justin Bieber, were sued by investors claiming they were duped into buying the collectibles by celebrities who didn't disclose they were paid to pump sales. Yuga Labs Inc., the blockchain start-up behind Bored Ape Yacht Club, Hollywood agent Guy Oseary and MoonPay USA LLC, a company controlled by Oseary, were accused in the proposed class-action lawsuit of leveraging their network of A-list musicians, athletes and celebrities to misleadingly promote and sell Yuga financial products. The “promoti...
NFT Bargain-Hunting Is in as Crypto Bust Craters Prices
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NFT Bargain-Hunting Is in as Crypto Bust Craters Prices

[ad_1] NFT sales plunged 67% sequentially in the third quarter as speculators and celebrities made an exodus. A year ago, Daniel Maegaard, one of the higher-profile collectors of nonfungible tokens, was spending tens of thousands of dollars on CryptoPunks featuring funky-looking people or apes. In the last few months, he's been buying NFTs that typically sell for less than $2,000. The shift is indicative of the metamorphosis taking place in the market for the once-coveted digital images promoted by the likes of Justin Bieber and Madonna. NFT sales plunged 67% sequentially in the third quarter as speculators and celebrities made an exodus, leaving the sector mostly to the dedicated long-term believers in the various potential use cases, and collectors betting that the plunge in pric...