Twitter roasts Justin Bieber for spending $1.29M on Bored Ape NFT worth five times less | Daily Mail Online
On Monday, Grammy winner Justin Bieber showed off his ‘lonely’ Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) non-fungible token (NFT), which he bought Saturday for 500 ethereum worth $1.29M.
The 27-year-old Canadian crooner – who boasts 516.1M social media followers – quoted his 2021 track Lonely in the caption of his Instagram post.
‘What if you had it all, but nobody to call, maybe then you’d know me. Cuz I’ve had everything but no one’s listening and that’s just f***in lonely,’ Justin wrote.
‘Lonely’: On Monday, Grammy winner Justin Bieber showed off his Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) non-fungible token (NFT), which he bought Saturday for 500 ethereum worth $1.29M
Bored Ape #3001 – which had a market price of 104 ether or $208,237 – joins Bieber’s growing portfolio of 619 NFTs from 49 collections on OpenSea.
It didn’t take Twitter-verse long to roast the Christmas Love singer for paying nearly 300 percent more for his latest ape acquisition.
‘Justin Bieber really paid 5x the Bored Ape floor price for an ape with no rare traits He just got finessed,’ Twitter user @LilMoonLambo wrote.
Twitter user @gmoneyNFT wrote: ‘Next time you think you’re down bad, just remember that. @justinbieber just bought a floor ape for 500 ETH.’
‘What if you had it all, but nobody to call?’ The 27-year-old Canadian crooner – who boasts 516.1M social media followers – quoted his 2021 track Lonely in the caption of his Instagram post (pictured January 7)
‘Wallet’: Bored Ape #3001 – which had a market price of 104 ether or $208,237 – joins Bieber’s growing portfolio of 619 NFTs from 49 collections on OpenSea
‘Justin Bieber really paid 5x the Bored Ape floor price!’ It didn’t take Twitter-verse long to roast the Christmas Love singer for paying nearly 300 percent more for his latest ape acquisition
10K unique ape NFTs! The Bored Ape Yacht Club isn’t just a cryptocurrency it’s also a members-only social club granting access to exclusive get-togethers online and in person
‘Justin Bieber spent 400 eth more for a floor ape that HE liked. That’s more bullish than anything else could be. He’s not looking for the flip he just likes the apes!’ Twitter user @cr0ssETH wrote.
Twitter user @Ape7068 wrote: ‘Yes we all know that @justinbieber could have bought a more expensive/rarer ape but, he doesn’t give a s***, this is just a flex, to get people talking about it. A statement piece.’
The Bored Ape Yacht Club (featuring 10K NFTs) isn’t just a cryptocurrency it’s also a members-only social club granting access to exclusive get-togethers online and in person.
Other members of the BAYC include Paris Hilton, who showed off her Bored Ape #1294 while appearing on the January 24th episode of The Tonight Show.
Biker cap: Other members of the BAYC include Paris Hilton (L), who showed off her Bored Ape #1294 while appearing on the January 24th episode of The Tonight Show
‘It reminded me of me’: Host Jimmy Fallon then showed off his nautical Bored Ape #599, which set him back $216K
Eminem, Serena Williams, Travis Barker, Steve Aoki, Shaquille O’Neal, LaMelo Ball, Stephen Curry, and Gunna are also reportedly card-carrying members of the Bored Ape Yacht Club
Host Jimmy Fallon then showed off his Bored Ape #599, which set him back $216K – according to the Bored Ape Gazette.
‘You taught me what’s up, and then I bought an ape,’ the 47-year-old told the 40-year-old socialite.
‘This is my ape. It reminded me of me.’
Sorry Hailey! Justin will be on the road for much of the next two years, and he kicks off his 105-date Justice World Tour on February 18 at Pechanga Arena in San Diego (pictured January 23)
22 total nods: Bieber also scored eight nominations – including record of the year, album of the year, and song of the year – at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards, which air April 3 on CBS
Eminem, Serena Williams, Travis Barker, Steve Aoki, Shaquille O’Neal, LaMelo Ball, Stephen Curry, and Gunna are also reportedly card-carrying members of the Bored Ape Yacht Club.
Justin will be on the road for much of the next two years, and he kicks off his 105-date Justice World Tour on February 18 at Pechanga Arena in San Diego.
Bieber also scored eight nominations – including record of the year, album of the year, and song of the year – at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards, which air April 3 on CBS.
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