New Bored Ape NFT Bought By Moonpay, Many Speculate Elon Musk Behind The Purchase

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Only recently many came across the picture of Elon Musk and MoonPay co-founders. Right after the picture went viral, MoonPay bought Bored Ape #4976.

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And after that, the company bought Bored Ape #1837. Though there is no fixed news about the buys, many are speculating a connection between the cowboy hat of #4976

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The Bored Ape #4976 was bought for $24500 or 95 ETH and the Bored Ape #1837 was bought for $1.5 million or 596 ETH.

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#1837 is also coveted as one of the rare Bored Ape NFTs out there. It has solid gold fur, a short Mohawk, a wool turtleneck, orange background, and crazy eyes.

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It is no news that Elon Musk has shown his liking towards the meme token market but has also openly mentioned the scamming that goes around NFTs on Twitter.

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However, many recent activities on Twitter meet up moonpay co-founder and the previous owner of rare bored ape NFT mentioning the sale of it has sparked some speculations.

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If Musk has bought these NFTs, then from now on he is also a member of the bored ape yacht club.

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Launched in April 2021, bored ape is one of the most popular NFTs that has been the talk of the town.

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