Elon Musk Rumored to Buy Bored Ape NFT Worth 569 Ethereum

Musks Newfound Love?

While Musk has been an ardent supporter of blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies in general, the tech tycoon has caused considerable upturns in the market. Musks love for meme tokens has been common knowledge now, much like his annoyance with NFTs.

Just last month, the billionaire expressed his annoyance over the new Twitter feature that lets premium users flaunt their NFT purchases as their profile picture.

Musk commented on Twitters new feature for Twitter Blue users saying this is annoying with a screenshot of Twitters announcement. He added that the social media giant doesnt seem to be spending its resources well.

On February 25, in an exciting turn of events, pseudonymous NFT collector Derek.eth pointed out on Twitter that the Bored Ape NFT, under the number 1,837, has been sold to an anonymous buyer. The same was also highlighted by Crypto Reporter, Colin Wu.

Previously, Derek was selling the piece for 690.420 ETH, widely known as meme numbers that are often used by Musk in his tweets. However, later on, he lowered the price for the piece to 569, most likely to sell it quicker.

The seller Tweeted, I thought I had it at 690.420 ETH. Oh well.. as long as it goes to ElonMusk, Ill be happy. the seller tweeted. Reportedly the NFT has been sold to a buyer on moonpay-eth.

At the same time, reports allege that Musk could have directly or indirectly bought the NFT. However, there has been no official confirmation from Musks side.