These Are the NBA, NFL Stars In Bored Apes, CryptoPunks and Other Ethereum NFTs

You might know Stephen Curry from his three NBA championship wins with the Golden State Warriors, or maybe you’ve seen him on ABC’s Holey Moley or in Subway commercials. But if you follow him on Twitter right now, you won’t see his face next to his handle: you’ll see an image from the Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT collection.

Curry is one of the latest prominent athletes to “ape into” (or purchase a piece from) the collection, buying one of the Ethereum-based NFTs for $180,000 worth of ETH on Saturday.

The Bored Ape Yacht Club bills itself as a membership club, and it’s one that has generated a heap of cash: some $397 million worth of trading volume since launching at the end of April. The cheapest one you can buy right now on NFT marketplace OpenSea costs more than $157,000 in ETH. Ownership also comes with privileges, such as additional free NFTs from the subsequent Bored Ape Kennel Club and Mutant Ape Yacht Club collections.