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Crypto hype machine MoonPay gifted Hollywood celebs Bored Apes to promote itself
MoonPay, a $3.4 billion crypto startup backed by a host of Hollywood heavyweights, gifted celebrities valuable NFTs at the height of the crypto craze in late 2021, according to sources with direct knowledge of the matter. For more than a year, observers have speculated that at least some of the many celebrities MoonPay helped acquire Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs were given the digital collectibles in exchange for promoting the company and the valuable non-fungible token collection. Now, two people familiar with the matter told The Block that MoonPay did give at least some of the celebrities Bored Ape NFTs without ... (full story)