nfty 50

Fortune Editors

Beeple

Nothing signals one’s crypto cachet quite like owning a CryptoPunk. NYC’s Larva Labs gave away the 10,000 pixelated faces for free in 2017, years before they started selling for millions. The characters all have unique combinations of traits, like being an alien, wearing sunglasses, or smoking. 
 
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<a href="https://twitter.com/larvalabs?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">Twitter</a> 
 
<a href="https://larvalabs.com/">Website</a> 
 
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Top NFT: <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2021/natively-digital-cryptopunk-7523/cryptopunk-7523">CryptoPunk #7523</a>

CryptoPunks

<a href="https://fortune.com/2021/07/29/nft-roham-gharegozlou-dapper-lab">Dapper Labs’ CEO</a> is making NFTs accessible to the masses through NBA Top Shot virtual basketball cards. His startup is reportedly fundraising at a $7.5 billion private valuation. The company built its name early on, in 2017, with the success of CryptoKitties, a game that lets people breed digital cats on a blockchain. 
 
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<a href="https://twitter.com/rohamg">Twitter</a> 
 
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/rohamg/">Instagram</a> 
 
<a href="http://dapperlabs.com/">Website</a> 
 
<a href="https://lazy.com/roham">Collection</a> 
 
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Favorite NFT artists: <a href="https://fortune.com/nfty-50/2021/hackatao/">Hackatao</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/ekaitza_?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">ekaitza</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/johnorionyoung">John Orion</a>, <a href="https://fortune.com/nfty-50/2021/micah-johnson/">Micah Johnson</a>

Roham Gharegozlou

The billionaire Shark Tank TV host and investor says if he were younger, he’d start a blockchain biz. Also owner of the Dallas Mavericks, Cuban has even considered turning game tickets into NFTs. He's also a backer of the NFT marketplace Mintable. 
 
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<a href="https://twitter.com/mcuban?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">Twitter</a> 
 
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/mcuban/?hl=en">Instagram</a> 
 
<a href="https://markcubancompanies.com/">Website</a> 
 
<a href="https://blogmaverick.com/">Blog</a>

Mark Cuban

Emily Yang designed visual graphics for motion pictures, like Batman v Superman and Wonder Woman, before helping to define the decentralized finance movement's look. One piece, a video for DeFi project Uniswap, inspired the formation of PleasrDAO, a prolific NFT investment club. She also designed the cover for <a href="https://fortune.com/packages/august-september-2021/">Fortune</a>'s August/September 2021 issue, which will be sold as a limited series of NFTs. 
 
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<a href="https://twitter.com/pplpleasr1">Twitter</a> 
 
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/pplpleasr/">Instagram</a> 
 
<a href="https://pplplsr.com/">Website</a> 
 
<a href="https://opensea.io/pplpleasr">OpenSea</a> 
 
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Ethereum wallet: pplpleasr.eth 
 
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Favorite NFT artist: <a href="https://twitter.com/maciej_kuciara?lang=en">Maciej Kuciara</a> 
 
Favorite NFT collectible: "<a href="https://foundation.app/@pplpleasr/apes-together-strong-34009">Apes Together Strong</a>"

Pplpleasr

Born Shawn Carter, the hip-hop icon is the most prominent celebrity to adopt a <a href="https://fortune.com/nfty-50/2021/cryptopunks">CryptoPunk</a> (#6095) as his Twitter avatar. He is also a board member at crypto-loving fintech firm Square. Helmed by Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, Square bought Jay-Z's music-streaming service Tidal for $300 million earlier this year. 
 
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<a href="https://twitter.com/sc">Twitter</a> 
 
<a href="https://www.rocnation.com/music/jay-z/">Website</a> 
 
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Top NFT: "<a href="https://twitter.com/Sothebys/status/1410981350367244290?s=20">Heir to the throne</a>"

Jay-Z

Hilton Hotels’ socialite scion says NFTs are “the future of the creator economy.” One collab with LA-based artist Blake Kathryn—called Iconic Crypto Queen—sold for more than $1 million. She's also a strategic advisor to the blockchain project Origin Protocol. 
 
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<a href="http://twitter.com/ParisHilton">Twitter</a> 
 
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/parishilton/">Instagram</a> 
 
<a href="https://niftygateway.com/profile/parishilton">Nifty Gateway</a> 
 
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Ethereum wallet: 0xB6Aa5a1AA37a4195725cDF1576dc741d359b56bd 
 
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Favorite NFT artist: Blake Kathryn [her NFT collaborator], Pak, FEWOCiOUS, RTFKT Studios, Pranksy, Beeple, 3lau, Steve Aoki, Grimes, Josie Bellini, Josh Pierce, Marius Sperlich, Brendan Dawes, FriendsWithYou, Tom Yoo, Geoward, and many, many more 
 
Favorite NFT collectible: "Even though I own NFTs from so many amazingly talented artists, I have to say that I had such a special experience in my collaboration with Blake Kathryn. I have <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/zioqpu1n0dl4qe4/Paris_Bedroom.mp4?dl=0">a few mints of Bedroom Bliss</a> from our collaboration which was my first NFT drop. This piece means so much to me and I loved getting to create it with Blake. It represents the safe haven I created in my mind when I was being held at Provo Canyon School. It captures the ethereal safe space that motivated me to keep going during all of those years. I love that it’s my first ever open edition as well and I have it hanging in a digital frame in my house."

Paris Hilton

The electro dance DJ made an early killing on the NFT trend. He sold the world’s first-ever tokenized album, earning him $11.6 million in March. Kings of Leon, RAC, and, yes, <a href="https://fortune.com/nfty-50/2021/jay-z">Jay-Z</a> all followed. 
 
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<a href="https://twitter.com/3lau">Twitter</a> 
 
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/3lau/">Instagram</a> 
 
<a href="https://3lau.com">Website</a> 
 
<a href="https://opensea.io/3LAUVAULT">OpenSea</a> 
 
<a href="https://discord.gg/3lauhaus">Discord</a> 
 
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Ethereum wallet: 3lau.eth 
 
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Favorite NFT artist: <a href="https://twitter.com/grimemonday">Slimesunday</a> 
 
Favorite NFT collectible: <a href="https://opensea.io/assets/0x4ac3d17fd6c2db18ec619fe2d68d2c22b18378ff/11600030031">Thought as a system #31/50</a>

3LAU

The 33-year-old Canadian singer-songwriter has sold more than $6 million worth of NFT artwork, typically featuring flying babies. Born Claire Elise Boucher (her fictional alter-ego is "War Nymph"), Grimes occasionally collaborates with her brother, Mac Boucher. Her own baby daddy, Elon Musk, prefers Dogecoin, of course. 
 
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<a href="https://twitter.com/Grimezsz?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">Twitter</a> 
 
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/grimes/?hl=en">Instagram</a> 
 
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Top NFT: "<a href="https://niftygateway.com/itemdetail/primary/0x948b3515d81034a3c16d5393c6c155946c93c103/1">Death of the old</a>"

Grimes

Marketing mastermind “GaryVee” hand-drew 268 characters as the basis for 10,255 VeeFriend NFTs. The sketches come with exclusive perks, like gift boxes, mentorship sessions, and conference tickets. Some of the characters include "Gratittude Gorilla" and "Spontaneous Seahorse." 
 
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<a href="https://twitter.com/garyvee?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">Twitter</a> 
 
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/garyvee/?hl=en">Instagram</a> 
 
<a href="http://garyvaynerchuk.com/">Website</a> 
 
<a href="https://discord.com/invite/veefriends">Discord</a> 
 
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Ethereum wallet: gary.veefriends.eth 
 
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Top NFT: "<a href="https://cryptoslam.io/veefriends/mint/6311">Mentor meeting mongoose</a>"

Gary Vee

Itzel Yard is one of the top-selling female NFT artists. The Tor Project, which builds a privacy-focused web browser, commissioned her to create “Dreaming at Dusk”—which turned the cryptographic key used to create the non-profit’s first so-called onion service into a piece of art. It sold for roughly $2 million to PleasrDAO, a group of collectors, on Foundation. Yard’s works usually deal in generative art—where automation and computing form the patterns and shapes. 
 
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<a href="https://twitter.com/ix_shells">Twitter</a> 
 
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/ix.shells/%20https://www.instagram.com/creativecodeart/">Instagram</a> 
 
<a href="https://foundation.app/ixshells">Website</a> 
 
<a href="https://opensea.io/ixshells">OpenSea</a> 
 
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Ethereum wallet: ix-shells.eth 
 
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Favorite NFT artist: Dmitri Cherniak  
 
Favorite NFT collectible: <a href="https://opensea.io/assets/0xef3c951e22c65f6256746f4e227e19a5bcbf393c/227">Bloom 50/2000</a> and <a href="https://opensea.io/assets/0xa7d8d9ef8d8ce8992df33d8b8cf4aebabd5bd270/28000608">Apparitions #608</a>

Itzel Yard

The mysterious artist is an enigma wrapped in a riddle inside a computer screen. The “Pied Piper of virtual art,” as the Wall Street Journal described them, has sold dynamic, changing art and works that reward people for solving cryptographic puzzles. Pak sold an NFT of a single gray pixel for nearly $1.4 million to a Bay Area investor in April. 
 
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<a href="https://twitter.com/muratpak">Twitter</a> 
 
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/archillect">Instagram</a> 
 
<a href="https://opensea.io/accounts/pak">OpenSea</a> 
 
<a href="https://niftygateway.com/profile/pak">Nifty Gateway</a>

An anonymous, London-based artist with a name that sounds like a keyboard operation, XCOPY was one of the early artists to delve into the cryptoart space, largely because it was “the first and only way to sell my digital artwork in its true form,” they say. The NFT early-adopter reveals little personal information, but their works rank among the top-selling of any artist. The static-saturated graphics usually flash frantically and are death- or dystopia-themed: Epileptics ought to steer clear. 
 
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<a href="https://twitter.com/ix_shells%20https://twitter.com/XCOPYART">Twitter</a> 
 
<a href="https://xcopy.art">Website</a> 
 
<a href="https://opensea.io/XCOPY">OpenSea</a> 
 
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Ethereum wallet: xcopy.eth  
 
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Favorite NFT artist: Pak 
 
Favorite NFT collectible: <a href="https://superrare.com/artwork/emerging-face---neural-net-imagined-portrait-3-128">Emerging Face - Neural Net Imagined Portrait #3</a>

XCOPY

Victor Langlois is an 18-year old transgender NFT artist who goes by the nom de pixel, FEWOCiOUS. The son of Salvadoran immigrant parents, he was responsible for crashing Christie’s website for the first time after an influx of buyers bid on his digital art. The auction house had to reschedule the event for two days later. His artwork commonly features a collage-like style with the disjointed abandon of ransom notes made of magazine-clippings. 
 
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<a href="https://twitter.com/fewocious">Twitter</a> 
 
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/fewocious/">Instagram</a> 
 
<a href="https://fewocious.com/">Website</a> 
 
<a href="https://opensea.io/FEWOCiOUS">OpenSea</a> 
 
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Favorite NFT collectible: “'<a href="https://superrare.com/artwork-v2/possession-19271">Possession</a>' by Thomas Stokes! I’ve been following Thomas for years, so to own his 2nd minted piece EVER is a huge honor!!”

Fewocious

Krista Kim is the artist behind "Mars House," an NFT digital abode that in March sold for 288 Ether, or $663,000 at the time—more than the median price of a home for sale in the U.S. today. Kim is the founder of so-called Techism, a movement dedicated to bridging the gap between technology and art. 
 
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<a href="https://twitter.com/krista_kim">Twitter</a> 
 
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/krista.kim/">Instagram</a> 
 
<a href="https://linktr.ee/Kristakim">Website</a> 
 
<a href="https://opensea.io/Kristakim">OpenSea</a> 
 
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Favorite NFT artist: <a href="https://fortune.com/nfty-50/2021/itzel-yard/">IX Shells</a> 
 
Favorite NFT collectible: "<a href="https://async.art/art/master/0xb6dae651468e9593e4581705a09c10a76ac1e0c8-1710">Blank Edition</a>' for "F.U.S.E. Syntax [Two]" by Richie Hawtin, Matthew Hawtin

Krista Kim

A cryptoartist with a finance background whose work often relates to the inner workings of the digital asset world, Bellini is currently working on CyberBrokers, a project that will include 10,001 cryptoart collectibles. A CyberBroker's owner will then have access to MirrorWave, "a metaverse-native fashion brand" that Bellini is also creating, as she writes in her Substack newsletter. 
 
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<a href="https://twitter.com/josiebellini">Twitter</a> 
 
<a href="http://josie.io">Website</a> 
 
<a href="https://opensea.io/assets/josie">OpenSea</a> 
 
<a href="https://josiebellini.substack.com">Newsletter</a> 
 
<a href="http://discord.gg/ZKk8MNN">Discord</a> 
 
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Ethereum wallet: Josie.eth  
 
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Favorite NFT artist: Pascal Boyart 
 
Favorite NFT collectible: "One of my most prized NFTs in my personal collection is Cryptopunk #3318. I purchased her in April 2019 so that I could paint her my NFT-focused artwork that featured the biggest NFT projects of 2019."

Josie Bellini

After playing for several Major League Baseball teams, Micah Johnson <a href="https://www.si.com/mlb/2021/07/08/micah-johnson-where-are-they-now-2021">became a successful digital artist</a>. One of his feats: Selling<a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/former-mlb-star-sells-1m-worth-of-nfts-in-one-minute"> $1 million worth</a> of art in 60 seconds. NFTs were, at first, just a way for Johnson to pay the bills and support a newborn. Johnson, who paints, often characterizes Black children in his images. He says he hopes to inspire youth—and everyone—to see what they’re capable of becoming. Aku—Johnson’s Black astronaut kid NFT character—was recently<a href="https://variety.com/2021/digital/news/aku-first-nft-optioned-film-tv-1234953189/"> optioned for TV and film projects</a>. 
 
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<a href="https://twitter.com/Micah_Johnson3">Twitter</a> 
 
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/micah_johnson3/">Instagram</a> 
 
<a href="https://niftygateway.com/profile/micah">Nifty Gateway</a> 
 
<a href="https://discord.gg/7jVNYgu9">Discord</a> 
 
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Ethereum wallet: micahart.eth  
 
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Favorite NFT artist: I honestly can't pick just one! 
 
Favorite NFT collectible: "'<a href="https://opensea.io/assets/0xd0c402bcbcb5e70157635c41b2810b42fe592bb0/5/">Dreamers</a>': It was the first time I tried to release the story of what became Aku and nobody bought it and it's a reminder to myself to never give up on something I'm passionate.”

Micah Johnson

Vignesh Sundaresan stormed the art scene earlier this year when he bought the most expensive NFT ever sold: <a href="https://fortune.com/nfty-50/2021/beeple">Beepl</a>e's Everydays. He and "Twobadour," his partner at Metapurse, an NFT-focused investment fund, spent $69.3 million on the work. “The point was to show Indians and people of color that they too could be patrons, that crypto was an equalizing power between the West and the Rest, and that the global south was rising," he wrote about the pricey acquisition. 
 
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<a href="https://twitter.com/metakovan">Twitter</a> 
 
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/metapurse.fund/">Instagram</a> 
 
<a href="https://metapurse.fund/">Website</a> 
 
<a href="https://opensea.io/accounts/MetaKovan">OpenSea</a> 
 
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Favorite NFT artist: <a href="https://fortune.com/nfty-50/2021/josie-bellini/">Josie Bellini</a> 
 
Favorite NFT collectible: "<a href="https://josie.io/pages/nfts">(un)limited</a>" by <a href="https://fortune.com/nfty-50/2021/josie-bellini">Josie Bellini</a>

Metakovan

Devin Finzer, formerly a Pinterest engineer, cofounded OpenSea, a decentralized NFT marketplace, in 2017. In July of this year, the startup raised $100 million in funding at a $1.5 billion private valuation. Today, OpenSea is the largest NFT marketplace in the industry, racking up record sales even as revenue at rival sites has slipped. The company has launched projects with the NBA's Golden State Warriors and singer-songwriter Shawn Mendes. 
 
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<a href="https://twitter.com/dfinzer">Twitter</a> 
 
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/opensea/">Instagram</a> 
 
<a href="http://opensea.io">Website</a> 
 
<a href="https://opensea.io/accounts/fincho">OpenSea</a> 
 
<a href="https://discord.com/invite/opensea">Discord</a>

Devin Finzer

Katie Haun, a former federal prosecutor, co-leads venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz’s multibillion-dollar crypto fund alongside investor Chris Dixon. The fund, a16z crypto, is a major backer of top NFT-related startups. Portfolio companies include NBA Top Shot-seller Dapper Labs, NFT marketplace OpenSea, and digital horse-racing game ZedRun. 
 
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<a href="https://twitter.com/katie_haun">Twitter</a>

Katie Haun

T-Mobile’s former chief executive is one of the world’s top NFT buyers. The ex-telecom bigwig plunked down more than $2 million on psychedelic music videos by DJs <a href="https://fortune.com/nfty-50/2021/3lau">3LAU</a> and Steve Aoki. In March, he teased that he might buy an NFT of Twitter founder Jack Dorsey's first-ever tweet. (Someone else beat him at auction, spending nearly $3 million.)

John Legere

Dylan Field is the CEO of the $10 billion visual design software startup Figma. A longstanding believer in NFTs, he bought a pipe-smoking alien CryptoPunk he found “totally magnetic” for $15,000. This year he flipped that avatar—which he believed "has potential to be the digital Mona Lisa," he told tech blog Protocol—for $7.5 million worth of Ether. And that's just one of at least 10 CryptoPunks in his personal collection. Field is also an investor in the NFT marketplace OpenSea. 
 
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<a href="https://twitter.com/zoink?lang=en">Twitter</a> 
 
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/dylanjfield/">Instagram</a> 
 
<a href="https://www.figma.com/">Website</a>

Dylan Field

Nadia Squarci and Sergio Scarlet—the duo behind Hackatao—reside in the mountains outside of Milan, where they have been making digital art since 2018. Squarci told the Museum of Contemporary Digital Art that they are “two opposite yet complimentary souls.” The pair frequently depict little cartoon monsters in their surrealist pop art. The team recently put a digital spin on Leonardo da Vinci’s "Head of a Bear'' drawing, calling it “Hack of a Bear.” 
 
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<a href="https://twitter.com/Hackatao">Twitter</a> 
 
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/hackatao/">Instagram</a> 
 
<a href="http://hackatao.com">Website</a> 
 
<a href="https://niftygateway.com/profile/hackatao">Nifty Gateway</a> 
 
<a href="https://superrare.com/HackCollection/collection">SuperRare</a> 
 
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Favorite NFT artist: “There are many, we prefer those who actively engage in the community and experiment by charting new paths in the NFT space.” 
 
Favorite NFT collectible: “In our personal collection we have pieces by Robbie Rabbat, Xcopy, licknittle, OficinasTK… their works, for sure among the most precious in our collection.”

Hackatao

Neda Whitney is the head of marketing for the Americas at Christie's. In her role, she has helped push the 254-year-old auction house into the digital world. Her biggest claim to fame: Helping sell <a href="https://fortune.com/nfty-50/2021/beeple">Beeple</a>'s Everydays, which captivated the art world when it sold for nearly $70 million in March. 
 
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<a href="https://twitter.com/nnamiranian">Twitter</a> 
 
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/namiranian">Instagram</a> 
 
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Ethereum wallet: 0xd75C2370EEE228F63BbC196bfeFC01dDb68c95eF  
 
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Favorite NFT artist: <a href="https://fortune.com/nfty-50/2021/micah-johnson">Micah Johnson</a> 
 
Favorite NFT collectible: “My most prized NFT is from <a href="https://jankyheist.com/">Superplastic: The Janky Heist</a> (<a href="https://opensea.io/assets/0x066f2d5ead7951f0d0038c19affd500b9f02c0e5/9720">“POTATO” GLD</a>).”

Neda Whitney

Visa's head of crypto is an NFT collector who has been bullish on the tech's prospects for years. Sheffield believes crypto art, in particular, can help underrepresented creators make a living; in 2020, he wrote in a blog post that it could help propel a "Black Digital Renaissance." His latest purchase: An NFT piece by former baseball player <a href="https://fortune.com/nfty-50/2021/micah-johnson">Micah Johnson</a>. 
 
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<a href="https://twitter.com/cuysheffield">Twitter</a> 
 
<a href="https://tryshowtime.com/csheffield">Personal collection</a> 
 
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Favorite NFT artist: <a href="https://fortune.com/nfty-50/2021/micah-johnson/">Micah Johnson</a> 
 
Favorite NFT collectible: "<a href="https://opensea.io/assets/0xe1bd4b40079cd73d5d55426274a94ee662c0c67b/10900011321">Aku Genesis</a>" – NFT paired with physical sculpture by Micah Johnson

Cuy Sheffield

Ben Nolan is the founder of CryptoVoxels, a digital art gallery-laden virtual reality. The site is a key part of the NFT world's burgeoning blockchain "metaverse," where people can buy digital land and display their collections. 
 
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<a href="http://twitter.com/cryptovoxels">Twitter</a> 
 
<a href="https://www.cryptovoxels.com/parcels/8">Website</a> 
 
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Favorite NFT artist: <a href="https://fortune.com/nfty-50/2021/josie-bellini">Josie Bellini</a> 
 
Favorite NFT collectible: "'<a href="https://josie.io/collections/prints/products/tune-in">Tune In #9</a>.' I have this block mounted and hanging in my lounge at home.”

Ben Nolan

FlamingoDAO is a collection of crypto-rich investors who pool funds to bid on NFTs works. The group, a so-called decentralized autonomous organization, has already amassed a sizable collection in less than a year since its launch. One example acquisition: a rare alien CryptoPunk, which the group bought for more than $750,000 worth of Ether in January. The fund's originators include Aaron Wright, a professor at Cardozo Law School and cofounder of OpenLaw, a blockchain protocol for legal agreements, and Priyanka Desai, who leads OpenLaw's operations. 
 
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<a href="https://twitter.com/FlamingoDAO">Twitter</a> 
 
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/FlamingoDAO">Instagram</a> 
 
<a href="about:blank">Website</a> 
 
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Favorite NFT artist: <a href="https://fortune.com/nfty-50/2021/erick-calderon/">Snowfro’s</a> Chromie Squiggles on <a href="https://artblocks.io/project/0/gallery">Art Blocks</a> 
 
Favorite NFT collectible: <a href="https://www.larvalabs.com/cryptopunks/details/2890">Cryptopunk Alien #2890</a>

FlamingoDAO

John Crain is the CEO of digital art marketplace SuperRare. SuperRare went online in 2018 as a social network sitting atop Ethereum blockchain—users can make and trade tokenized artwork. The project recently said it would collaborate with Playboy to release a curated collection of original animated works. 
 
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<a href="https://twitter.com/superrarejohn">Twitter</a> 
 
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/superrarejohn/">Instagram</a> 
 
<a href="https://superrare.com/">Website</a> 
 
<a href="https://superrare.com/superrarejohn/collection">Collection</a> 
 
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Favorite NFT artist: <a href="https://twitter.com/jenisuart">Jenisu</a> 
 
Favorite NFT: "<a href="https://superrare.com/artwork/warhol-thinks-pop4-590">Warhol thinks Pop4</a>" by <a href="https://fortune.com/nfty-50/2021/hackatao/">Hackatao</a>

John Crain

Former rowers, the Cock Foster brothers are cofounders of Nifty Gateway, one of the top NFT art-selling platforms. The pair sold their site to crypto company Gemini in 2019. Now they're employees of another pair of identical twin businessmen, Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss. 
 
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Follow: 
 
<a href="http://twitter.com/DCCockFoster">Duncan’s Twitter</a> 
 
<a href="http://twitter.com/gcockfoster">Griffin’s Twitter</a> 
 
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/niftygateway/">Instagram</a> 
 
<a href="https://niftygateway.com/">Website</a> 
 
<a href="https://niftygateway.com/profile/duncan">Duncan's collection</a> 
 
<a href="https://niftygateway.com/profile/griffincockfoster">Griffin's collection</a> 
 
<a href="https://discord.com/invite/niftygateway">Discord</a> 
 
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Duncan’s favorite NFT collectible: "<a href="https://niftygateway.com/itemdetail/secondary/0x720172c214f22dfbe9717e96d6d0c516a1975ebc/11700010004">Did you ever really love me? #4/5</a>" by <a href="https://twitter.com/Mad_Dog_Jones">Mad Dog Jones</a> 
 
Griffin’s favorite NFT collectible: "<a href="https://niftygateway.com/itemdetail/secondary/0xb9abb6e7fdc06fe25ac96d3da1c3ef4651ec660a/500010165">The Last Stand of the Nation State #165/415</a>" by <a href="https://twitter.com/grimemonday?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">slimesunday</a>

Duncan & Griffin Cock Foster

Marguerite deCourcelle is the CEO of blockchain game studio Blockade Games and is an avid NFT collector. She goes by the online alias "coin artist." deCourcelle's first game for the studio, Neon District, allows players to earn and buy NFT items. She even tokenized herself to gauge how influencers can create ownership for their brand. 
 
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Follow: 
 
<a href="https://twitter.com/coin_artist">Twitter</a> 
 
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/coin_artist/">Instagram</a> 
 
<a href="https://coinartist.io/">Personal website</a> 
 
<a href="https://neondistrict.io/">Company website</a> 
 
<a href="https://t.co/eNE36K3Qya?amp=1">Discord</a> 
 
<a href="http://twitch.tv/coin_artist">Twitch</a> 
 
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Ethereum address: 0x148e2ED011A9EAAa200795F62889D68153EEacdE 
 
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Favorite NFT artist: <a href="https://twitter.com/x0rart">x0rart</a> 
 
Most prized NFTs: 
<ul> 
 	<li>"<a href="https://opensea.io/assets/0xfbeef911dc5821886e1dda71586d90ed28174b7d/220701">All I want to do is hold your hand</a>"</li> 
 	<li>"<a href="https://opensea.io/assets/0x25741f5f2dbdde9cfd38f73be7052ec03b0e9d85/1897">Angler's key</a>"—"The NFT was my father's Neon District Founders Key, when he passed away in 2019, we memorialized his key by making him an in-game character and making his key "mythical" status. The most rare key of all. Keys have a variety of in-game and player perks, but this mythical key was also give game lore as being a key that unlocks a secret vault in-game. Sentimentally, this is by far my most precious NFT."</li> 
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Marguerite DeCourcelle

Lindsay Howard is the head of community at Foundation, an NFT marketplace that launched earlier this year. Howard curated the first-ever digital art auction at Philips in 2013. She has curated exhibitions for museums including the Museum of the Moving Image in New York City and has four NFTs in her personal collection. 
 
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Follow: 
 
<a href="http://twitter.com/Lindsay_Howard">Twitter</a> 
 
<a href="http://instagram.com/lindsayahoward">Instagram</a> 
 
<a href="http://foundation.app/@lindsay">Personal collection</a> 
 
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Ethereum wallet: 0xa60f9b548309Cbe75bF4A9880c69C746cB7073ae  
 
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Favorite NFT artists: <a href="https://fortune.com/nfty-50/2021/itzel-yard/">Itzel Yard</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/newrafael?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">Rafaël Rozendaal</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/Nicolas_Sassoon?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">Nicolas Sassoon</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/wrath_____/?hl=en">Serwah Attafuah</a> 
 
Favorite NFT collectible: "<a href="https://foundation.app/@francoisegamma/lh-200-57430">LH 200</a>" by Francoise Gamma

Lindsay Howard

The Los Angeles-based artist’s "Multiverse" NFT auctioned for a whopping 150 ETH ($343,071) in March. Its sale catapulted Stark onto the leaderboard as the first female artist in Foundation's top 10 highest selling creators. Stark's work has also appeared outside of the digital universe in the form of a mural on a Sweetgreen shop in Miami, in a Neil deGrasse Tyson book, and on a white wine can label. 
 
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Follow: 
 
<a href="http://twitter.com/jen_stark">Twitter</a> 
 
<a href="http://instagram.com/jenstark">Instagram</a> 
 
<a href="http://www.jenstark.com">Website</a> 
 
<a href="http://opensea.io/JenStark">OpenSea</a> 
 
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Ethereum wallet: jenstark.eth  
 
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Favorite NFT artist: <a href="https://twitter.com/cybermistic?lang=en">Marcelo Pinel</a> 
 
Favorite NFT collectible: <a href="https://foundation.app/@kyttenjanae/angel-fragments-41688">Angel Fragments</a>

Jen Stark

It has not taken long for the 17-year-old activist-artist to make a mark in the crypto art world. On Juneteenth, Sinclair curated "The Digital Diaspora," an NFT exhibit and auction dedicated to celebrating the work of Black artists. Its proceeds went toward Herstory DAO, a group she cofounded to collect the works of marginalized creatives, as well as the Gays and Lesbians Living in a Transgender Society. 
 
Follow: 
<div><a href="https://twitter.com/dianaesinclair" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Twitter</a></div> 
<div><a href="https://www.instagram.com/dianaesinclair/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Instagram</a></div> 
<div><a href="https://portfolio.dianasinclair.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Website</a></div> 
<div><a href="https://foundation.app/@dianaesinclair">Foundation</a></div> 
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<div>Ethereum wallet: dianaesinclair.eth</div> 
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Favorite NFT artist: <a href="https://fortune.com/nfty-50/2021/itzel-yard/">Ix Shells (Itzel Yard)</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/tylergivens">Tyler Givens</a>. 
 
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Diana Sinclair

Jim McNelis is an avid NFT collector and the CEO and cofounder of NFT 42. His company is best known for creating AvaStars, a digital collectibles project that sells computer-generated avatars with a wacky sci-fi premise. McNelis also cofounded Nameless, a project that partners with brands on NFT launches. 
 
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Follow: 
 
<a href="https://twitter.com/j1mmyeth">Twitter</a> 
 
<a href="http://nft42.com">Website</a> 
 
<a href="https://opensea.io/j1mmy_vault">OpenSea</a> 
 
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Ethereum wallet: j1mmy.eth  
 
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Favorite NFT artist: JOY 
 
Favorite NFT collectible: <a href="https://opensea.io/assets/0x6c7b6cc55d4098400ac787c8793205d3e86c37c9/55">Surge</a>

Jimmy McNelis

A one-time investment banker and trader, Bell now collects and curates crypto art as director and cofounder of the Museum of Crypto Art. The institution uses a token, called $MOCA, to give its community members a say in the direction of the project as part-owners and co-curators. The museum <a href="https://museumofcryptoart.com/">declares on its website</a> that its earliest artwork acquisitions will "represent the earliest etchings on the blockchain, and will come to be regarded as the digital cave paintings of our transhumanist narrative." 
 
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Follow: 
 
<a href="https://twitter.com/colbornbell">Twitter</a> 
 
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/museumofcryptoart/">Instagram</a> 
 
<a href="https://museumofcryptoart.com/">Website</a> 
 
<a href="https://discord.gg/usdYrdTWXK">Discord</a> 
 
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Ethereum wallet: colborn.eth  
 
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Favorite NFT collectible: "<a href="https://superrare.com/artwork-v2/one-true-path-9400">one true path</a>"

Colborn Bell

Gisel Florez is a photographer and a cofounder of Women of Crypto Art, a crypto-loving community of women. Florez sells her own digital artwork and has participated in both traditional and crypto-centered exhibitions including NFTNYC, ETH Denver, and PROOFOFART Museum, among many others. 
 
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Follow: 
 
<a href="https://twitter.com/GiselFlorez">Twitter</a> 
 
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/giselflorezstudio/">Instagram</a> 
 
<a href="https://www.giselflorez.com/">Website</a> 
 
<a href="https://flawnt.me/gallery/1e3gFLj3I59oSaN4Cyx8">Collection</a> 
 
<a href="https://www.cryptovoxels.com/parcels/1398">CryptoVoxels</a> 
 
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Ethereum address: 0x14287e62B859A3A5E19B3C2D59Ed1F12ac94ba4c 
 
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Favorite NFT artists: <a href="https://twitter.com/MattKaneArtist?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">Matt Kane</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/oficinastk/">Oficinas TK</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/MattiaC?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">Mattia Cuttini</a>, <a href="https://fortune.com/nfty-50/2021/josie-bellini/">Josie Bellini</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/Gala_Mirissa?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">Gala Mirissa</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/neuralbricolage">Helen Sarin</a>, <a href="https://fortune.com/nfty-50/2021/xcopy/">XCopy</a>

Gisel Florez

The former Andreessen Horowitz partner is working to build what can be described as a crypto publishing platform, not unlike Medium or Substack. In the new model, readers help fund writers in exchange for NFTs. Mirror.xyz recently raised $10 million from Union Square Ventures, Andresseen Horowitz, and others at a $100 million valuation, The Information reported. 
 
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Follow: 
 
<a href="https://twitter.com/Iiterature">Twitter</a> 
 
<a href="https://d.mirror.xyz/">Website</a> 
 
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Favorite NFT artist: <a href="https://fortune.com/nfty-50/2021/pplpleasr/">pplpleasr</a> 
 
Favorite NFT collectible: <a href="https://opensea.io/assets/0xef3c951e22c65f6256746f4e227e19a5bcbf393c/203">Bloom 27/2000</a>

Denis Nazarov

IDEO CoLab Ventures' newest general partner is focused on the firm's investments in "the metaverse, NFTs, social tokens, and DeFi," according to the company. Rouzati, whose first foray into NFTs began with digital cabbages, has also invested in the likes of Fei and Showtime. 
 
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Follow: 
 
<a href="https://twitter.com/parisrouz">Twitter</a> 
 
<a href="http://instagram.com/parisrouz">Instagram</a> 
 
<a href="https://www.ideocolab.com/ventures/">Website</a> 
 
<a href="https://www.thisisaito.xyz/cashmere">Personal collection</a> 
 
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Ethereum wallet: cashmere.eth  
 
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Favorite NFT artist: <a href="https://twitter.com/kevinabosch?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">Kevin Abosch</a> 
 
Favorite NFT collectible: “'<a href="https://rarible.com/token/0x60f80121c31a0d46b5279700f9df786054aa5ee5:909936?tab=details">Cashmere Skatepark</a>' by <a href="https://twitter.com/slimyskater">Slimy Skater</a>. It was a gift commissioned for me.”

Paris Rouzati

Jeff Zirlin, who goes by the nickname "The Jiho," is the cofounder of Axie Infinity. The NFT-based video game invites people to battle chubby, fantastical beasts—sort of like crypto Pokemon—and its marketplace allows players to earn tokens as they go. Zirlin grew up collecting insects and fossils. 
 
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Follow: 
 
<a href="https://twitter.com/Jihoz_axie">Twitter</a> 
 
<a href="http://instagram.com/jeehoz">Instagram</a> 
 
<a href="http://axieinfinity.com">Website</a> 
 
<a href="https://opensea.io/Jiho">OpenSea</a> 
 
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Ethereum wallet: jihodao.eth  
 
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Favorite NFT artist: Masamune, Art Director of Axie Infinity 
 
Favorite NFT collectible: <a href="https://marketplace.axieinfinity.com/axie/2270?__cf_chl_managed_tk__=pmd_78e54c5ecd13ca127d50bce3bebc8951552fee75-1627512160-0-gqNtZGzNAvijcnBszQ-i">Axie #2270</a>

Jeff Zirlin

Gabby Dizon is the Philippines-based cofounder of Yield Guild Games. The company invests in and works with people who play games, like blockchain-based Axie Infinity, to earn NFT rewards. Dizon sees this as a way to bridge the wealth gap, as players in his home country can make three times the local minimum wage by gaming. Dizon also cofounded Altitude Games, a Southeast Asian mobile game studio, in 2014. 
<div>Follow:</div> 
<div><a href="https://twitter.com/gabusch">Twitter</a></div> 
<div><a href="https://www.instagram.com/gabusch/?hl=en">Instagram</a></div> 
<div><a href="https://axieinfinity.com/">Website</a></div> 
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<div>Ethereum address: gabusch.eth</div> 
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<div>Favorite NFT artist: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/artofshellysoneja/?hl=en">Shelly Soneja</a></div> 
<div>Favorite NFT: "<a href="https://opensea.io/assets/0xf5b0a3efb8e8e4c201e2a935f110eaaf3ffecb8d/4156">Almace</a>" (<a href="https://rarity.tools/axie/view/4156">Axie #4156</a>)</div>

Gabby Dizon

Bored Ape Yacht Club is not a typical sailing outfit. It's a collection, created by Yuga Labs, of 10,000 collectible NFTs. Perks of holding one of these "bored ape" avatars include accessing a digital graffiti wall, known as The Bathroom Wall, or adopting a virtual dog. Trading volumes on secondary marketplaces for Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs are on the brink of reaching $100 million, according to blockchain-tracker DappRadar. 
 
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Follow: 
 
<a href="http://twitter.com/boredapeyc">Twitter</a> 
 
<a href="http://instagram.com/boredapeyachtclub">Instagram</a> 
 
<a href="http://boredapeyachtclub.com">Website</a> 
 
<a href="http://discord.com/bayc">Discord</a> 
 
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Favorite NFT artist: <a href="https://twitter.com/TimpersHD">TimpersHD</a> 
 
Top NFT: <a href="https://cryptoslam.io/bored-ape-yacht-club/mint/3749">Bored Ape #3749</a>

Bored Ape Yacht Club

The 30-year-old Electric Capital partner sort of has a thing for metaverses. Neal Stephenson’s “Snow Crash" is one of Shen’s favorite sci-fi books, so when crypto-based metaverses came up on her radar, she said she was “beyond excited.” Now, Shen helps oversee a portfolio of investments in different crypto companies and believes art only represents the “tip of the iceberg” for NFTs. 
 
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Follow: 
 
<a href="https://twitter.com/MariaShen">Twitter</a> 
 
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Favorite NFT artist: <a href="https://twitter.com/thatsval?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">Valentina Loffredo</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/justinaversano?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">Justin Aversano</a> 
 
Favorite NFT collectible: thewayin.jpg

Maria Shen

A Puerto Rico-based, karaoke-loving investor who paid 140 Ether (about $170,000) in January for a CryptoPunk avatar, the influential NFT booster, who goes only by the online alias "Gmoney," called the move a "flex." Gmoney is also a general partner of Delphi INFINFT, a fund built with crypto research and investment firm Delphi Digital that is dedicated to investing in NFT projects.    
 
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Follow: 
 
<a href="https://twitter.com/gmoneyNFT">Twitter</a> 
 
<a href="http://instagram.com/gmoneyNFT">Instagram</a> 
 
<a href="http://gmoney.ai">Website</a> 
 
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Ethereum wallet: gmoney.eth 
 
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Favorite NFT collectible: "<a href="https://artblocks.io/token/2051">Chromie Squiggle 2051</a>" by <a href="https://fortune.com/nfty-50/2021/erick-calderon/">Art Blocks</a>

Gmoney

An early, pseudonymous NFT investor who has built a large following and collection, Pranksy is one of the top hoarders of NBA Top Shots. The person behind the avatar told Fox 5 NY that NFTs are, for today's digital natives, "the collectible equivalent" of taking "photos for their mantelpiece." 
 
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Follow: 
 
<a href="https://twitter.com/pranksyNFT?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">Twitter</a> 
 
<a href="https://t.co/d6EJ4QBGbX?amp=1">Instagram</a> 
 
<a href="https://t.co/CZmYIsMJIm?amp=1">Website</a> 
 
<a href="https://opensea.io/Pranksy?search[sortAscending]=false.%20https://etherscan.io/address/0xd387a6e4e84a6c86bd90c158c6028a58cc8ac459">OpenSea</a> 
 
<a href="https://t.co/ljaEr6z1uE?amp=1">Discord</a> 
 
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Ethereum address: 0xD387A6E4e84a6C86bd90C158C6028A58CC8Ac459 
 
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Favorite NFT artist: <a href="https://fortune.com/nfty-50/2021/josie-bellini">Josie Bellini</a> 
 
Most prized NFT: <a href="https://nbatopshot.com/user/@Pranked">NBA Top Shot collection</a>

Pranksy

Erick Calderon is the founder and CEO at Art Blocks, a platform for creating on-demand, generative art pieces. Since its launch a year ago, Art Blocks has garnered the attention of many, including auction house Sotheby’s, which recently sold 19 of the platform’s pieces in a deal totaling $81,000. Calderon, a native Houstonian, uses the online handle Snowfro, which stems from a snow cone stand he used to own. 
 
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Follow: 
 
<a href="https://twitter.com/artonblockchain">Twitter</a> 
 
<a href="http://instagram.com/artblocks_io">Instagram</a> 
 
<a href="https://www.artblocks.io">Website</a> 
 
<a href="https://opensea.io/snowfro">OpenSea</a> 
 
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Ethereum wallet: snowfro.eth  
 
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Favorite NFT artist: <a href="https://twitter.com/stina_jones">Stina Jones</a> 
 
Favorite NFT collectible: “Stina Jones ‘<a href="https://opensea.io/assets/0xe2f5349616fda0c35f6c66a14b6256e30dac066e/34">1up</a>:’ It was sent by stina for free to 300 fellow NFT enthusiasts to ‘brighten their day.’”

Erick Calderon

Cooper Turley helped create Friends with Benefits, an exclusive, token-gated community on chat app Discord, where only people who own the FWB token can join the club. Turley is also a strategist for Audius, a decentralized, music-streaming alternative to Spotify and Pandora, and he advises Variant Fund, a crypto investment firm started by ex-Andreessen Horowitz partner Jesse Walden. 
 
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Follow: 
 
<a href="https://twitter.com/Cooopahtroopa">Twitter</a> 
 
<a href="https://instagram.com/coopahtroopa">Instagram</a> 
 
<a href="https://alias.co/coopahtroopa/">Website</a> 
 
<a href="https://niftygateway.com/profile/coopahtroopa">Nifty Gateway</a> 
 
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Ethereum wallet: coopahtroopa.eth  
 
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Favorite NFT artist: <a href="https://twitter.com/fvckrender?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">Fvckrender</a> 
 
Favorite NFT collectible: <a href="https://superrare.com/artwork-v2/generate---18159">GENERATE</a>

Cooper Turley

A powerful and rising voice in the world of NFT collecting, “Artchick” is known for calling attention to female creators, collectors, and crypto-comrades. The psuedonymous account has, per its Twitter bio, one request: "never DM me." (True to form, "Artchick" did not reply to Fortune's DMs—such is life in the metaverse.) 
 
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Follow: 
 
<a href="https://twitter.com/digitalartchick">Twitter</a> 
 
<a href="https://digitalartcollector.com/">Website</a> 
 
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Favorite NFT: <a href="https://worldofwomen.art/">World of Women</a>

Artchick

Andrew Steinwold is a crypto analyst and the founder of Sfermion, an investment company focused on digital asset projects. Steinwold's influential newsletter and podcast series, called Zima Red, are essential parts of the media diet for metaverse enthusiasts where Steinwold explores virtual worlds and discusses all things NFTs. 
 
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Follow: 
 
<a href="https://twitter.com/AndrewSteinwold">Twitter</a> 
 
<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-steinwold/">LinkedIn</a> 
 
<a href="https://andrewsteinwold.substack.com/">Newsletter</a> 
 
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Favorite NFT artist: <a href="https://fortune.com/nfty-50/2021/josie-bellini/">Josie Bellini</a> 
 
Most prized NFT: "<a href="https://opensea.io/assets/matic/0x684cd10b02cdade20f1858c6315052d66d1eafc2/156">Andrew</a>" name title in the virtual world <a href="https://fortune.com/nfty-50/2021/ben-nolan/">CryptoVoxels</a>

Andrew Steinwold

Cherie Hu writes an influential newsletter called Water &amp; Music, which covers the intersection of music and tech innovation. In addition to evaluating future uses for NFTs in the industry, she has published research quantifying the amount of money musicians have made in the NFT economy. 
 
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Follow: 
 
<a href="https://twitter.com/cheriehu42">Twitter</a> 
 
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/cheriehu42/">Instagram</a> 
 
<a href="https://newsletter.waterandmusic.com/">Newsletter</a> 
 
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Ethereum address: <a href="https://app.ens.domains/name/cheriehu.eth">cheriehu.eth</a> (0x03e9206f2A1234fEFaD2C0B07A86B1E0f5cB8d0D) 
 
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Favorite NFT artist: So hard to choose — I am becoming increasingly interested in NFTs not as standalone collectibles, but rather as digital tickets or entry points into wider, longer-term creative collectives and fan communities. In this vein, the way that indie labels like <a href="https://leavingrecords.mirror.xyz/PHJ-Z8DkEjBwLZrJBrdzTCoVh0iAoYoye8Aoi1Fy1OM">Leaving Records</a> and the music collective <a href="https://songcamp.mirror.xyz/HaQAd8PInTpf-I7EUzqDh03JVpwJX3oQmZzBpAZcKqo">Songcamp</a> have incorporated NFTs into their community engagement strategies — giving token owners a genuine stake in the future of their respective brands, while dividing up revenue fairly among a wider group of creative collaborators — is inspiring to me.

Cherie Hu

Nicole Buffett, granddaughter of famed investor (and crypto-disser) Warren Buffett, sells NFT art for a living. She and her fiancé, Justin Aversano, a top NFT photographer, donate much of the proceeds of their work to charity. (Fun fact: Both were born as identical twin siblings, the subject of Justin’s Twin Flames NFT project.) 
 
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Follow: 
 
<a href="https://twitter.com/BuffettNicole">Twitter</a> 
 
<a href="https://instagram.com/NicoleBuffettart">Instagram</a> 
 
<a href="http://www.nicolebuffett.com">Website</a> 
 
<a href="https://opensea.io/assets/easternalchemy">OpenSea</a> 
 
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Ethereum wallet: nicolebuffett.eth  
 
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Favorite NFT artist: <a href="https://twitter.com/r_vanderhout">Ryan Van Der Hout</a> 
 
Favorite NFT collectible: <a href="https://opensea.io/collection/alchemy">Alchemy</a>

Nicole Buffett

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