Founders of Bored Ape NFTs Revealed

NFTs are increasing in popularity day by day despite the ongoing controversy around the world. Many people describe these digital assets, paid for millions of dollars, as ‘nonsense’, and some as a means of money laundering. Even so, astronomical fees continue to be paid to many NFT collections. Perhaps the most famous of these collections, ‘Bored Ape Yacht Club’ collection. each one different 10,000 monkeys Depending on their rarity, these NFTs are bought for hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars.

Many famous names from different sectors have also bought works from this collection. Last week, we shared with you that the famous singer Justin Bieber paid 1.3 million for a single Bored Ape image. Besides, before Eminem, Post Malone, Stephen Curry, Paris Hilton, Logan Paul, Mark Cuban, Gwyneth Paltrow Successful names in many different fields, such as, bought works from the collection. In addition, giant companies such as Adidas announced their partnership with the collection.

Two men from Florida are co-founders of the collection.

Despite such great popularity, it was unknown who was behind the collection. However, new news shows that this situation, at least in part, is no longer a secret. The report, published by BuzzFeed News, stated that behind this collection, which was paid millions of dollars, there were two men living in Florida, USA. According to the statements, one of these names said on Twitter:gargamel‘ writer and editor known as Greg Solano. The other is on Twitter. ‘Gordon Gonerknown by the nickname ‘ Wylie Aronow.

After the article published by BuzzFeed, the duo confirmed the news on their Twitter accounts, where they kept their identities secret and shared NFT posts, and shared their photos and a Bored Ape piece side by side. ‘Me in Web 2, me in Web 3’ used the phrases. In addition, BuzzFeed stated in its article that it has contacted the company called Yuga Labs, which launched the collection, and that CEO Nicole Muniz confirmed that Solano and Aoronow are co-founders.

Finally, it should be noted that these two are not the ones who drew monkeys. According to sources, the lead artist of this popular collection is 27 years old. Seneca a woman named. It is also stated that there are two more co-founders besides Solano and Aronow. According to The Verge No Sass and Emperor Tomato Ketchup Two more unidentified people using pseudonyms are behind the multi-million dollar collection.