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Since the 2021 NFT summer, mainstream celebrities have forayed into Web3 and crypto, but most have ditched the industry for other endeavors, while others still hold assets.
Data <a href="https://x.com/ArkhamIntel/status/1790014778519265463" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">provided</a> by Arkham Intelligence showed that the five celebrities with crypto holdings and the most followers on Elon Musk’s X primarily held Ether (<a href="https://crypto.news/price/ethereum/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">ETH</a>), or NFTs.
Ex-U.S. President and Republican candidate Donald Trump boasted the highest digital asset net worth, valued at $7 million.&nbsp; Trump’s biggest holding was around $5.1 million in proceeds from the NFT collection titled TRUMP, but a corridor for more digital asset associations could open.&nbsp;
Trump recently hinted that his campaign may accept crypto donations as the U.S. holds elections later this November and <a href="https://crypto.news/trump-biden-meme-coins-surge-after-trump-meets-with-nft-holders/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">engaged</a> industry voices regarding policy matters.
Pop star Justin Bieber was second with $451,000 in blockchain assets, of which $433,000 was domiciled in ETH. However, Bieber’s last activity was two years ago and linked with Yuga Labs’ Otherside project on the NFT marketplace OpenSea.&nbsp;
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Soccer star Neymar and comedians Jimmy Fallon and Kevin Hart ranked third, fourth, and fifth, respectively. According to Arkham, the trio has crypto net worths of $56,000, $113,000, and $40,000.&nbsp;
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 Celebrities on Arkham We’ve labeled over 100 celebrities with more than 1M X followers. The top 5 by followers: Justin Bieber ($450K in crypto) Donald Trump ($6.4M) Neymar Jr. ($56K) Jimmy Fallon ($113K) Kevin Hart ($40K) More data below: <a href="https://t.co/mQOeoTX6zw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">pic.twitter.com/mQOeoTX6zw</a>— Arkham (@ArkhamIntel) <a href="https://twitter.com/ArkhamIntel/status/1790014778519265463?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">May 13, 2024</a>
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During the NFT peak, celebrities such as Bieber and Fallon made <a href="https://crypto.news/elon-musk-rare-golden-bored-ape-nft-1-5-million/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">headlines</a> for purchasing blue-chip collectibles like the Bored Ape Yacht Club for millions in ETH.&nbsp;The trend also buoyed platforms like MoonPay, which offered a concierge-esque service to popular figures interested in the speculative digital collectibles markets.&nbsp;
Three years later, NFT markets have become a backburner sector for the industry, and over 95% of these collections are now <a href="https://crypto.news/nearly-95-of-nfts-are-now-worthless-report-says/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">worthless</a>. Regulators like the SEC have pursued known creators.
Projects like <a href="https://crypto.news/sec-dapper-labs-investigation/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Dapper Labs</a> and Ashton Kutcher’s <a href="https://crypto.news/sec-charges-stoner-cats-nft-creators-for-selling-unregistered-securities/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Stoner Cats</a> have been sued for allegedly selling unregistered securities to vulnerable investors.&nbsp;
Read more: <a href="https://crypto.news/sec-dapper-labs-investigation/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> SEC secretly investigated NFT developer Dapper Labs in 2023 </a>

Arkham: Trump’s $7m crypto stash in top 5 celebrities on X

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