MilestoneEthereum2021
Bored Ape Yacht Club Launch
Bored Ape Yacht Club launched as a 10,000-piece NFT collection and became one of the cycle's defining NFT identity brands.
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Key Facts
Peak metric10,000 NFTs sold out
OutcomePFP communities became mainstream crypto culture
ChainEthereum
Year2021
Typemilestone
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nftpfpculture
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