I discovered something interesting about Neymar and his NFT collection. Basically, the Brazilian footballer was one of the few celebrities who truly believed in non-fungible tokens when they were the trend in 2021, remember? He bought everything on OpenSea, like 90+ digital works of art, but the real highlights are two monkeys from the Bored Ape Yacht Club.

Here’s the good part: he spent around half a million dollars on a ( and BAYC #6633 ), and 613 thousand on the other. Basically, that’s 6 million reais. Now, those same NFTs are worth $30,000 and $35,000. I mean, the crash is insane. He lost about 95% in just a few years.

I wonder if Neymar noticed, or if he simply stopped checking his digital wallet. The NFT market has deflated since then—everyone started talking about the metaverse and AI instead. Anyway, it’s a textbook case of how even celebrities can make terrible investments when they chase trends.