Which celebrities have the most valuable NFT portfolios? Jay-Z, tennis star Serena Williams, Paris Hilton and Korean actress Yun Songa have all gotten in on the crypto wave …

Mar 12 , 2022

Which celebrity has the most expensive NFT portfolio – Yun Songa, Jay-Z, Serena Williams or Paris Hilton? Photos: @yunsonga, @beyonce, @serenawilliams, @parishilton/Instagram

Alexis Ohanian, Williams’ husband, is a fervent fan, as are musicians Snoop Dogg, Grimes and Post Malone, as well as – surprise? – Hilton, who made US$1.1 million from a single piece

Christie’s sold Everydays by Mike Winkelmann (aka Beeple) last year for US$69 million and now Sotheby’s have joined in, selling Cryptopunks and Bored Ape Yacht Club digital art

In the last few years, the rise of the brave – and slightly bewildering – new world of the blockchain has brought us such things as cryptocurrencies and now, non-fungible tokens. For those not in the know, these tokens act as a kind of digital ledger giving proof of ownership and have taken the world by storm thanks to major involvement from auction houses like Sotheby’s and Christie’s. Entrepreneurs, and even professional athletes and celebrities, have piled in and all this has caused demand for NFTs to skyrocket.

Aether – Galaxy Goddess by Serwah Attafuah, an NFT sold by Paris Hilton last year. Photo: @parishiltonnft/Instagram

Some of these public figures have started producing their own NFTs while others simply collect those produced by others. As the NFT trend gets bigger by the minute, a slew of A-listers have seen their potential and invested huge sums into their portfolios. Most of these NFTs are of digital artworks, but there are other forms too, such as music, or in rare cases, arcane items like the autograph of Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, who sold his first-ever tweet for US$2.9 million as an NFT in October 2021.