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The NFT Whale Directory: 50+ Top NFT Buyers & Whales

Ryan Cowdrey
10 min read
The NFT Whale Directory: 50+ Top NFT Buyers & Whales

Our criteria for an NFT Whale is either having purchased an NFT listed on the Top 100 NFT Sales of All Time or an NFT collection valued above $500,000 (we use DappRadar for estimates).

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3FMusic (Farzin)

The New York Times x NFT
The New York Times x NFT

Collection: OpenSea & SuperRare & Rarible & Foundation

Twitter: https://twitter.com/3fmusic

Notable Purchases/Pieces:

  • (350 ETH) The New York Times x NFT
  • (240 ETH) CryptoPunk #3106

4156

CryptoPunk #4156
CryptoPunk #4156

Collection: OpenSea

Twitter: https://twitter.com/punk4156

Notable Purchases/Pieces:

  • (1,000 ETH) Death Dip
  • (650 ETH) CryptoPunk #4156
  • (475 ETH) Reflection
  • (420 ETH) Pepe The Frog NFT Genesis
  • (333.33 ETH) POLITICS IS BULLSHIT #2/100
  • (250 ETH) Hope
  • (210 ETH) POLITICS IS BULLSHIT #62/100
  • (210 ETH) POLITICS IS BULLSHIT #65/100

6529

CryptoPunk #6529
CryptoPunk #6529

Collection: OpenSea & Cyber Galleries

Twitter: https://twitter.com/punk6529

Notable Purchases/Pieces:

  • (1,000 ETH) Fidenza #313
  • (336.529 ETH) summer.jpg by XCOPY
  • (222 ETH) AI Generated Nude Portrait #7 Frame #96
  • (200 ETH) AI Generated Nude Portrait #7 Frame #193
  • (200 ETH) Unigrids #285
  • (100 ETH) CyberKong VX #14959
  • (100 ETH) Twin Flames #8. Stephanie & Angelina Cortazzo by Justin Aversano
  • (99 ETH) CryptoPunk #6529

Art On Internet

Mars House by Krista Kim
Mars House by Krista Kim

Collection: OpenSea & SuperRare

Twitter: https://twitter.com/artoninternet

Notable Purchases/Pieces:

  • (288 ETH) Mars House

BabyBeluga

CROSSROAD #1/1 by Beeple
CROSSROAD #1/1 by Beeple

Collection: NiftyGateway

Twitter: https://twitter.com/BabyBelugaNFT

Notable Purchases/Pieces:

  • ($6.6M) CROSSROAD #1/1 by Beeple

Bharat Krymo

Meebit #2948
Meebit #2948

Collection: OpenSea

Twitter: https://twitter.com/krybharat

Notable Purchases/Pieces:

  • (400 ETH) Meebit #2948

bigint

Fidenza #607 by Tyler Hobbs & Art Blocks
Fidenza #607 by Tyler Hobbs & Art Blocks

Collection: OpenSea

Twitter: N/A

Notable Purchases/Pieces:

  • (300 ETH) Fidenza #607
  • (100 ETH) Fidenza #364

Boothy

BAYC #3749
BAYC #3749

Collection: OpenSea

Twitter: N/A

Notable Purchases/Pieces:

  • (400 ETH) BAYC #3749
  • (57.5 ETH) BAYC #9507

brainsDAO

CryptoPunk #1886
CryptoPunk #1886

Collection: OpenSea 1 & OpenSea 2

Twitter: https://twitter.com/brainsDAO

Notable Purchases/Pieces:

  • (450 ETH) CryptoPunk #1886

Braskey

CryptoPunk #5690
CryptoPunk #5690

Collection: OpenSea

Twitter: N/A

Notable Purchases/Pieces:

  • (195 ETH) CryptoPunk #5690
  • (52 ETH) CryptoPunk #7074

Caktux (Vince)

A King’s Abomination by Archangel
A King’s Abomination by Archangel

Collection: OpenSea & Foundation

Twitter: https://twitter.com/caktux  

Notable Purchases/Pieces:

  • (390k MANA) ZionVI - Decentraland
  • (50 ETH) A King’s Abomination
  • (45 ETH) A King’s Crucifixion
  • (43 ETH) Portrait of a Collector (Williams Impasto)

Coco__Bear

Hauteclere - Axie #4155
Hauteclere - Axie #4155

Collection: OpenSea & Axie

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Coco__Bear

Notable Purchases/Pieces:

  • Axies: Hauteclere (#4155), Fluffy Pony (#1226), The One (#1363), and many more
  • (50 ETH) Coco #1717 - CyberKongz VX

Danny (@seedphrase)

Metarift by Pak
Metarift by Pak

Collection: OpenSea 1 & OpenSea 2

Twitter: https://twitter.com/seedphrase

Notable Purchases/Pieces:

  • (489 ETH) Metarift by Pak
  • (420 ETH) Hashmask #9939
  • (3,644,834 SAND) Wave 2 / Summer Jam (12, 156)
  • (300 ETH) Hashmask #6718

Deckchair

DΞSTINATION HΞXAGONIA by Don Diablo
DΞSTINATION HΞXAGONIA by Don Diablo

Collection: OpenSea    

Twitter: N/A

Notable Purchases/Pieces:

  • (600 ETH) DΞSTINATION HΞXAGONIA by Don Diablo

Estavi

The first tweet by Jack Dorsey
The first tweet by Jack Dorsey

Collection: Cent  

Twitter: https://twitter.com/sinaEstavi

Notable Purchases/Pieces:

  • (1,630.6 ETH) The first tweet by Jack Dorsey

FingerprintsDAO

Autoglyph #287
Autoglyph #287

Collection: OpenSea 1 & OpenSea 2

Twitter: https://twitter.com/FingerprintsDAO

Notable Purchases/Pieces:

  • (355 ETH) Autoglyph #287

Flying Falcon

Genesis Estate by Axie Infinity
Genesis Estate by Axie Infinity

Collection: N/A

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Its_Falcon_Time  

Notable Purchases/Pieces:

  • (888 ETH) Genesis Estate by Axie Infinity

GalaxySEE

The Eternal Pump #47 by Dmitri Cherniak & Art Blocks
The Eternal Pump #47 by Dmitri Cherniak & Art Blocks

Collection: OpenSea

Twitter: N/A

Notable Purchases/Pieces:

  • (225 ETH) The Eternal Pump #47
  • (130 ETH) Ringers #666
  • (88 ETH) Chromie Squiggle #4637

Gary Vee

CryptoPunk #2140
CryptoPunk #2140

Collection: OpenSea

Twitter: https://twitter.com/garyvee

Notable Purchases/Pieces:

  • (1,600 ETH) CryptoPunk #2140
  • (325 ETH) CryptoPunk #2424
  • (55 ETH) Twin Flames #67. Craig and Carey Smith

gmoney

CryptoPunk #8219
CryptoPunk #8219

Collection: OpenSea 1 & OpenSea 2

Twitter: https://twitter.com/gmoneyNFT

Notable Purchases/Pieces:

  • (140 ETH) CryptoPunk #8219
  • (96 ETH) CryptoKitties #20 Never Been Licked

illestrater

Meebit #776
Meebit #776

Collection: OpenSea

Twitter: https://twitter.com/illestrater_

Notable Purchases/Pieces:

  • (390 ETH) Meebit #776

kawagebo

CryptoPunk #2616
CryptoPunk #2616

Collection: OpenSea & OpenSea

Twitter: N/A

Notable Purchases/Pieces:

  • (1,600 ETH) CryptoPunk #7252
  • (500 ETH) CryptoPunk #9052
  • (350 ETH) CryptoPunk #8445
  • (315 ETH) CryptoPunk #406
  • (199.999 ETH) Bag #3043

John Legere

Gunky's Uprising by Slimesunday & 3LAU
Gunky's Uprising by Slimesunday & 3LAU

Collection: NiftyGateway  

Twitter: https://twitter.com/JohnLegere

Notable Purchases/Pieces:

  • (719 ETH) Gunky's Uprising by Slimesunday & 3LAU
  • ($888,888.88) Hairy by Steve Aoki

Justin Sun

OCEAN FRONT by Beeple
OCEAN FRONT by Beeple

Collection: NiftyGateway

Twitter: https://twitter.com/justinsuntron

Notable Purchases/Pieces:

  • ($6M) OCEAN FRONT by Beeple

Kevin Rose

And how does that make you feel? by XCOPY
And how does that make you feel? by XCOPY

Collection: Gallery.so

Twitter: https://twitter.com/kevinrose

Notable Purchases/Pieces:

  • (300 ETH) And how does that make you feel?

KeyboardMonkeyVault

Autoglyph #336
Autoglyph #336

Collection: OpenSea

Twitter: N/A

Notable Purchases/Pieces:

  • (125 ETH) Autoglyph #336
  • VR.Girl by Hackatao
  • Crunch by XCOPY
  • Bull Run #143/271

Little-Whale

CryptoPunk #2306
CryptoPunk #2306

Collection: OpenSea 1 & OpenSea 2

Twitter: N/A

Notable Purchases/Pieces:

  • (461 ETH) CryptoPunk #2306

M4T

Curio.Cards 26
Curio.Cards 26

Collection: OpenSea

Twitter: https://twitter.com/M4T_NFT

Notable Purchases/Pieces:

  • (125 ETH) Curio.Cards 26
  • CryptoPunk #4428
  • BAYC #7076

Matt Kalish

CryptoPunk #1119
CryptoPunk #1119

Collection: OpenSea

Twitter: https://twitter.com/mattkalish

Notable Purchases/Pieces:

  • (400 ETH) CryptoPunk #1119
  • (200 ETH) CryptoPunk #8870
  • (198 ETH) CryptoPunk #7996

MetaKovan (Founder of Metapurse)

Everydays: The First 5,000 Days by Beeple
Everydays: The First 5,000 Days by Beeple

Collection: OpenSea

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MetaKovan

Notable Purchases/Pieces:

  • ($69M) Everydays: The First 5,000 Days by Beeple

Mondoir (Amir)

Everydays - Raw #39/100 by Beeple
Everydays - Raw #39/100 by Beeple

Collection: OpenSea

Twitter: https://twitter.com/mondoir

Notable Purchases/Pieces:

  • (500 ETH) Everydays - Raw #39/100 by Beeple

NotTodayNoNoNo

Central Park Tower 2021 Rich List
Central Park Tower 2021 Rich List

Collection: OpenSea

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Paddy_Stash

Notable Purchases/Pieces:

  • (was $400k) Hashmask #12247

onedayplay

Axie #694
Axie #694

Collection: OpenSea & Axie

Twitter: N/A

Notable Purchases/Pieces:

Path

Sirxn 0 - Bioluminescent Sirxn by Ghxsts
Sirxn 0 - Bioluminescent Sirxn by Ghxsts

Collection: OpenSea & OpenSea & Foundation

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cryptopathic

Notable Purchases/Pieces:

  • (619.5 ETH) Sirxn 0 - Bioluminescent Sirxn by Ghxsts
  • CryptoPunk #3711
  • Hashmasks #3073
  • Peg 069

Paul Graham (a.k.a. paulg1)

Save Thousands of Lives by Noora Health
Save Thousands of Lives by Noora Health

Collection: OpenSea  

Twitter: https://twitter.com/paulg  

Notable Purchases/Pieces:

  • (1,337 ETH) Save Thousands of Lives by Noora Health

pete_d

CryptoPunk #3011
CryptoPunk #3011

Collection: OpenSea 1 & OpenSea 2

Twitter: https://twitter.com/pete____d

Notable Purchases/Pieces:

  • (667 ETH) CryptoPunk #3011
  • (480 ETH) CryptoPunk #2484
  • (305 ETH) CryptoPunk #2964
  • (299 ETH) Meebit #16647
  • (185 ETH) Meebit #15168

PixelVault_

EulerBeats Genesis LP 01 by EulerBeats Genesis
EulerBeats Genesis LP 01 by EulerBeats Genesis

Collection: OpenSea

Twitter: https://twitter.com/pixelvault_

Notable Purchases/Pieces:

  • (300 ETH) EulerBeats Genesis LP 01

PleasrDAO

Doge by Atsuko Sato
Doge by Atsuko Sato

Collection: Gallery.so  

Twitter: https://twitter.com/pleasrdao

Notable Purchases/Pieces:

  • (2,224 ETH) Stay Free by Edward Snowden
  • (1,696.9 ETH) Doge by Atsuko Sato
  • (500 ETH) Dreaming at Dusk by Tor Project

Pranksy

Collection: OpenSea

Twitter: https://twitter.com/pranksyNFT

Notable Purchases/Pieces:

  • (150 ETH) CryptoPunk #6581
  • (145 ETH) CryptoPunk #9373
  • (140 ETH) AI Generated Nude Portrait #7 Frame #78
  • (360k MANA) “Pranksy Palace” Decentraland Plot
  • Tune in #0 by Josie

Punk4023

CryptoPunk #4023
CryptoPunk #4023

Collection: OpenSea

Twitter: https://twitter.com/punk4023

Notable Purchases/Pieces:

  • (420 ETH) Meebit #8598

SethS

Autoglyph #17
Autoglyph #17

Collection: OpenSea

Twitter: N/A

Notable Purchases/Pieces:

  • (730 ETH) Autoglyph #17 by Larva Labs

Shalom Meckenzie

CryptoPunk #7523
CryptoPunk #7523

Collection: N/A

Twitter: N/A

Notable Purchases/Pieces:

  • ($11M) CryptoPunk #7523 by Larva Labs

Sighduck

Cool Cat #5280
Cool Cat #5280

Collection: OpenSea

Twitter: https://twitter.com/hi_sighduck

Notable Purchases/Pieces:

  • (80 ETH) Cool Cat #5280
  • (54 ETH) GHXSTS x Cool Cats

Sillytuna

CryptoPunk #9839
CryptoPunk #9839

Collection: OpenSea

Twitter: https://twitter.com/sillytuna

Notable Purchases/Pieces:

  • (141 ETH) Season Zero: Baus - Neon District
  • (100 ETH) Meebit #17822
  • (78 ETH) CryptoPunk #6793
  • (33 ETH) FVCK_CRYSTAL// #4023

The_Realm

Decentraland 4247
Decentraland 4247

Collection: OpenSea

Twitter: N/A

Notable Purchases/Pieces:

  • (1,295,000 MANA) Decentraland 4247

TheArtchitech

BAKC #8650
BAKC #8650

Collection: OpenSea

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ARTMAN141

Notable Purchases/Pieces:

  • (375 ETH) BAKC #8650 & BAYC #8650
  • (210 ETH) BAYC #7345
  • (175 ETH) BAYC #8877
  • (125 ETH) BAYC #5017
  • (42 ETH) Pudgy Penguins #6570

TheGreatMando

BAKC #8650
BAYC #3971

Collection: OpenSea & OpenSea & SuperRare

Twitter: https://twitter.com/mando_great

Notable Purchases/Pieces:

  • (47.69 ETH) Peg 021
  • (25.5 ETH) i Dont Know Who i Am by FEWOCiOUS
  • BAYC: 3971, 6280, 9929, 4003, 8210, 6880, 1889, and more

TokenAngels

CryptoPunk #4178
CryptoPunk #4178

Collection: OpenSea

Twitter: https://twitter.com/TokenAngels

Notable Purchases/Pieces:

  • (245 ETH) Meebit #19729
  • CryptoPunk #4178, CryptoPunk #9955, CryptoPunk #5949, and more

VincentVanDough

M E O W S H I by 0xLaCroix
M E O W S H I by 0xLaCroix

Collection: OpenSea

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Vince_Van_Dough

Notable Purchases/Pieces:

  • (350 ETH) Ringers #377
  • (320 ETH) Archetype #213
  • (280 ETH) Autoglyph #280
  • (269.420 ETH) Peg 103
  • (240 ETH) The Eternal Pump #17
  • (140 ETH) DEAFBEEF Series 4: Glitchbox – Token 165
  • (130 ETH) DEAFBEEF Series 3: Entropy – Token 144

VonMises

CryptoPunk #9203
CryptoPunk #9203

Collection: OpenSea

Twitter: https://twitter.com/VonMises14

Notable Purchases/Pieces:

  • (142k MANA) “Welcome to Rapture” Decentraland Plot
  • CryptoPunks: #9203, #1433, #1684, #9916, and more

@y_kymin (Matt)

GOAT by Beeple
GOAT by Beeple

Collection: OpenSea & MakersPlace & Foundation

Twitter: https://twitter.com/y_kymin

Notable Purchases/Pieces:

  • (333 ETH) GOAT by Beeple

YeahYeah

Warhol thinks Pop3 by Hackatao
Warhol thinks Pop3 by Hackatao

Collection: OpenSea & SuperRare & SuperRare

Twitter: https://twitter.com/2Yeahyeah

Notable Purchases/Pieces:

  • (100 ETH) Warhol thinks Pop3 by Hackatao
  • (100 ETH) Some Asshole by XCOPY
  • (99 ETH) Right-click and Save As guy by XCOPY
  • (89 ETH) Andy Warhol {stringed;}
  • (50 ETH) Only one owns it by Hackatao

yfimaxi

CryptoPunk #2066
CryptoPunk #2066

Collection: OpenSea

Twitter: N/A

Notable Purchases/Pieces:

  • (500 ETH) CryptoPunk #2066

z10n

Finite. by Pak
Finite. by Pak

Collection: Foundation & Rarible & SuperRare

Twitter: N/A

Notable Purchases/Pieces:

  • (444 ETH) Finite. by Pak
  • (111 ETH) Ego Object by Pak

zoomc

Chromie Squiggle #3784 by Snowfr0 & Art Blocks
Chromie Squiggle #3784 by Snowfr0 & Art Blocks

Collection: OpenSea

Twitter: N/A

Notable Purchases/Pieces:

  • (750 ETH) Chromie Squiggle #3784
  • (300 ETH) Meebit #19775
  • (275 ETH) Meebit #19480
  • (259 ETH) Autoglyph #423
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