Aoki taps out… but not completely.
By Maxime Laurent · 2026-04-13 11:49
Aoki taps out… but not completely.
Steve Aoki just sold $30K in crypto, but his old NFT ghosts are still sitting quietly in the wallet.
Quick take: small exit from $ETH and $SHIB, funds moved to Gemini — but he’s still holding 7 BAYC NFTs that are deep underwater.
This one feels more symbolic than financial.
Steve Aoki isn’t some random retail guy panic-selling at the bottom. $30K is nothing at his scale. It’s almost… a gesture. A small step back from the market noise.
But then you look at the NFTs.
Bored Ape Yacht Club was the status symbol of the last cycle. Aoki aped in hard back in 2021, spending over $800K for 7 pieces. Today? Around $13.8K each. That’s not just a drawdown — that’s a full narrative collapse.
And yet… he’s still holding them.
That’s the interesting part.
Because it tells you something about this cycle. Tokens like $ETH or $SHIB are liquid, emotional, easy to sell. But NFTs? They’re sticky. Illiquid. Almost sentimental. You don’t just dump them — you kind of live with them, like old memories from a wild summer that cost you way too much 🥂
Moving funds to Gemini could mean many things: cashing out, repositioning, or just seeking safety. But I don’t read this as “Aoki exits crypto.”
I read it as: even the loudest bulls from the last cycle are quieter now.
Less hype, more reflection.
And maybe that’s where we are as a market — not dead, not euphoric… just processing what survived and what didn’t.
Franchement, the real question is not why he sold $30K.
It’s why he’s still holding the rest.
#Crypto #NFT #BAYC #ETH #SHIB #SteveAoki #MarketCycle #Web3
Steve Aoki just sold $30K in crypto, but his old NFT ghosts are still sitting quietly in the wallet.
Quick take: small exit from $ETH and $SHIB, funds moved to Gemini — but he’s still holding 7 BAYC NFTs that are deep underwater.
This one feels more symbolic than financial.
Steve Aoki isn’t some random retail guy panic-selling at the bottom. $30K is nothing at his scale. It’s almost… a gesture. A small step back from the market noise.
But then you look at the NFTs.
Bored Ape Yacht Club was the status symbol of the last cycle. Aoki aped in hard back in 2021, spending over $800K for 7 pieces. Today? Around $13.8K each. That’s not just a drawdown — that’s a full narrative collapse.
And yet… he’s still holding them.
That’s the interesting part.
Because it tells you something about this cycle. Tokens like $ETH or $SHIB are liquid, emotional, easy to sell. But NFTs? They’re sticky. Illiquid. Almost sentimental. You don’t just dump them — you kind of live with them, like old memories from a wild summer that cost you way too much 🥂
Moving funds to Gemini could mean many things: cashing out, repositioning, or just seeking safety. But I don’t read this as “Aoki exits crypto.”
I read it as: even the loudest bulls from the last cycle are quieter now.
Less hype, more reflection.
And maybe that’s where we are as a market — not dead, not euphoric… just processing what survived and what didn’t.
Franchement, the real question is not why he sold $30K.
It’s why he’s still holding the rest.
#Crypto #NFT #BAYC #ETH #SHIB #SteveAoki #MarketCycle #Web3
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