Today, Many people have realized the significance of Yuga Labs and the series of blue chip collectibles they have created. Just a little over a year ago, BAYC had its first public sale. How did BAYC's popularity skyrocket so quickly? Who discovered the potential of BAYC early on and has held it through both bullish and bearish market conditions?

1. @machibigbrother

· Twitter: @machibigbrother

· Twitter Followers: 86.2K

· Address: 0x020ca66c30bec2c4fe3861a94e4db4a498a35872

· Mint Date: 2021/1/5

· Flips: 133

· Holding Value: $20,340,974.70

· NFTs: 3291

@machibigbrother is one of the reputable NFT KOLs on Twitter. He has published multiple opinions and hosted many discussions on Twitter Spaces regarding BAYC.

Among the positions of this address, BAYC is estimated to be the most valuable collection, accounting for 57.15% of the address's total estimated value of NFT holdings. The buy-in value pie chart shows that MAYC places second with 20.46%. Additionally, BAKC is seen placing third, which means this address is heavy on Yuga Labs' productions.

From the chart below, we can see that the address did not only get BAYC through minting, but also bought quite a few BAYCs in the past year.

2. @DesertEth

· Twitter: @DesertEth

· Twitter Followers: 18

· Address: 0xb394f1aa30ba874df3ae6097bf4c2474b2d8f3ac

· Mint Date: 2021/1/5

· Flips: 96

· Holding Value: $1,342,954.87

· NFTs: 2570

The two charts show that, except for Art Blocks and KnownOrigin, More Loot NFTs held by this address account for the biggest proportion in terms of current estimated value. As seen in the chart below, the HV of More Loot NFTs of this address is 0, and both Buy Volume and Sell Volume are zero as well, indicating that More Loot NFTs possessed by this address were only obtained through mint/transfer and have been held until now.

The most valuable assets of this address are two CryptoPunks NFTs which are estimated to earn about $321,294.19.

In addition, the owner of this address could be an artist as the address is active on both Art Blocks, a platform focused on programmable, on-demand content generation, and KnownOrigin, which showcases rare digital art by artists, illustrators, and designers.

From the chart above, we can see that More Loot and BAYC both have a HV of 0. This indicates that minting was the sole approach for this address in obtaining their Apes. Furthermore, Sell Volume tells us that this address has sold BAYCs but is still left with one.

3. 🤸🏽♂.eth

· Address: 0x9795a9baac2f17e7c7f11686bc6bc2afc3d84612

· Mint Date: 2021/1/5 0:08:00

· Flips: 40

· Holding Value: $1,093,727.27

· NFTs: 1035

The current estimated value of BAYC held by this address constitutes 19.38% of their total holding distribution. MAYC accounts for up to 19.09%. These statistics suggest that the address is a big supporter of Yuga Labs.

Data shows that this address has achieved a successful "buy low, sell high" investment with BAYC. The Buy Volume is much lower than the Sell Volume, and the estimated PnL of BAYC is the highest among all the others in its portfolio, reaching $1,334,633.33.

Moreover, the second and third most profitable projects of this address are both sub-projects of BAYC.

Next, it can also be seen that the few projects with the highest value at the time of purchase are some well-known blue chips. In addition to the aforementioned MAYC, the address has also bought Otherdeed, CLONE X, Azuki, and other projects. As of now, Otherdeed and CLONE X are still in a losing position, both with losses of over $80k.

4. @ApeofPoland

· Twitter: @ApeofPoland

· Twitter Followers: 6862

· Address: 0x56511585a5a23dea48fcc0aa0a9a13800dec0531

· Mint Date: 2021/1/5

· Flips: 26

· Holding Value: $278,869.84

· NFTs: 286

As seen from the chart, @ApeofPoland's holdings in BAYC now occupy 71.13% of his total NFT holdings. Similar to other addresses mentioned above, this address also holds other Yuga Labs collections.

It's easy to see from the chart that @ApeofPoland owns a whopping 9 BAYCs, two of which have not been sold since minted. Also, looking at its portfolio, BAYC has the highest estimated profit of $2,061,271.69.

@ApeofPoland has also repeatedly tagged BAYC's official Twitter account and mentioned MAYC and BAYC in his tweets. Plus, he also frequently retweeted BAYC's official tweets.

5. @Jdotcolombo

· Twitter: @Jdotcolombo

· Twitter Followers: 23.3K

· Address: 0x88e3378dfb5463a0d151f802a48a104698e90e3d

· Mint Date: 2021/1/5

· Flips: 44

· Holding Value: $616,813.52

· NFTs: 733

@jdotcolombo is a well-known Twitter celebrity with 22.5k followers. He tweeted about BAYC several times.

The estimated holding value of BAYC of this address is as high as 48.61%, and it is easy to see from the chart that this address will profit the most from BAYC—around $877,058.99. Buy Volume shows that this address has also bought BAYC in the secondary market in addition to minting.

Additionally, Otherdeed was the most expensive NFT (at the time of purchase) bought by this address, accounting for a whopping 27.54%, but unfortunately @Jdotcolombo has a current estimated loss of $78,999.69 on Otherdeed. Furthermore, as you can see from the Sell Volume, @Jdotcolombo only bought 16 NFTs and has never sold any of them.

Conclusion

In this article, we highlight a few of the most important diamond hands on the market and analyze their portfolios. If you'd like to track their subsequent transactions, you may add their addresses into your NFTGo.io watchlist. (Note: All data is acquired in Early Aug.)

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