Who to follow on Twitter and Why all football players fall in NFT?

[burenka]

Top 15 influencers on Twitter, and what do famous bloggers write about?

Twitter is one of the most popular social networks, especially in North America. Twitter has become one of the most important platforms for discussing various crypto projects, probably it is because Google and Facebook banned NFT advertising. At the moment, more than 3 thousand observers of the crypto world are actively functioning here. This study aims to understand who can have a real impact today and enjoy the most significant popularity.

Top 15 Individual Influencers

Today, I've tried to single out 15 people who have the most significant influence on the crypto exchange development. Let's take a look:

Elon Musk Number of subscribers - 95 million. Elon Musk is one of the most famous entrepreneurs in the world. He communicates with his audience mainly through Twitter. Here, he advertises his projects, such as Starlink, talks about social and humanitarian topics, and often talks about the crypto world. It's no secret that he has had a significant impact on the development of various tokens and coins. For example, last year, Shiba Inu stated that Elon Musk invested a large amount of money in developing this, but the billionaire denied this data on his Twitter. The Shiba Inu price fell by more than 30% during that day. And there are many such results. At the beginning of this year, Elon Musk criticized Twitter's desire to integrate NFT and enter the crypto market, and after that, he bought this social network altogether. That is why many crypto enthusiasts are worried about whether they will be able to use their non-fungible tokens in the form of avatars. He has also been actively arguing with Dmitry Rogozin, which is being actively discussed on the network.

Neymar Jr Number of subscribers - 56.8 million. Neymar is one of the best footballers in the world. He actively maintains his page on Twitter, where many users follow him. Most of his posts here are related to professional activities, where he can start polemics with other famous football players. It is no secret that Neymar is actively interested in cryptocurrencies and everything connected with them. So, for example, recently, the news spread worldwide that he bought 2 NFTs for a million dollars from the Bored Ape Yacht (BAYC) collection. It is worth noting that this collection caught the attention of Eminem too. He paid over $450,000 for his monkey.

Liam Number of subscribers - 34.6 million. One of the famous group One Direction members is also one of the most critical influencers in the world of cryptocurrencies. In addition to his main activities and speeches on Twitter, he exposes information about events dedicated to NFT and cryptocurrencies, including VeeCon. Here, you can also get a celebrity's opinion about the various collections and artists.

Mesut Ozil Number of subscribers - 26.2 million. Another famous football player is passionate about the crypto world. Most of his Twitter page is filled with his professional activities, but he recently announced his desire to issue his cryptocurrency. According to preliminary data, traders will be able to trade this, like bitcoins, and owners of significant assets will be able to count on a personal meeting with a football player.

Marshall Mathers Number of subscribers - 22.6 million. When you visit Eminem's Twitter page, it's immediately apparent that he is a crypto enthusiast. Instead of an avatar, he has the same NFT from the Bored Ape Yacht (BAYC) collection, which he bought for $450,000. Eminem's love for the NFT also proved that the artist decided to release his own Shady Con collection. It is a high-quality animation with rap music.

Ronaldinho Gaucho Number of subscribers - 20.7 million. Only the lazy professional footballer today is not into NFTs or cryptocurrencies. Of course, most of the Ronaldinho Gaúcho page is filled with football, but there is a small place for the crypto world. In particular, he created his NFT collection, where he portrayed himself in various football looks. It is worth noting that this collection was a massive success with fans.

Snoop Dogg Number of subscribers - 20.2 million. From the first glance at Snoop Dogg's Twitter page, it's clear that he's in love with the NFT. It manifests itself not only in the fact that he released his collection of pixelated avatars but also in the fact that he constantly posts various NFTs in his feed, offers to compare them, and looks for unusual solutions. For example, it is immediately apparent that he is now passionate about the Food Fighters Universe. Snoop Dogg sets trends in the world of NFT and surveys attention to the most interesting, in his opinion, projects.

Ashton Kutcher Number of subscribers - 17.1. Ashton Kutcher and his wife Mila Kunis have earned over $8 million from their Toon Stoner Cats NFT collection. We see one of these NFTs on the actor's page. In addition, several serial series are being prepared based on this collection. In general, he is passionate about his career and political and social issues.

Paris Hilton Number of subscribers - 16.9 million. Paris Hilton was one of the first celebrities interested in the NFT. So, in the summer of 2020, she sold a drawing of her cat for 40 ETH, and then she got excited about the idea of ​​releasing a loud, large, and very pink BFF "You" collection. Most of the images here are suitable for use as a Twitter avatar. An example can be found on the celebrity page.

TreySongz.eth Number of subscribers - 13.7 million. According to Trey Songz, NFT can be not only in the form of an image but also in the form of music. That is why he released his collection for sale on Binance NFT. On Trey Songz's Twitter, you can find various music collections. He often posts from #MusicNFT. If you are interested in this type of NFT, you will find the most exciting novelties here.

Serena Williams Number of subscribers - 10.7 million. Serena Williams is one of the most famous tennis players who believe that the NFT can bring more attention to women's sports. In her opinion, various NFTs can be used to support, promote and finance multiple sports. She also became one of BAYC's fans and got herself this NFT.

Thalia Number of subscribers - 9.7 million. Singer Thalia is another bright representative of crypto enthusiasts. You can find various exciting collections on her Twitter, for example, @WixarikaNFT. It can be seen that she is interested in both standard NFTs in the form of images and musical tokens. Here everyone can find the most exciting option for themselves to your taste.

David Louise Number of subscribers - 8.7 million. The list of well-known footballers who support the NFT also includes David Luiz. Over the past few years, NFTs have been created with his image, and he also released his small collection, which was quite successful.

Mark Cuban Number of subscribers - 8.6 million. Basketball player Mark Cuban is not shy about showing off his extensive collection of various NFTs. He bought some of them, while others were given to him by friends and fans. He shares his career achievements and the most exciting projects from the crypto world on Twitter.

Steve Aoki Number of subscribers - 8.2 million. More and more musicians are interested in NFT collections, and DJ Steve Aoki is no exception. First of all, he focused on NFT music collections, and on his Twitter, you can easily find the most compelling examples, in his opinion. It is one of the most respected music NFT connoisseurs whose style you can trust.

It is an extremely interesting question, the top subscribers are in "celebrities" accounts, Sportsmans, Actors, Musicians etc. Did they truly love NFT, as an obvious individuals-interested-in-casual-investments of their interest in NFT is just a common trend and marketing budgets? I'll get to this question back in the next post.

Top 30 and list extension:

Let's try to take a look at the extended list, and add some additional parameters: SMP score, Social Blade Rank, Amount of Twits, Date of account creation, and let's try (just for now) to exclude "celebrities" (popular artists and football players), we'll get something like this:

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Name	Link	Followers	SMP Score	Total Grade	Contact	Year of creation	Number of tweets
Elon Musk	https://twitter.com/elonmusk	70 600 000	1 000	A++	-	2009	18000
CZ 🔶 Binance	https://twitter.com/cz_binance	4 400 000	1 000	B+	-	2017	3480
vitalik.eth	https://twitter.com/vitalikbuterin	2 800 000	1 000	B+	-	2011	17400
Chamath Palihapitiya	https://twitter.com/chamath	1 500 000	1 000	B+	-	2007	7800
Pomp 🌪	https://twitter.com/APompliano	1 200 000	1 000	B+	DM	2011	64500
Tyler Winklevoss	https://twitter.com/tyler	1 000 000	1 000	B+	-	2009	12400
Brian Armstrong	https://twitter.com/brian_armstrong	970 700	1 000	B+	-	2008	990
Chris Dixon	https://twitter.com/cdixon	739 200	1 000	B	-	2007	12400
Fred Wilson	https://twitter.com/fredwilson	687 000	1 000	B	-	2007	19700
Barry Silbert	https://twitter.com/BarrySilbert	686 900	1 000	B	-	2011	11000
Andreas	https://twitter.com/aantonop	673 500	1 000	B	-	2013	30900
Erik Voorhees	https://twitter.com/ErikVoorhees	561 500	1 000	B	-	2009	24400
Balaji Srinivasan	https://twitter.com/balajis	535 600	1 000	B	DM	2013	23400
SBF	https://twitter.com/SBF_FTX	509 400	1 000	B	DM	2019	19800
Zhu Su 🔺	https://twitter.com/zhusu	309 000	1 000	B	-	2009	6845
Joseph Lubin	https://twitter.com/ethereumJoseph	250 600	1 000	B	-	2014	3366
Meltem Demir◎rs	https://twitter.com/Melt_Dem	228 500	1 000	B	DM	2014	35300
Chris Burniske	https://twitter.com/cburniske	209 500	1 000	B-	-	2016	20900
Ryan Selkis🖊	https://twitter.com/twobitidiot	201 100	1 000	B	DM	2013	21300
Fred Ehrsam	https://twitter.com/fehrsam	184 900	1 000	B-	-	2011	1603
Laura Shin	https://twitter.com/laurashin	182 800	1 000	B-	-	2009	18600
Linda Xie - lindajxie.eth	https://twitter.com/ljxie	131 900	1 000	B-	DM	2012	7320
Mike Novogratz	https://twitter.com/novogratz	425 000	973	B	DM	2009	5660
elizabeth stark	https://twitter.com/starkness	137 700	972	B-	DM	2007	13300
Jameson Lopp	https://twitter.com/lopp	368 200	967	B	-	2009	35800
Charlie Lee	https://twitter.com/satoshilite	1 000 000	909	B+	-	2008	16500
Spencer Noon 🕛	https://twitter.com/spencernoon	88 000	899	B-	DM	2013	17900
Emin Gün Sirer	https://twitter.com/el33th4xor	214 300	895	B	-	2011	34300
Nick Szabo	https://twitter.com/nickszabo4	319 900	890	B	DM	2014	32700
Adam Back	https://twitter.com/adam3us	410 200	889	B	-	2010	38500

Here is link for more convinient view of this list (30 out of 3292 Twitter Influencers).

A few words about types of influencers on Twitter

Most crypto influencers on Twitter are people who have achieved a lot in their careers and perceive NFT as their hobby or opportunity to attract viewers' attention. Most of them not only openly support the idea of ​​non-fungible tokens but also release their collections. Some of them are high quality and attract users' attention, such as Shady Con (Eminem) or Toon Stoner Cats (Ashton Kutcher). However, some designs are of inferior quality and are only sold because of having a creator. A clear example would be the Snoop Dog collection.

The vast majority of celebrity crypto collections are sold on OpeanSea, the most famous platform in the world. In the future, such tokens can be resold for a lot of money, they hope

Many influencers make vast amounts of money from advertising integrations about NFT Collections. Practice shows that this is one of the most expensive and effective types of advertising because the recommendation of such people is of great importance to their fans. It leads to the fact that the entire collection is sold out within a few minutes after its release.

It must be said that influencers can be individualists and entire communities. Among the most famous of them are:

• Binance. Initially, this is one of the largest crypto exchanges, which, among other things, is engaged in the sale and storage of various NFTs. Most of the information is devoted to reviews of ongoing events in the crypto world, but the most critical NFTs are also not missed here.
  
• WORLDSTARHIPHOP. At first glance, this is one of the most convenient and understandable news twitter communities, where you can find the most critical information and the socio-political situation or the life of celebrities, the release of new games or films. However, information about NFT collections appears here from time to time, which attracts the attention of a considerable number of users around the world.
  
• CZ 🔶 Binance. Changpeng Zhao, or simply CZ, is the CEO of Binance. On his page, he publishes information that he might like and data that can be of great importance to all crypto enthusiasts, including Binance clients.
  
• Coinbase. It is another viral crypto exchange used by millions of people worldwide. On Twitter, it posts the most important news or summaries of the business state. Based on the information received, many users make investment decisions.
  
• Coin Market Cap. To engage in trading, it is necessary to understand all the processes in the market clearly. Here you can find out the most critical data, track some of the forecasts and identify those events that may occur shortly.
  
• Dogecoin. Doge is one of the earliest and most promising meme coins. It was a great success, and to keep the coin interested and spread the news, a Twitter page was created. It is of great importance for those who trade this currency.
  
• CoinDesk. If you want to know all the news about the upcoming major events in the crypto world, this Twitter page will be a real lifesaver. It is not just a bulletin board but an opportunity to find out the results of various meetings of crypto enthusiasts. It allows you to track the growth in popularity.
  
• Shib. Many have heard the story of Shiba Inu and Elon Musk. It attracted the attention of many traders who continue to follow this coin on Twitter. Here you can find not only funny memes but also more important information.
  
• Ripple. The task of this is to create breakthrough crypto solutions for a world without economic borders. It is suitable for beginners in the crypto world and more experienced traders. Here everyone will find something useful for themselves.
  
• Ethereum. If you are interested in everything connected with Ethereum, this page can be a real lifesaver for you. Here are all the news and helpful tips.
  

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So, in case you need to check some organization instead of individuals - this could be the top-10.

Criteria of choice:

• Is this account of a person or organization?
• What does that person do for a living?
• What style of messages does use?
• What kind of project did they interest in?
• Do they try to explain their opinion mostly in detail, or just statements?
• Did they post a mass-marketing flight, so they just sell their influence?
• Can you notice some shady & murky project advertisements?
• Do they actively suggest some investment schemes? 
• Are they seen as professionals in Investments or Blockchain?
• How long ago did they start their accounts?
• How long ago did they start their blockchain- and especially NFF- related publications? 
• Do they post links to their sources? 
• Why do you think you can trust that person?

To successfully exist in the crypto world, you need to process vast amounts of information daily. Many people pay attention exclusively to news reports, but practice shows that you can also make good money from the statements of influencers on Twitter if you believe so. But that is not as easy as it seems, various facts can help you to pick up the correct sources to follow. Of course, there are always place to common trust and sympathy, and if just like someone's Twitter account style and rhythm, probably no need to dive deep, and let yourself to just fall in love

Who you like to read on Twitter and why?

[franky1]

sports players used to not be allowed to sell/monetise their own name/likeness(image) as their own property because under contract their team owned their name/image.
but now sports players can monetise their own name/image. and so yes NFT has become a tool to tokenise their property.

as for the price of their 'investments'.. well this is a sham..
they want to promote that NFT are worth hundreds of thousands for one simple fact. when they want to sell their own property. they want top dollar for it.

imagine they invested in an NFT for $0.20. and highlighted how they had 100,000 items meaning $20k investment..
other people would not see a single token as worth $20k but see tokens worth only $0.20

they have to FAKE value some tokens as being worth hundreds of thousands of dolars each. just to make other tokens appear to be worth more then $0.20

its like years ago. faking that a certain british 50pence piece was worth £200 (400x face value) just to try and make all coins of significant rarity try to be 400x face value.

they do this by buying one single coin from an account they own using a second account they own. meaning they dont 'lose' £200. as its just paying themselves..
but then its seen as a valid purchase for £200 on the market. thus makes idiots think these coins are worth £200.

this same game is being played with NFT.
many people have 2 accounts or celebrities sponsored by the initial owner to buy(and get secretly refunded) large sum. to make it look like an item is worth many times more its real value cost.

everyone in the art world knows that art is not valuable while the artist is still alive especially if that artist is making hundreds of unique pieces a year..
art is only valuable after death when there is only 1-10 unique pieces to that artists name.
and where that art has circulated and passed hands multiple times to add on a bit of value each time it passes hands.
the NFT prices are all fake. so be warned dont buy into something expensive thinking you can sell it for more.. realise you bought it at the over-valued price which the initial creator presented and faked via his initial first sale to himself/someone he sponsored to purchase it at a fake value.

[m0nica.just]

I've been following Elon Musk for a long time, imo he is one of the few billionaires with a good sense of humor.

[burenka]

sports players used to not be allowed to sell/monetise their own name/likeness(image) as their own property because under contract their team owned their name/image.
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presented and faked via his initial first sale to himself/someone he sponsored to purchase it at a fake value.

Such a true to agree with.

I also have some ideas, about "why":

First: those "celebrities", musicians, sportsmans etc - they also a "very rich people with low amount of free time and no specialisation in finance, but in need of set their capitals and handle their investments"; so some of them could be really intrested into a new methods of investment, better in a cool and simple way, not that boring bonds

Second: due to low restrictions and regulators most of them can safely advertise some uncertan (or even shady) products, without any legal restrictions, which helps their agent to increace rates, so by advertising such theme - they just increacing their income.

Third: part of NFT-marketing schemes is MLM, the more hype, the more gains, so if they belive that they will increace hype - they will control their incomes (this is a huge advantage advantage over common buyers); it means in those MLM schemes they are a few who in real_control of situation, wich helps them gain even more income;

And fourth: everyone becomes older, this is critical even more for sportsman, they have "limited time' to gain initial subscibers and audience, and then they have to slowly diversify their expertise, to keep audience intrested even after professional carier will be over. And to gain some experience and popularity in finance, or new tech, or investments (and NFT/crypto is combination of those) - is probably a good long-term strategy

[OgNasty]

I've been following Elon Musk for a long time, imo he is one of the few billionaires with a good sense of humor.

Not just a good sense of humor, but he tells it like it is.  The far left has turned this country into a laughing stock and common sense is out the window.  I'm glad that someone with influence and the respect of the left (well, had the respect of the left until he drew the line at their woke mental health issues) has decided to start speaking out about the nonsense we're seeing in society.

As for football players and NFTs...  It's an easy way for them to get ahold of crypto by using their image instead of their money.  I doubt any of them have real use cases though.

[MikeSorino]

I'm a regular trader on Binance, so I follow the news on the official Twitter page. It helps me keep myself in good shape and track the best information.

[Mometaskers]

I'd admit I don't have a Twitter (heard it's too toxic) but why football players? Likely coz they already have enough money for it. And then there's the possibility that they are getting paid to promote it. I think that's a question to ask ourselves whenever we see an "influencer" start shilling anything. "What would he/she get out of this?".

[GrigoryGaga]

I didn't believe before that Elon Musk could influence the value of cryptocurrencies. He doesn't do it directly. However, I also actively followed his news after the Shiba Inu situation. It turns out that this is an exciting person!

[PrimeNumber7]

"influencers" are essentially selling their reputation to whoever is willing to pay. I don't think many of them would be recommending the products they are peddling, even privately, if not for their endorsement money.

Most NFTs have no underlying value, even if they are being sold by a famous person, or is some digital footprint of some famous person.

As an example of the above, someone purchased an NFT of the first tweet by Jack Dorsey, founder of Twitter for 2.8 million dollars, and subsequently auctioned it, and said auction received a high bid of $280.

[Alice Bloom]

I'm reading and thinking, why are all these celebrities involved in NFT? They are already rich!

[burenka]

As an example of the above, someone purchased an NFT of the first tweet by Jack Dorsey, founder of Twitter for 2.8 million dollars, and subsequently auctioned it, and said auction received a high bid of $280.

Such a wonderfull and descriptive story
Intresting, what is going to be with NFT in a while, and how soon a rush will be over.

[PrimeNumber7]

As an example of the above, someone purchased an NFT of the first tweet by Jack Dorsey, founder of Twitter for 2.8 million dollars, and subsequently auctioned it, and said auction received a high bid of $280.

Such a wonderfull and descriptive story
Intresting, what is going to be with NFT in a while, and how soon a rush will be over.

NFTs have the potential to have actual value if they represent some property in real life. However, I think most “art” NFT have little to no underlying value.

[franky1]

NFTs have the potential to have actual value if they represent some property in real life. However, I think most “art” NFT have little to no underlying value.

NFT can have the potential of good underlying VALUE. if the PRICE were not set to silly random amounts way above value.

imagine games like Call Of Duty.
where the game developers develop a sniper gun with perfect accuracy and 'sniped' a player with one shot and had some 'heat seeking'(follow the target) feature that the bullet would follow the target after the trigger was pulled to ensure a hit even if the target moved at the last second to ensure a 'kill'... but where the developers only wanted 5000 players to be able to use it. (only 5000 tokens)
where the game would seek proof of ownership via privkey signing to import the gun image/functionality into that players gameplay.
this would then make those 5000 NFT tokens valuable to players. as they could not use the gun without having the private key of a gun assigned to them. thus they would pay more for this gun rather then a similar one on the in-game store that had less accuracy and was not limited to 5k players

of course the purchases and price listing would need to be fair and open. and not some silly closed auction of rigging the price to set a stupidly high price to fake value.
but a NFT like this would then have value, as it has rarity and functionality, utility for its owner

[MikeSorino]

I'm reading and thinking, why are all these celebrities involved in NFT? They are already rich!

It seems that they are not just catching the hype on this! Now everyone is talking about it, why don't they start creating something similar! In addition, some want to draw attention to their activities.

[AlexSnowSnow]

I don't personally aspire to buy NFTs, but I'm interested in watching them! Modern art is something unimaginable! I follow Paris Hilton and Ashton Kutcher! They are so cool!

[burenka]

imagine games like Call Of Duty.
where the game developers develop a sniper gun with perfect accuracy and 'sniped' a player with one shot and had some 'heat seeking'(follow the target) feature that the bullet would follow the target after the trigger was pulled to ensure a hit even if the target moved at the last second to ensure a 'kill'... but where the developers only wanted 5000 players to be able to use it. (only 5000 tokens)...

This is quite an intresting question. I worked in Game Development industry for a while, and at one period of my life I needed to get used to Game Design and Game Balance topics. It could be a real catastrophy - inserting SOMETHING LIMITED into game, it turns a basics of game design rules to very specific line, so every and each time game developers have to insert something rare/limited - they have to think twice.

But on the other hand, NFT game developers HAVE to constantly insert a lot of limited staff in game. For example, MCH - all the characters and all the items - have to be limited and unique. So game changes into some way of market, instead of just_game. So traders are intrested in that type of games, but not players.

[PrimeNumber7]

NFTs have the potential to have actual value if they represent some property in real life. However, I think most “art” NFT have little to no underlying value.

NFT can have the potential of good underlying VALUE. if the PRICE were not set to silly random amounts way above value.

imagine games like Call Of Duty.
where the game developers develop a sniper gun with perfect accuracy and 'sniped' a player with one shot and had some 'heat seeking'(follow the target) feature that the bullet would follow the target after the trigger was pulled to ensure a hit even if the target moved at the last second to ensure a 'kill'... but where the developers only wanted 5000 players to be able to use it. (only 5000 tokens)
where the game would seek proof of ownership via privkey signing to import the gun image/functionality into that players gameplay.
this would then make those 5000 NFT tokens valuable to players. as they could not use the gun without having the private key of a gun assigned to them. thus they would pay more for this gun rather then a similar one on the in-game store that had less accuracy and was not limited to 5k players

of course the purchases and price listing would need to be fair and open. and not some silly closed auction of rigging the price to set a stupidly high price to fake value.
but a NFT like this would then have value, as it has rarity and functionality, utility for its owner

Sure, a video game item may have some actual value because players would have some use for it.

My prior comment was referring to the "art" NFTs that are nothing more than hashes of images that can be trivially duplicated, and often, the seller has no legitimate rights to the "art".

I have posted in other threads that NFTs can also represent ownership of physical items, such as real estate, and this would be another example of when NFTs would have actual value.

[Mutuvasilin]

Today, many people on Twitter seek to promote NFT collections. It seems to me that they feel that interest in cryptocurrencies is growing at a tremendous speed today, and they need to become part of this culture to stay afloat! I think it's ok! I think it would be worse if it were the other way around.
I prefer to read more reputable communities like Ethereum or Binance.