NFT Nick

About

NFT Nick, also known as Nick O'Neill, NFTNick.eth or NFTNick, refers to an American NFT entrepreneur and influencer on Twitter / X via his account @allnick. O'Neill is based in New York. He's the CEO of a media company called The Nifty and owns an NFT collection called BoDoggos. NFT Nick went viral on Twitter / X in March 2024, following humorous ridicule of his selfies on a Miami yacht and videos in which he flaunted wealth. Many made fun of his appearance like one insult that compared him to Sara Jay. NFT Nick also received a viral community note that claimed a champagne bottle in his video was not worth $5,000 and was instead worth less than $85. Overall, discourse and memes about NFT Nick criticized and parodied his grindset and hustle culture videos.

Background

Nick O'Neill graduated from American University's Kogod School of Business in 2008, according to his LinkedIn ^[1] page. In 2024, he's based in New York City and is employed at DailyPay, according to his website's home page.^[2] O'Neill co-founded an NFT company called The Nifty in 2021, which specializes in "developing massive scale blockchain monitoring tools and creative user interfaces to make the process of learning about and participating in the NFT ecosystem as fun as playing fantasy sports or flipping sneakers," according to the company's LinkedIn.^[3]

Online History

Nick O'Neill's online presence started on November 11th, 2006, when he posted his first blog post to his website titled "6 Steps to the Top of Google."^[4] On March 11th, 2007, O'Neill posted his first tweet^[5] to his account @allnick (shown below, left).

In 2021, online discourse about NFTs became commonplace, coinciding with O'Neill's first viral tweet^[6] that received roughly 1,700 likes in three years (shown below, right).

In 2023, O'Neill's posts on X gained more virality, like one tweet^[7] shared on March 19th, 2023, showing him in a CryptoPunks sweatshirt, captioned, "Think people will know I own a punk?" gaining over 1,700 likes in one year (shown below, left).

On March 7th, 2024, O'Neill posted a selfie to X^[8] showing him and three friends on a boat, captioned, "This is who you’re trading against," receiving over 2,600 likes in four days (shown below, right).

Online Reaction

Memes about NFT Nick started in March 2023, following his CyptoPunks selfie post on X.^[7] The first viral quote with the post was tweeted by X^[16] user @CumShiesty on March 20th, 2023, who said, "is that your face fr?" gaining over 29,000 likes in a year (shown below).

Mass discourse and memes about NFT Nick predominantly surfaced after his March 2024 post on X.^[8] The memes started with a quote posted by X^[9] user @Indikur on March 7th who joked about O'Neill's appearance, gaining over 1,300 likes in four days (shown below, left).

On March 8th, 2024, X^[10] user @htxdunny posted a quote that received over 88,000 ikes in three days, reading, "You look like Sara Jay" (shown below, right).

Notable Posts

"Important Message To Twitter Haters" Video In Miami House

After the viral quotes inspired by his March 2024 X^[8] post, NFT Nick posted a video on March 8th, 2024, captioned, "An important message to the twitter haters," in which he's seen walking around a Miami home addressing the "haters." He claimed that he "worked hard to buy that yacht" and he "worked hard to buy this big ass house." He also said his slogan, "I choose rich every time!" Over three days, the video received roughly 2,300 likes (shown below).

The video inspired its own slew of viral quotes, like one shared by X^[11] user @Bonecondor on March 8th, 2024, who pointed out that there was luggage visible by the door, inferring that NFT Nick was not living there permanently. The quote gained over 1,300 likes in three days (shown below, left).

On March 9th, 2024, X^[12] user @len0killer said, "You know society is fucked because this dude should be guarding a dungeon right now," earning over 50,000 likes in two days (shown below, right).

Champagne Bottle Community Note

On March 9th, 2024, NFT Nick posted another video to X^[13] that addressed his opponents on X. He claimed that he did own the Miami house and that he also owned a penthouse in New York City. He showed himself drinking champagne from a bottle that he claimed was $5,000. Over two days, the video received roughly 4,800 likes (shown below).

Soon after its upload, a community note^[14] was rated helpful that alleged that the bottle was not worth $5,000 and was instead a bottle of Tattinger Champagne that cost less than $85.

Following

By March 11th, 2024, NFT Nick had amassed over 146,900 followers on his X^[15] account @allnick.

Various Reactions

Search Interest

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