THE BORED APE GAZETTE

The Chimpers plushie primates are officially postal after the brand announced that its highly anticipated blind boxes have shipped! “Which Chimpi are you pulling,” the project tweeted along with a blind box opening video. “Plush Keychain Blind Box Series 1 with @223W0RLD In transit… watch your mail!”       “They are finally here,” Chimpers Founder InsightChimp tweeted. “Chimpers plush keychains are soon to takeover… Keep an eye on those mail boxes!”   As the Bored Ape Gazette

A magical brew is bubbling on ApeChain after the Zards unveiled Potions, a new feature that allows holders to transform the look of their pixelated Wizards. Amid the Christmas time magic late last month, the Zards were casting spells of their own with the announcement of Potions, a potent new concoction that every Zard can drink to upgrade their Wizard’s Hat, Cloak, and Staff. “We're thrilled to announce that Zards® Potions are now LIVE on the site, and you can now drink them

Ninety three ApeChain crews left the safety of the swamp for the stars this morning in search of a cure and prizes for themselves and their favorite collections as part of ApeCoin’s latest onchain NFT activation. Ground control to Major $Ape, we have liftoff. On Monday, Chapter Two of ApeCoin’s Exodus Rising kicked off with teams of four blasting off into the Ether, where they must work together to solve puzzles, stay alive, and compete for prizes like Gobs, Geezs, and four f

Something is brewing in the Web3 world, as the Espresso Network is reminding everyone to mint its two crosschain NFTs on ApeChain and Rarible before the open mints close tomorrow morning at 11 A.M. EST! “Final call,” the project tweeted on Sunday. “Experience bridgeless crosschain minting on @rarible , powered by Presto from @EspressoSys . As seamless as using one chain.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ Mint an @ApeChainHUB NFT using @RariChain Funds. Mint on RARI using ApeChain funds.”     W

Ground control to Major $Ape! Commencing countdown, engines on. Check ignition, and may God’s love be with you. The countdown clock is ticking around the swamp tonight, and everyone has T-minus 24 hours to get their crews together before Chapter Two of ApeChain’s popular NFT activation, Exodus Rising, blasts off.   “Sign up for Exodus Rising Chapter II by Dec. 31st to navigate the skies beyond Outbreak together with the ApeChain community in pursuit of rewards and leaderboard

Forget horoscopes and soothsayers. $Apes prefer to learn what the future holds in cookie form. Earlier this month, ApeChain builder Tom DeCicco launched a project that isn’t about hype or the current meta, but instead focuses on fate, chance, and vibes; all wrapped up in onchain fortune cookies.     “Fortune Cookie s a small onchain ritual built for ApeChain,” Tom said. “At its core, it is a once-per-day mint where anyone can spend 1 APE, crack open a digital fortune cookie,

It’s a sad day for style around the swamp and across the broader Web3 world after Bored Ape Yacht Club member DevAllo announced that he’s shutting down his popular platform, Bored Closet, after no longer being able to afford keeping it running. “It’s time to hang up the hangers,” Bored Closet tweeted this morning. “With heavy hearts, we’re announcing that the Closet is shutting down. We’ve reached a point where we’re no longer able to keep it running. We’re incredibly gratefu

The Bored Ape Yacht Club got a gift that will keep on giving this Christmas after ApeCo Head of DeFi 0xSimpleFarmer announced that a portion of revenue from his Clutch Markets platform will go toward perpetual primate buybacks when it launches in early 2026! Amid the holiday hoopla across the timeline this week, ApeChain’s native Polymarket style parlay platform, Clutch Markets, left a gift under the metaphorical tree that could benefit Apes for years to come.   “Clutch Labs

Christmas has come early to the Otherside, as the Foxy Fam rolls out a festive set of in game items, giving holders new ways to celebrate the season in style! Christmas Eve felt more like Christmas morning for ApeChain’s Foxy Fam, after the project gifted holders Santa hats and rolled out Rudolf Boots and even scooters, giving holders new ways to ride into the holidays across the metaverse.   “Through digital snow where the sleigh bells ring, Head to FoxyFits to see what they

Forget Santa Claus! ApeChain builder Rida made a list, checked it twice, and is rewarding all the good little Geez who’ve been staking their primates this year with Christmas airdrops. It’s Geezmas Eve around the swamp after GeezOnApe co-founder Rida announced that Geez who staked their primates before December 23rd will find pixelated presents under their onchain Christmas trees this year.   “Merry Xmas Geez,” the project tweeted. “To say THANK YOU to the real ones who kept

ApeCoin roasting on an open fire. Jack Frost nipping at your nose. Though it’s been said many times, many ways, $Ape burns tonight!   The crypto market is ice cold this December with Bitcoin dumping, and every coin, including $Ape, is following suit. But things were heating up around the Swamp on Thursday as the ApeCo team burned 453,000 $Ape, removing nearly 0.05% of the coin’s total supply from circulation forever!   “ApeCo just burned 453k APE, representing the total gas f

Come all ye faithful! Ape Church attendance is on the rise as ApeCoin’s native casino dApp racks up 10 million $Ape in volume in just two and a half weeks. Now, the team plans to evangelize across Web3, spreading the good news of its onchain “Uniswap of chance,” where anyone can take a risk or contribute liquidity to the house and reap the rewards. It was a “go tell it on the blockchain” kind of Tuesday for the Ape Church team after the platform officially crossed $2 million

Let not your $Ape be troubled. ApeChain's native casino dApp, Ape Church, announced that prophets can now profit even more by picking up the platform’s new Missionary Rune Stone NFTs, which give holders referral bonus boosts. Over the weekend, Ape Church took to the timeline to spread the good news. A new NFT is now up for grabs for the dApp’s truest believers who have been stacking Gimbo Points by playing games, completing quests, and telling their frens about the platform.

Oh, the NFT market is frightful, but the $Ape burn is delightful! And now everyone can easily track it thanks to Frostyz! Deflationary days are ahead for ApeCoin following the end of the token’s staking program, the gas price increase on ApeChain, and the announcement that ApeCo will not only be burning all $Ape used as gas since the chain’s launch in October 2024, but will also be “buying and burning an equal amount of $Ape to what’s burned via gas going forward.”  Let it bu

Three years and 175 million $Ape later, ApeCoin staking has officially come to a close, marking the end of an inflationary era and the dawn of a new deflationary day! On December 12th, 2022, Bored Apes, Mutant Apes, Bored Ape Kennel Club Dogs, and ApeCoin token holders were all invited to begin staking their $Ape in the ApeCoin DAO’s staking protocol. Since then, a lot has changed around the swamp. The Biden administration’s SEC opened an investigation into ApeCoin and Yuga L

From Drink. Drank. Dunk. to Win. Winners. Won. On Wednesday, the ApeChain carnival officially left town after the Intern got on the intercom that is Twitter and announced his dunk tank themed NFT activation’s community and individual winners, while also warning the clowns who tried to bot the game that they’re still in trouble.   “Congrats to @NightGlyders ,   @ApeAlphaDogs , and @Froglings for top ranks on the Community Leaderboard, sharing 18K $APE in sweeps,” ApeCoin twe

NFT launchpad and marketplace Rarible is now on ApeChain and, to celebrate, the dApp is inviting everyone to mint a pair of digital collectibles for free! On Monday, Rarible announced that its onchain commerce platform is officially compatible with ApeChain, which means $Apes everywhere can now mint, buy, and sell NFTs while also earning $RARI points!   “Rarible welcomes ApeChain,” Rarible wrote. “ @ApeChainHUB is a cultural engine and platform for user-owned digital experien

Forget shifting gears, HV-MTLs are changing chains!   On Monday, the HV-MTL Mechs were officially on the move after the project’s owner, Adam Weitsman, announced that holders can now bridge their bots from Ethereum Mainnet to ApeChain thanks to LayerZero technology, opening a whole new world of opportunities for HVs! “The ApeChain bridge is now live,” Weitsman wrote. “ You can go to http://hv-mtl.com click the bridge icon and move your HVs to @apecoin . We launched this feat

Beep. Boop. Bridged! HV-MTL holders will soon be able to move their Mechs back and forth between Ethereum and ApeChain as the collection goes crosschain, letting holders decide where their Bots live and play, without getting their wires crossed, thanks to LayerZero technology! The HV-MTL collection’s reboot continues this week as HV-MTL owners Adam Weitsman and Gabe announced that HV holders will be able to bring their Bots from Ethereum mainnet to ApeChain beginning tomorrow

Not today, Bozos! ApeChain has been a carnival all week, but it’s not a circus! On Friday, the ApeCoin intern took to the timeline and announced that some clowns may have tried to rig the chain’s Drink Drank Dunk contest.   “We identified potential botting in DDD, resulting in both leaderboards closing at 2 AM ET,” ApeCoin tweeted. “Any throws after that time will not count toward leaderboard results. We will review before confirming winners. Any bad actors will be banned fro