THE BORED APE GAZETTE

Luck be a Penguin tonight! Drawings and dreams became reality in Las Vegas last week after Pudgy Penguins took over the Las Vegas Sphere, with the brand’s lead artist reminding everyone that in Web3, you can really just do things. Over the weekend, Pudgy Penguins artist Afiq took to the timeline to share a behind-the-scenes look at the concept art that eventually became the brand’s minute-long Sphere ad this Christmas. “You can actually draw things into existence,” he tweeted

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

Yuga Labs will be breaking on through to the Otherside faster than ever after the company acquired the Unreal Engine based creator platform that powers the metaverse, bringing the tech fully in house around the swamp. 2026 is shaping up to be anything but boring across the swamp, the Nexus, and the 100,000 Otherdeeds that make up the $Ape powered metaverse after Yuga Labs CEO Garga announced that the company has acquired the technology and team that have been working on Other

From Sentimental to Sappy! Santa Wab is sending in the Seals the day after Christmas as one of Web3’s cutest collections arfs into the world of plushie collectibles and takes over the timeline. From the swamp to the igloo and everywhere in between, the season of giving is getting sappy as the Sappy Seals first edition plushies begin arriving at holders’ doorsteps in real life.     “Christmas is saved and my daughter is losing her mind,” RocketGPT tweeted. “Ty   @sappyseals ..

Ho ho hold up? Popular YouTuber and Liquid Marketplace co-founder Logan Paul left a lump of coal in the stockings of his users this Christmas after addressing withdrawal issues on the platform and a growing scandal surrounding a PSA 10 Pikachu Illustrator card set to be auctioned at Goldin this February. On Christmas Eve, Paul took to the timeline, with replies turned off,  to address concerns surrounding Liquid Marketplace, a platform that allows users to buy and sell fracti

The Santa Rally never came to crypto this holiday season, but that didn’t stop one Good Vibes Club member from spreading Christmas cheer across the timeline. As degens and normies alike got ready to spend Christmas Eve with their families, DonVibe decked the halls of Crypto Twitter by reimagining his online frens’ NFTs as jolly J-PEGs. “Merry Christmas,” he tweeted. “Drop your PFP below and I’ll customize it with a Christmas edit to get you in the holiday spirit.”     From th

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

From a worldwide ad campaign on the Sphere to an intimate little snow globe, $PENGU cheer comes in all shapes and sizes this Christmas. Now, everyone can bring that holiday magic into the new year, and into their home, with a brand-new collectible from the Pudgy Penguins! Less than a day after making history on the Sphere, the Pudgies are shrinking that larger than life moment into a cozy keepsake, inviting fans to commemorate the season in the palm of their hands with a limi

Oh, there’s no place like the Sphere for the holidays! From decking the chain to decking the Strip, Pudgy Penguins are making spirits bright this week as they take over the Las Vegas Sphere, wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.   Tonight, the Pudgy Penguins’ minute-long ad officially went live on the Sphere, featuring the project’s mascots, Pax and Polly, breaking through their igloo, gazing out over Sin City, and wishing frens old and new a Happy New Year

HV’s best friends are heading to the blockchain. On Sunday, HV-MTL owner Adam Weitsman teased the launch of HV-MTL Pets, a new secondary collection that holders can only obtain by burning their Bots. “Burn 1 or more Activated evo1. Get a Pet,” he tweeted. “The more you burn the rarer the Pet. This and so much more coming up in 2026.”     As the Gazette previously reported, Weitsman and his business partner Gabe acquired the HV-MTL project from Faraway Gaming Studios earlier t

Financial FUD. Talk of a possible war with Venezuela and ongoing affordability concerns in the United States don’t appear to be slowing down President Donald Trump’s bullish stance on Bitcoin. On Monday, Trump Media & Technology Group announced that it added 451 Bitcoin, worth approximately $40.3 million, to its corporate portfolio. With this purchase, Trump Media & Technology Group now reportedly holds 11,542 Bitcoin, alongside ownership of the president’s social media platf

From Polygon to Probably Gone? Rumors are swirling across Web3 and beyond that popular prediction market platform Polymarket could soon be leaving the Polygon ecosystem to launch its own blockchain. This possibility has traders debating the importance of Layer 2 blockchains and the dApps built on them. Over the weekend, a Telegram screenshot made it way across X showing Polymarket’s Senior Intern, Mustafa, replying to a user complaint about the platform’s usability on Polygon

A first of its kind generative art project just launched in the TokenWorks ecosystem and it gets more complex over time, and Web3 collectively said, “say less” and aped in! On Sunday, onchain digital artist Ripe launched “less,” a new collection that invites everyone to mint NFTs whenever its underlying recursive strategy token, $LESS, is burned. "less" a generative collection fueled by a @token_works recursive token supply goes down art comes out,” Ripe wrote. “less" is abo

“Anybody can be nobody,” but not everybody can be a sausage on the Otherside! It’s about to be a sausage party around the swamp after popular Solana memecoin and IP brand Nobody Sausage announced that the wieners will be wiggling into the metaverse soon.   “We’ve partnered with the @OthersideMeta and   @apecoin to bring you an Otherside in-game Sausage skin,” Nobody Sausage announced. “Every blindbox contains a NFC chip that is redeemable in the Nexus Portal.”     Starting

Bull or bear. Online and IRL. Bored Ape Yacht Club members are building culture brick by brick, expanding the IP into every facet of life and now, LEGO. On Friday, BAYC member JCM had Apes ready to build after revealing his custom LEGO version of the BAYC’s iconic clubhouse, complete with all the parts and step by step instructions needed to build it yourself.   “For years, I’ve wanted a LEGO kit of the   @BoredApeYC clubhouse,” JCM tweeted. “A few weeks ago, I asked a very t

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas everywhere you go;  and now you can Feel it on the Otherside! On Thursday, Yuga Labs announced a new metaverse emote feature dubbed “Feels,” which lets holders communicate how they’re feeling through memes.   Starting in January, communities will be able to create and sell their own Feels on Amazon. But while community created Feels won’t arrive in time for Christmas, the Bored Ape Yacht Club still wanted to spread some holiday chee

From the Swamp to the Nexus, Otherside Voyagers will soon be able to buy a feature called “Feels” on Amazon that can be used to express themselves in the metaverse starting next month. Things were anything but boring on Thursday after Yuga Labs took to the timeline to announce the next phase of its ongoing partnership with Amazon; and this feels big! “We’re bringing community IP to Amazon,” Yuga Labs tweeted from its Otherside account. “ @GeezOnApe & @ChimpersHQ lead the way

Whether you’re looking to move NFTs, fungible coins, or a combination of both, trades between frens and strangers just got easier, and best of all, it’s free! On Wednesday, Web3’s premier liquidity marketplace Gondi announced its new over the counter platform, dubbed GONDI Trades, is now live, inviting anyone and everyone to make peer to peer trades, send out fun and unique offers, and close deals, all with zero fees!   “Trade any combination of ERC-721, ERC-1155, and ERC-20

Markets are down. NFTs are down, and the Otherside may soon be going primal after an upcoming game dubbed Primal Instinct gave Web3 another look at a Stone Age survival experience! On Tuesday, Bored Ape Yacht Club member and Otherside builder Marcel took to the timeline and gave everyone an update on his new game, Primal Instinct, that's designed using Yuga Labs’ Otherside Development Kit and it looks bored to the bone!   “Haven't talked to u guys for pretty long, we r locked

The most wonderful time of the year just got a whole lot sweeter around the Swamp, as Made By Apes brand Jungle Brew launches its all new holiday honey gift set! From the hive to the heart, Bored Ape Yacht Club member iamSam’s bored business has everyone covered this Christmas with his Christmas Jungle Honey Gift Sets!   “Honey and Christmas have been connected for centuries,” Sam said. “Gingerbread, mead, traditional recipes, and a symbol of abundance, health, and a sweet li