THE BORED APE GAZETTE

Waddle, don’t walk! On Monday, Pudgy Penguins invited the huddle, their Web3 frens, and Web2 fans to the Berg to check out the project’s new metaverse that’s giving some serious Club Penguin vibes.   “We’re excited to announce that Pudgy World, our free to play browser-based game, is now live,” Pudgy Penguins tweeted. “Explore 12 unique towns across The Berg, help Pengu find Polly, and play mini-games, all on   @PudgyWorld_ .”     From its cozy and wholesome “Pudgy aesthetics

From out of the ordin-Normie to once in a blue moon, Web3 got its first look at Adam Weitsman’s custom Normie NFT late Sunday night. The weekend was anything but normal after Weitsman burned 50 Normies, unlocking the ability to radically transform one of the collection’s pixelated avatars into something entirely new designed by artist A.C.K!   “Introducing Skelemoon,” Weitsman tweeted. “50 @normiesART NFT’s burned to make this amazing digital work show support for this unbel

What’s in the box? Who cares, says Pudgy Penguin A Raving Ape! Earlier this week, Pudgy Penguins mystery box buyers faced a choice: burn their boxes for a soulbound token or keep them intact and receive a mystery prize like a vinyl collectible, a piece of Igloo apparel, unreleased items, special 1/1s, or something else entirely.     Of the 7,000+ box buyers, nearly two thousand lit theirs ablaze, and no one smoked more cardboard than Pudgy Penguin A Raving Ape, who sent 53 of

Dot by dot and pixel by pixel, something out of the ordi-NORMIE is taking shape in Web3. On Saturday, NFT enthusiast Adam Weitsman purchased and burned 50 Normies from crypto artist Serc’s newest project, unlocking the ability to radically transform one of the collection’s pixelated avatars into something entirely new.  “What do you do when you want to support one of the best new collections ever to be introduced in Web3 history? You call in a personal favor to one of your fa

Two years and hundreds of Apes welcomed later, the Bored Ape Yacht Club’s community led onboarding crew just got an upgrade that’s helping new frens feel right at home around the swamp. On Wednesday, Welcome Apes announced its new Welcome website and experience package for newcomers to the best club on the internet, a new system designed to help arriving Apes plug into the culture in a way that’s anything but boring.   Just joined the @BoredApeYC ,” Welcome Apes tweeted. “Hea

As Pudgy Penguins get put on trial, accused of infringing on PEI Licensing’s Original Penguin trademarks, one community member waddled to the stand, and the timeline, to highlight just how “similar” these two companies’ flightless birds look. Things have been a bit hot at the igloo since PEI Licensing filed a lawsuit against Pudgy Penguins, claiming the NFT brand infringed on its trademarks.   And while litigation is no laughing matter, Pudgy Penguin Swanny couldn’t help but

Wax on, wax off! InsightChimp is channeling his inner Mr. Miyagi, teaching Chimpers past, present, and future what community alignment means at the dojo with the collection’s latest drop. As a new Collector Hub era began in the Chimerverse on Friday, the project welcomed its current community, along with past frens and holders of its NFT strategy token $CHMPSTR, to claim a Legacy of the Dojo Collectible Card that will play a role in everything the project does going forward.

In this dojo, the Chimpers reward those who support them. A new era is about to begin in the Chimpers ecosystem this Friday. But before it does, the project is looking back and rewarding its longtime supporters with a new Legacy of the Dojo Collectible Card that will play a role in everything the project does going forward!   “Before the tournaments begin, before the halls fill with trophies and stories, there are the Chimps who helped build the dojo itself,” Chimpers tweeted

Something is in the cards tomorrow as Meebits prepares to make its first move into consumer finance with fintech platform Deblock.   Friday morning should be fun on the timeline when Deblock, a company that allows users to combine their bank accounts with noncustodial wallets to give them more control over their money, announces what it has been working on with the Meebits.     “Tomorrow, Deblock users will be able to get their hands on something very special, free and limite

Waddle in the court! Original Penguin’s parent company, PEI Licensing, has filed a lawsuit against Pudgy Penguins, claiming the popular NFT brand is infringing on its penguin trademarks.     In the lawsuit, PEI writes that its brand Original Penguin has been using the word Penguin and a black-and-white drawing of a penguin as logos since the 1950s and 60s, and that it owns 35 different Penguin marks covering goods ranging from clothing to pillows.   “Defendant is engaged in t

Nearly two thousand pengus turned into pyros this week, opting to burn their limited time Pudgy Penguins mystery boxes for a soulbound “Box Burner” token that could be anything. Things were hot around the igloo this week after Pudgy Penguins presented its Dyli mystery box NFT holders with a choice: burn their boxes for a soulbound token, keep them sealed onchain, or get them shipped and see what’s inside!     After two days of pondering, 1,989 Pudgy Penguins mystery box buyer

As Web3 ventures into Otherside VibeMaker to explore what a community created metaverse can be, OSWiki founder Frostyz is helping his less technical frens bring their ideas to life one prompt at a time. On Tuesday, Yuga Labs launched Otherside VibeMaker, a new world packed with community made mini games and experiences that anyone can check out and start building in.     “For a while now, the most ambitious builders in web3 have been using MML, a markup language purpose-built

As Adam Weitsman spreads WAGMI vibes across the timeline, one Pudgy painter decided to bring them to life, graffitiing a wall somewhere in southern Russia with Weitsman’s Ape, Punk, and Penguin! From a murder of Moonbirds to a huddle of Pudgy Penguins and plenty of collecting in between, Adam Weitsman has been single handedly bringing the fun back to the Web3 world as he collects what he likes and rebuilds HV-MTLs. As Weitsman builds, others are taking note and feeling inspir

From pixelated primates to kawaii cuties, the Chimpers will be getting an art upgrade soon, that’s new for holders and long awaited by longtime supporters of the project! Early last month, Chimpers announced that everyone around the Dojo would soon receive an update to their metadata, allowing holders to toggle between the OG pixel style, the bouncing GIF, and now both Kawaii PFP and full art Kawaii looks.   “Kawaii Chimpers, our social media style, was always inevitable,” Ch

Fees supporting floors could become the new meta this week as ApeChain’s very own Clutch Markets prepares to launch what it calls the world’s first perpetual futures exchange built specifically for NFT communities. On Wednesday, March 4, NFT holders who love their JPEGs and love to trade will be able to combine the two, going long or short on hundreds of coins with up to 100x leverage, all while directing a percentage of their trading fees toward buying back and vaulting NFTs

This Bored Ape Yacht Club member got to the sole of the swamp and reminded everyone what the soul of the swamp is all about! Over the weekend, while battling the flu, BAYC member and artist The1 turned her downtime into something special, reimagining more than 70 fellow Apes as custom sneakers and bringing the vibes to the timeline! “I’ve been ill for a few days with  flu and I decided to spend my time in bed turning MAYCs and BAYCs into  sneakers,” she told the Gazette. “Obv

NFT merch is getting a personal touch as Made By Apes brand Bored Closet moves from dressing avatars to dressing holders in real life! It was a stylish Sunday around the swamp as Bored Closet reopened its digital doors, inviting everyone from the swamp and beyond to ape into its first custom merch drop. "Our first drop is LIVE,” Bored Closet tweeted. “Kenshi the Japanese-style limited drop, available for 1 month only. Customize it with your own PFP on the design with hand-dra

Burn it? Ship it? Or rip it? That is the question in the huddle tonight after Pudgy Penguins gave its mystery box buyers three different ways to play their pengu prizes!   On Sunday, the flightless birds took to the timeline and announced that holders of the 7,245 Dyli mystery box NFTs can now either redeem  them for the physical prize inside or burn the NFT in exchange for a soulbound token filled with mystery and intrigue!   “Upon connecting to the claim page, you will be g

From the burbs to the Berg, it’s a Pudgy world, and we just might be living in it soon! On Friday, Pudgy Penguins took to the timeline with some old school Club Penguin vibes, sharing a screenshot of the project’s mascot Pax hanging out in the arctic in what appears to be a look at the penguins’ highly anticipated Pudgy World game.   As the Gazette previously reported, Pudgy World is a “cozy hyper casual MMO experience set to take place on The Berg, the floating island Pudgy

Shits about to get real on the Otherside as Command Line prepares to relaunch its popular third person shooter, Bathroom Blitz, in the metaverse! Six and a half months after the stalls closed around the swamp, Command Line CEO and longtime Bored Ape Yacht Club member CryptoVonDoom took to the timeline and said the game is coming back “very soon.” “Who’s ready to run it back,” he tweeted alongside a video of his avatar twerking.   As the Gazette previously reported, Bathroom B