THE BORED APE GAZETTE

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

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas around the Swamp after Amazon’s Otherside avatar, Boximus, debuted a brand new festive fit. Leave the ugly Christmas sweaters IRL, because Boximus is looking much better wrapped up for the holidays. On Tuesday, Yuga Labs announced that Voyagers can now deck the halls, suit up their avatars, and complete their daily metaverse tasks in seasonal style.     Following the news, Voyagers took to the timeline to share photos their Boximus

ApeChain, get ready to break out your finest avatar and celebrate all things happening across Otherside because December is officially award season in the metaverse!   And the Otherside Award goes to… As 2025 winds down, Other Games is looking back on a huge year for the Bored Ape Yacht Club, ApeChain, and Otherside by hosting an Award Show celebrating the builders and creators who make this world a home! “OTHER AWARDS an award ceremony to celebrate the most iconic players, c

Oh, there’s no place like Web3 for the holidays! NFT marketplace OpenSea is playing both Santa and the Grinch this Christmas season, decking the halls with over $1 million worth of floor sweeps to give out to the platform’s XP reward farmers, while also dropping a lump of coal in the NFT space’s stocking by announcing that Wave Four of its farming program kicks off later this week, leaving many in the community feeling less than merry. On Monday, OpenSea showed up on the bloc

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.