THE BORED APE GAZETTE

From east to west, Apes together strong! On Wednesday, Bored Ape Yacht Club members Hype, VeraTheApe, and Yuga Labs CEO Michael Figge brought the English and Mandarin speaking Ape communities together on Spaces for a first of its kind dual language chat that was anything but boring! From giving constructive feedback on Otherside to sharing their unique experiences around the swamp, over the course of the two and a half hour Space, Mandarin speaking members were able to come

From the swamp to Seoul, things are anything but boring across Asia Pacific today as the Bored Ape Yacht Club gets ready to make some noise in South Korea as part of the club's broader efforts to meet holders where they are! On Monday, Yuga Labs took to the timeline and announced that it's ape-ing into the Land of the Morning Calm to connect with local members online and IRL and make the best club on the internet even better. “Seoul’s been on the Asia Tour list this whole tim

From weighing their options to weighting the odds. On Monday, Yuga Labs CEO Michael Figge announced that he and the team will be rolling out an all new weighted raffle system designed to give collectors and longterm holders a better chance at getting in on limited edition drops and mints, starting with the club's highly anticipated cigar collaboration with Scandinavian Tobacco Group. “In an effort for OGs to get preferential access to limited drops we're going to put weights

Bots beware! Yuga Labs has officially entered the swamp market as a buyer and will now be bidding competitively on primates with the goal of getting them into the hands of collectors. Whether you've been in the Bored Ape Yacht Club since mint or just arrived today, you've seen it happen: a rare or aesthetic Ape gets sold to a bot for a low price, only to get flipped to a true collector moments later. But that ends now with the launch of Yuga Labs' own bot, which will either h

Puff… Puff… Postponed. On Friday, Yuga Labs' highly anticipated Bored Ape Yacht Club Anniversary Collector's Cigar Box drop in partnership with Scandinavian Tobacco Group was pushed back until next week due to an issue with Tokenproof, but it may be for the best! As the Gazette previously reported, Yuga Labs announced yesterday that it was teaming up with Scandinavian Tobacco Group, one of the world's leading cigar makers, to produce 50 collector's cigar boxes built around

From smoke ’em if you got ’em to smoke ’em if you can get ’em! Things will be anything but boring around the swamp tomorrow as the Bored Ape Yacht Club teams up with a popular cigar maker on a primate inspired collector's set! “We’ve partnered with Scandinavian Tobacco Group, a world leader in tobacco and cigars, to curate a limited-edition collector’s cigar box built around the journey of the Club,” the BAYC tweeted. “Five distinct blends, curated across five years of BAYC.

The ApeCo era is coming to an end! On Thursday, Yuga Labs CEO Michael Figge announced that ApeCoin, as it's currently constructed, would be winding down its operations and joining Yuga Labs in a move to better support the token and simplify things around the swamp! “That era is over, and we need to reset from first principles. Simpler, with less coordination tax,” Figge tweeted. “ApeCoin should not feel like a separate bet from all the other progress Yuga is making with its b

It’s a hoppy day on the Otherside after Yuga Labs announced the winners of last month’s Easter Egg Hunt, rewarding them with two pairs of wearable rabbit ears that are officially part of an old collection dubbed Otherside Relics! “Somebunny's been waiting for this,” Yuga Labs tweeted from its Otherside account. “If you reached top 10 in the Otherside Easter Egg Hunt, rewards have arrived and been dropped to winners’ wallets. Ears to you.” These new bunny ears aren’t just an

New time, same vibes! Things will be anything but boring around the swamp this week as the Bored Ape Yacht Club moves its weekly Meet At The Clubhouse space to a brand-new time in hopes of accommodating more time zones as the club continues leaning into its identity as a global community! “This week we’ll try a new time for our weekly meeting, Meet Me At The Clubhouse,” Yuga Labs CEO Michael Figge tweeted. “Goal is to experiment with finding a time more beneficial for APAC

Good morning and “Zǎo shàng hǎo” from the swamp! The Bored Ape Yacht Club is officially on China’s versions of TikTok and Instagram, RedNote and Douyin, in a move to meet members where they are! “BAYC has always been global, and we’re continuing to build deeper connections across APAC with official RedNote and Douyin accounts,” the club tweeted last night. “More local content. More ways for the community to connect.” Getting active on RedNote and Douyin could be huge fo

Are Punks the next Punks? A piece of NFT history is suddenly back in the spotlight after notable developers Jalil found a way to fix and trade the original V1 CryptoPunks contract. Questions surrounding provenance, culture, and artistic intent have since taken over the timeline as collectors debate whether these once broken NFTs deserve a larger place in CryptoPunk history. “found a lego smart contract fix for safely trading the broken C̱̀̏́̒̕r͛̏͘͜ỷ̶̲̮̃͜pt͖̪̔̎oP̧͈̯̐̀̇̍ú͐n̷̮

Last month, Yuga Labs’ Michael Figge officially stepped into the role of CEO, and things have been anything but boring ever since! On Sunday, Figge celebrated his one month anniversary as top Ape, congratulating the team on a job well done while teasing an insane summer of shifts around the swamp. “It’s been a month since announcing my transition to ceo at yuga the team has done great work over the last 30 days,” he tweeted. “And the next few weeks will be an important part

Adam Weitsman’s hunt for the last Mega Mutant Serum continues, and while the longtime Bored Ape Yacht Club member and HV-MTL owner knows who has it, he hasn’t acquired it…yet. On Monday, Weitsman stopped by BAYC member Johnny Bitcoin’s “Mutant Mondays” TikTok show, where he gave listeners an update on his pursuit of the final vial of the potent elixir. “There’s that one serum that’s still out there, that’s what I’ve been working on and trying to find,” he said. “I took forev

Aesthetics are in control at the Bored Ape Yacht Club as Yuga Labs CEO Michael Figge gives a state of the floor address, highlighting the impact the company’s new over the counter trading desk has had on the collection! Things were anything but boring around the swamp on Saturday as Figge put into words what many have been seeing onchain for a while now. The floor is rising, grails are getting got, and it’s harder than ever to acquire premier primates and aesthetic Apes. “the

From gas wars to a foot race! More than 500 Voyagers ran through Otherside today in hopes of finding one of the final Daniel Arsham Voyager allowlist spots, that could either be redeemed for a new Voyager Bot designed by the acclaimed contemporary artist or sold on the secondary market for well over a grand. On Friday, Yuga Labs’ first-of-its-kind metaverse minting experience, which began earlier this week with an allowlist raffle and mint held entirely on Otherside, continue

Say goodbye to gas wars and botted public mints because Yuga Labs is about to bring a whole new meaning to a first come, first served NFT drop! On Friday, Yuga Labs’ all new metaverse minting experience held entirely on Otherside continues with a live scavenger hunt style event where 20 Daniel Arsham Voyager Bots will be available to the first 20 players who can find the collection’s secret minting location hidden somewhere across the metaverse! “We've coerced Customer Servic

From ruins to roam! On Wednesday, Daniel Arsham’s Voyagers will officially come to life on Otherside as the collection’s 300 access pass holders return to the metaverse for a first of its kind minting experience that blends fine art and Web3 culture like never before. “It's almost time,” Yuga Labs tweeted from its Otherside account. “The Arsham Voyager drop opens tomorrow at 11AM ET in Otherside. Access pass holders have 48 hours to secure their Voyager inside Starfield Gal

2,878 Voyagers aped in. 134,833 tickets were printed, but only 300 were winners. Was luck an Arsham for you, anon? Monday was anything but boring in the metaverse as the window to secure Arsham raffle tickets closed and Yuga Labs distributed allowlist spots to the lucky winners of this week’s highly anticipated Voyager drop. “Congratulations to the winners of the Daniel Arsham allowlist draw. All access passes have been distributed. Thank you to everyone who participated in t

Luck Be An Arsham tonight! Over 120,000 allowlist entry tickets for Yuga Labs’ inaugural Voyager Robot drop, designed by contemporary artist Daniel Arsham, have already been claimed by 2,500+ wallets. But like the lottery, you’ve gotta be in it to win it, and time is running out for you to ape in and maybe win a piece of history! Apes, Kodas, Voyagers, and more have until tomorrow at 4 P.M. EST to grab their raffle tickets on the Otherside and try their luck at securing an al

The HV-MTL reboot continues as Gabe8bit announced his departure from the project, with HV-MTL owner Adam Weitsman stepping in to take over day to day operations and work more closely than ever with Yuga Labs to make the bots an important part of the metaverse. It was a heavy day in the world of HV-MTLs after Gabe8bit confirmed his departure this morning, just one day after the reveal of HV-MTL Pets. “Hey Guys today is my last day in Hv-MTl thank you for everything,” he wrot