THE BORED APE GAZETTE

As the Bored Ape Yacht Club floor heats up, a team of NFT aficionados, who know aesthetic Apes like the back of the blockchain, are gathered in a smoke filled, 90s style boiler room, fielding calls from collectors inside and outside the Yugaverse, all searching for the best of the best the club has to offer. This is Yuga’s Grails OTC. On Tuesday, Yuga Labs announced that its all new over the counter trading desk is officially open for business, aiming to help onboard collec

Summer camp is starting early around the swamp as ApeCoin invites everyone to sign up for its five week vibecoding camp! Attention campers, excuse me, Voyagers! The ApeChain intern is breaking out his whistle for summer camp, but instead of teaching you how to build a fire with a few twigs, he and the team will be showing you how to create anything using AI tools and Metaverse Markup Language. “Vibecode Camp returns. Five weeks of building inside @OthersideMeta ,” ApeChai

Scammers are everywhere, hackers are getting more sophisticated, and Yuga Labs isn’t taking any chances when it comes to the Otherside. On Tuesday, Yuga Labs announced that the metaverse’s highly anticipated Arsham Voyager bot drop has been delayed out of an abundance of caution following a security breach involving its cloud platform provider, Vercel. “GM Voyagers. Due to the Vercel security breach, we're postponing the Arsham Voyager drop to give our team time to roll our k

As Apes catch a bid and Yuga Labs gears up to launch an over the counter desk for rare primates, the swamp’s OG NFT broker, EB7, is weighing in, sharing his thoughts on grail hunting and offering advice for anyone looking to ape in at the high end! On Monday, Yuga Labs’ new CEO Michael Figge announced that one of his first orders of business will be setting up an over-the-counter trading desk to help onboard collectors interested in primates that aren’t listed on OpenSea but

From laser eyes and blue beams to solid gold and trippy furs, grails are about to be going, going, gone around the swamp! After stepping in as CEO of Yuga Labs last week, Michael Figge announced that one of his first official acts will be setting up an over the counter trading desk for the rarest and most aesthetic Apes, aimed at helping onboard collectors interested in primates that aren’t listed on OpenSea but may still be available if the price is right. “People don’t u

“Node by node. Collector by collector. Community by community.” Yuga Labs’ new CEO Michael Figge says bringing people together and reigniting a love for collecting is the future of NFTs. Just days after it was announced that Yuga Labs’ longtime Chief Creative Officer had been tapped as the company’s next CEO, Figge stopped by LokiBird’s popular NFT megaspace on Sunday and talked all things JPEGs. Figge compared bringing the people behind profile pictures together, whether onl

A storm of fear, uncertainty, and doubt hangs over crypto after attackers drained nearly $300 million from Kelp DAO’s LayerZero powered bridge, prompting users to pull funds from DeFi protocols and sending projects scrambling to secure themselves against similar exploits and potential contagion. On Saturday, Kelp DAO, a major liquid restaking protocol on Ethereum, had its LayerZero powered crosschain bridge compromised. The bridge issues rsETH, a token that represents a share

Minting is heading to the metaverse next week as Yuga Labs rolls out a new interactive allowlist experience for its upcoming Voyager drop with a renowned artist and everyone is invited to ape in! A lot of firsts will be going down on the Otherside next week as Yuga invites all of Web3 to visit the Nexus, grab a ticket, and try their luck at earning the chance to purchase one of contemporary visual artist Daniel Arsham’s new Voyager avatars, which evolve and change over time,

Apes, have you felt it? IRL has been the alpha as of late, with community get togethers from New York City to Hong Kong happening almost daily, a massive 4/20 event with Snoop Dogg set for this weekend, and an upcoming Ibiza music festival for Voyagers on the horizon. And with it, the vibes have been rising across the timeline. This shift wasn’t random. That was Figge. On Thursday, it was revealed that Michael Figge stepped in as CEO of Yuga Labs a few weeks ago, ushering in

Argh Apes, get out of the bathroom and go find the booty! The Bored Ape Yacht Club’s fifth anniversary festivities are getting started early after ApeCoin’s Blackbeard’s Bounty activation returned to the Otherside with an all new treasure hunt exclusively for Apes and Mutants. “Captain’s Briefing: BAYC Birthday Bounty A new Hunt just opened for @BoredApeYC members,” ApeCoin tweeted. “The prize pool includes some of ApeChain’s favorite NFTs like @GeezOnApe , @GobsOnApe , a

A new era around the swamp is about to begin after a major shakeup at Yuga Labs, with longtime Chief Creative Officer Michael Figge stepping in as CEO and replacing Co-Founder Garga. Things were anything but boring on Thursday as Figge took to the timeline and officially announced that he is now leading all things Yuga Labs, promising a renewed focus on making the Bored Ape Yacht Club the best club on the internet and Otherside a world class social platform. “The Club needs t

From the MoMA to the metaverse! Contemporary visual artist Daniel Arsham will soon make his debut in the Otherside with a collection of 300 Voyager avatars that evolve and change over time! But before that, Yuga Labs took a moment on Tuesday to introduce Arsham to the community in an article titled “Daniel Arsham: the artist who makes time visible.” In the post, Yuga Labs gives readers an overview of his practice, dubbed “Fictional Archaeology,” and how it makes his work

Eight percent of the Otherside is now owned by HV-MTL holder and avid NFT collector Adam Weitsman after he added another 2,000 Otherdeeds and 203 Kodas to his top tier collection in an apparent deal with Web3 gaming company Improbable IO. On Saturday, Weitsman took to the timeline and announced that he had acquired an anonymous metaverse mogul’s entire portfolio in an over the counter deal. "Very excited to announce the acquisition of 2,000 Otherdeeds and 203 Kodas from an im

Puff, puff, pass the J-Peg! Bored Ape Yacht Club members are invited to sign up for the chance to head west and hang out with the Doggfather himself, Snoop Dogg, and his Ape, Dr. Bombay, for a weed filled 4/20 weekend they won’t forget! “Dr. Bombay. 4/20. Ice cream included,” the BAYC tweeted this afternoon. “Holder-only. Limited spots. Signups are live at http://tickets.bayc.com , light one up and lock it in.” The event will take place at Snoop Dogg’s compound in Inglewood

After nearly four years, an initial summary judgment, and an appeal, the long running legal battle between Yuga Labs and artist Ryder Ripps alongside crypto personality Pauly0x has officially come to an end. This week, in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, Yuga Labs, Ripps, and Pauly0x agreed to an out of court settlement that currently has a proposed order on the docket that would prohibit the duo from using BAYC trademarks like its logo, grants

The spark of speculation is burning bright around the swamp after the Bored Ape Yacht Club debuted its new website, featuring an IRL clubhouse page that simply reads: “Coming Soon.” On Friday, BAYC rolled out its redesigned, minimalist website, putting the spotlight back on the people and culture that make it the best club on the internet. There, BAYC also gave everyone a light glimpse of what’s to come with a dedicated “Clubhouse” section featuring a BAYC branded matchbox

Out with the clutter, in with the club. On Friday, the Bored Ape Yacht Club stripped its website back to BAYC-ics, rolling out a sleek, minimalist redesign that puts the spotlight back where it belongs, on the Apes. The website puts the BAYC logo front and center, along with a few easy to understand links to things like the club’s apparel shop, a history of past activations, a landing page for BAYC’s soon to open clubhouse in Miami, and a new and improved members directory.

That’s one small step for Voyagers, and one giant leap for ApeChain! On Wednesday, four astronauts made history as NASA sent them on the world’s first crewed lunar flyby mission since 1972. To celebrate the historic moment, Yuga Labs invited Voyagers to take off from the swamp and Nexus and head on an interplanetary adventure of their own on Otherside. “Artemis II is going to the moon. Us too, actually,” Yuga Labs tweeted from its Otherside account. “New portal near spawn.

From fate to last second flight changes, the stars aligned around the swamp as Bored Ape Yacht Club member Kiki made it to this week’s New York City Apes meetup, even though she lives nearly 7,000 miles away in South Korea! Earlier this month, BAYC member Kiki saw fellow primate Kraytrain’s tweet about an upcoming event in the Big Apple and knew she had to be there. “No club, no apes. Wherever apes are at is where I belong,” Kiki told the Gazette. “I saw Kraytrain’s post, a

As Bored Ape Yacht Club members continue getting together around the globe, Yuga Labs’ Chief Product Officer Michael Figge is hinting that something even bigger may be coming up. During Thursday’s Meet at the Clubhouse Space, Figge spoke about how much he and the team have loved seeing Apes come together in real life and teased that a larger event may be in the works for May. ‘Part of the Bored Ape Yacht Club is you do club things,” he said. “I think we are starting to see a