THE BORED APE GAZETTE

Bored Ape Yacht Club members are seeing ApeFest red, but they aren't exactly sure what it means, but fear not! Yuga Labs CEO Michael Figge says he and the team will soon release such comprehensive information about the event that "we won't even have to talk about it, and that will be that." Things were anything but boring on Thursday after the Bored Ape Yacht Club shared a rustic red image with the number "1017" scribbled across the bottom. The post left the community wit

Real World Assets onchain have never been cuter. On Tuesday, Blue the Koda officially made the jump from the digital world of Otherside to the physical one as Yuga Labs sold out its limited edition collection of 1,111 redeemable KODA Plushies. While some collectors reported issues accessing the Koda holder presale phase and experienced long wait times, the demand was undeniable. Despite the early hiccups, all 1,111 plushies were bought and bagged in roughly four hours, an

What the fuck is a Koda? Apparently a plushie! From a primordial being that protects the Otherside to a cute and cuddly collectible, Blue the Koda is making his way from the metaverse to your living room as Yuga Labs gets ready to launch its first ever phygital collectible, combining an onchain asset with a real world 12" plush. “Meet the official KODA plushie,” Yuga Labs tweeted from its Otherside account. “Limited edition of 1,111. Buy a token, hold it, trade it, or redeem

Apes, check your emails! Things are anything but boring around the swamp this weekend after Yuga Labs notified 50 primates that they had been selected for the opportunity to purchase one of the Bored Ape Yacht Club's limited edition fifth anniversary cigar sets. “Emails have been sent,” Yuga labs’ Head Engineer James Hall tweeted. As the Gazette previously reported, the BAYC teamed up with Scandinavian Tobacco Group to create a custom collector's cigar box and curate a sa

Community hires are the alpha! On Thursday, Yuga Labs CEO Michael Figge announced that longtime Bored Ape Yacht Club members and prolific builders Escapation and TropicalVirtual would officially be joining the Otherside team. “been keeping the teams lean on purpose but some opportunities are worth testing,” he said. “Clear eyes, full hearts Otherside.” If you've spent any time around the swamp or metaverse over the last few years, you've probably run into both Escapation

As billions of soccer fans across the globe get ready to tune in to the World Cup, something is brewing around the swamp, and collectors and fútbol fans alike are sure to get a kick out of it! On Wednesday, Yuga Labs announced that Voyagers will be able to celebrate the beautiful game in style beginning tomorrow at 10 A.M. EST when a free, limited time soccer kit drops on the Otherside. “We’re gearing up to represent Soccer's biggest event, Otherside style,” Yuga Labs tweet

Smoke on the swamp! On Tuesday, Yuga Labs invited Apes and Mutants to enter a limited time raffle for the chance to purchase one of the Bored Ape Yacht Club's 50 five year anniversary cigar sets, created in partnership with Scandinavian Tobacco Group. “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,” Yuga Labs tweeted. “Five distinct blends, curated

As the Web3 world celebrates Yuga Labs' daring white hat operation that rescued 68 NFTs, including 29 Bored Apes, new details about how the exploit worked, how 0xQuit and CoffeeDev pulled off the rescue, and the damage already inflicted on collectors have begun to emerge. On Sunday, Yuga Labs CEO Michael Figge announced that the company had executed a white hat operation on Flooring Protocol, an NFT liquidity platform where users deposit NFTs in exchange for fpTokens that rep

Ladies and gentlemen, we saved them! With 68 NFTs in danger of being stolen, Yuga Labs executed a daring white hat extraction, saving several Flooring Protocol users from potentially losing their prized digital collectibles. On Sunday, Yuga Labs CEO Michael Figge took to the timeline like a commander announcing a successful mission and revealed that Yuga Labs' GrailsOTC had helped save 29 Bored Apes, four Mutant Apes, one Bored Ape Kennel Club NFT, two CryptoPunks, one Azuk

From Ape to Asia! Yuga Labs CEO Michael Figge will be heading to Taiwan, Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Seoul later this month to spread the word about all things Bored Ape Yacht Club, Otherside, and ApeCoin! On Saturday, Figge took to the timeline and announced the dates for his highly anticipated tour across Asia. bayc otherside apecoin,” he tweeted, “Taiwan mon, june 22 - wed, june 24 hong kong thurs, june 25 - fri, june 26 shanghai sat, june 27 - mon, june 29 seoul tues, june 3

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