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

As collectors old and new set their sights on rare and aesthetic Bored Apes, this longtime member lasered in on a laser eyed primate! On Monday, Bored Ape Yacht Club member WooPer purchased Bored Ape #8253 from fellow member MeiravHaber for 20 ETH, or about $46,000 USD. Bored Ape #8253 is a six trait, gray fur primate with a worker vest, devil horns, and red laser eyes, making it one of the rarer Apes around the swamp. “I heard BAYC grails are trending again,” WooPer twee

From Del Mundos to Pixel Pups, FunkariNFT founder T.M.A is known for being early when it comes to NFTs and last night, he added a Bored Ape to his vault and made it clear he thinks primates are headed higher! Late Saturday night, T.M.A purchased Bored Ape #9343, a clean, four trait, pin -fur primate with sleepy eyes and a small grin for 9.9 ETH, or roughly $23,300. The timing of the purchase wasn’t random. After the buy, T.M.A took to the timeline and pointed to several bul

The Bored Ape Yacht Club may be entering a new golden age after the first gold fur Ape sale in the last six months! Friday night was anything but boring in the swamp as longtime BAYC holder Tony T sold Bored Ape #9572 to an anonymous crypto whale for 72 ETH, or roughly $173,000. Tonight, the buyer remains unknown, but onchain data shows the purchase was made using a freshly funded wallet, with funds moved from Kraken exchange, accoriding to Etherscan. “Good things shouldn'

“There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. People Powered Positivity is controlling the transmission.” On Thursday, HV-MTL owner and NFT enthusiast Adam Weitsman purchased a television headed Del Mundo from one of the project’s biggest holders, Rsao. “3:01 AM in Vegas and had to finally join one of the best NFT communities in my humble opinion, @D3lMundos ,” Weitsman tweeted. “ Been on my bucket list for a long time !!! Special

Oh death, where is your sting? On Sunday, Adam Weitsman continued his journey through the valley of the shadow of death that is the NFT space, adding the 1/1 Grim Reaper Gimboz from Ape Church to his collection. “It’s Sunday so decided to support the @apechurch with this epic 1/1 acquisition,” Weitsman tweeted. “The Artwork is really next level @RidazLp2 . Happy to join the Gimboz community!” Weitsman purchased the soul collecting frog for 28,000 $Ape in an over the cou

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

The helmet hair is totally worth it to make People Powered Positivity history! On Friday, CryptoPunk holder and collector J.P. MoreGainz acquired another TechnoHelmet wearing Del Mundo for a Ray-cord breaking 5 ETH, officially cornering the TechnoHelmet trait with both grails now in his collection. “I now own both Technohelmet @D3lMundos ,” J.P. MoreGainz tweeted. “I have no idea what these will be worth to others in the future, but to me, owning 2 of the top 3 rarest piece

$Ape be with you. And with your spirit! An ApeChain miracle happened on Easter Sunday as Bored Ape Yacht Club member CrampyG sold a 1/1 Gimboz he bought pre-reveal to ApeChain’s HodlrCollective for 20,000 $Ape! Last week, Ape Church turned skeptics across Web3 into believers in NFTs when the popular casino and DeFi dApp on ApeChain quickly minted out its Gimboz collection at what may have been the very bottom of the NFT market. A day after the sellout, the faithful frogs re

A never before seen Genesis Chimper may be headed to the Dojo soon after collector Adam Weitsman acquired one of the last Diamond Fleece NFTs that can be burned to reveal the missing monkey. On Friday, Weitsman announced that he had acquired one of the two remaining Diamond Fleece NFTs from the Chimpers Chronicles collection from fellow collector CryptoBrendle for 10 ETH, or roughly $20,700 USD. “Diamond Fleece finally acquired,” Weitsman wrote. “For those who don’t know, t

Ice. Ice. Pengy! Things are freezing at the igloo tonight after a Pudgy Penguins collector added one of the rarest and coldest penguins to his collection. On Monday, Dohko.eth purchased Pudgy Penguin #6570 from fellow Pudgy 6670WTFBro for 35.5 ETH, or $72,500 USD. Pudgy Penguin #6570 is a five trait Ice Skin penguin with a rice hat, handlebar mustache, and Lei Blue outfit. Based on these traits, the flightless bird ranks as the 10th rarest penguin in the huddle, accoridng to

Crypto and NFTs may be in a bear market, but ATS is staying bullish, and comfy, after adding a second hoodie wearing CryptoPunk to his multi-million dollar NFT collection. On Saturday, ATS.eth purchased CryptoPunk #4770 from Bored Ape Yacht Club Member Camembert for 117 ETH, or about $236,000 USD. After the purchase, the Gazette reached out to ATS for comment, but he did not immediately respond. While we do not know exactly why he decided to make this move, one thing is c

People Powered Positivity has a nice ring to it, and for some Del Mundos, now a necklace too. Earlier this week, Del Mundos kicked off its new 3Ditions auction protocol with its Silver Spoon drop, featuring 100 “3” silver pendants inspired by Ray Del Mundo’s iconic JewelleRay chain. In just 24 hours, the project raised 3.5 ETH, with proceeds set to go toward a conservation effort of holders’ choice. A big chunk of that 3.5 ETH came from the auction’s top bidder, CryptoPunk

From a once in a “Skelemoon” moment to an extraordi-Normie move, NFT collector Adam Weitsman just became Normies’ biggest holder in a deal that was anything but normal! On Tuesday, Weitsman acquired 300 NORMIE NFTs in an over the counter aqusition facilitated by the project’s founder, Serc, making the notable collector the single largest holder of pixelated people in the world! “This isn't just a purchase. It's a statement,” the Normies tweeted following Adam’s aqusiton. “A c

Like the man behind the mask, every sale has a story, and this one is a true mask off the market moment, as Shariq.eth bought all three MaskequRAY-wearing Rays from the Del Mundos collection. From the day Del Mundos minted earlier this year, longtime NFT collector Shariq.eth has been a fan. “What really drew me to the Del Mundos is the incredible human touch behind them,” he said. “The project took around four years to craft and is built from upcycled materials, which already

Tweets are cheap, but this Doodle was not! On Monday, NFT collector Sah purchased the Doodles’ one and only Holographic Ape for 20 ETH, or about $46,500 USD. “Shoutout to the @doodles community and to @burnttoast for such an amazing collection,” Sah tweeted after his pick up. “Huge ty to @icculus479 welcome home dood.” Sah’s newest NFT’s lore is as rich as it is rare. During the bull run of 2021–2022, the primate was first sold to artist Han Saglam for 80 ETH, before c

While many fomo’d into NFTs during the 2021 boom, BAYC member Kevie did the opposite and wrote them off entirely. But now, years later, as others have cooled on the space, Kevie is finally ape-ing in. Since the beginning of March, the Las Vegas collector has purchased two rare Chaos Otherdeeds from notable NFT broker NickiV for a combined 23.4 ETH, or about $48,400 USD. These metaverse moves come just a few months after Kevie joined the Bored Ape Yacht Club and completely c

Forget “The Eagle Has Landed” because the primate has aped! On Sunday, a trippy return mission touched down around the swamp as BAYC member MissionSpace aped back into the collection, scooping up a far out primate for 25 ETH, or about $49,000. “I wanted a new grail since I sold my cheetah crown a few months ago,” MissionSpace told the Gazette. “Once I saw this ape for sale. I knew it was time to return to BAYC.” MissionSpace’s new ape is Bored Ape #4380, and it is indeed a gr

Forget bulls and bears, it’s a Geez market now! Things got incredible on ApeChain on Thursday after a Marvel-ous Hulk looking Geez smashed records in the biggest GeezOnApe sale to date. On Thursday, Bored Ape Yacht Club member Crypbro purchased Geez #5353, AKA “The Incredible Geez,” from fellow primate Mike Maxbet for 49,000 $Ape, or roughly $4,900 USD. Geez #5353 is one of the collection’s 11 one-of-one named Geez and is currently ranked as the rarest primate on ApeChain, a

DOH! HV-MTL owner and NFT enthusiast Adam Weitsman may want to stock up on donuts and Duff after adding the world’s only Homer Simpson Citizen from Modest’s Death & Taxes collection to his vault! MMMMM J-PEGS! On Wednesday, Weitsman purchased the rarest NFT from Modest’s recently launched Death & Taxes Citizens collection, dubbed “Homer,” for 5.19 ETH, or about $11,200 USD, saying he loves both the art and the gamification behind the project. “Wanted to show my support by