THE BORED APE GAZETTE

A Polymarket bettor with a spooky name is predicting a scary future for the world after placing $37,000 USD worth of bets that China will soon invade Taiwan leaving many to ask: does this user know something, or are they just seeing ghosts? Over the weekend, a new Polymarket user by the name of CasperSMC placed $33,000 USD on China invading Taiwan this year at $0.12 per share, along with another $3,000 USD wager that war will break out between the two before 2027.   Some on X

This Pokémon Fossil card is making history and changing some lives, after the character’s biggest fan caught the attention of MrBeast. With 2026 marking Pokémon’s 30th anniversary, it’s already shaping up to be one for the books. On Sunday, the Kabuto King, a rising figure in both Web3 and the collectibles world with over 2,500 Kabutos in his collection, agreed to purchase a first edition Kabuto card signed by the world’s biggest YouTuber in exchange for a $10,000 USD donatio

Between the GIFs, the tweets, and of course the memes, the Pudgy Penguins are proliferating across the internet, and it’s becoming increasingly likely that just about everyone has seen these cute flightless birds. On Sunday, The Pudgy Penguins’ mindshare ticker was looking more like the U.S. national debt clock as the brand officially passed 300 billion impressions, marking a monumental moment for the huddle.   “PENGU mindshare just passed 300B views,” Pudgy Penguin tweeted.

Something is brewing in the Web3 world, as the Espresso Network is reminding everyone to mint its two crosschain NFTs on ApeChain and Rarible before the open mints close tomorrow morning at 11 A.M. EST! “Final call,” the project tweeted on Sunday. “Experience bridgeless crosschain minting on @rarible , powered by Presto from @EspressoSys . As seamless as using one chain.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ Mint an @ApeChainHUB NFT using @RariChain Funds. Mint on RARI using ApeChain funds.”     W

Heads up, HVs! The window to reactivate your Bots for the project’s upcoming reboot closes tomorrow morning, so make sure you power them back up before time runs out. 2026 is shaping up to be the year of the HVs, as new HV-MTL owners Adam Weitsman and Gabe get ready to transform the forgotten bots sitting in holders’ hidden folders into a thriving project complete with new art, Otherside avatars, and more. But before any of that can happen, holders need to turn their HVs back

From the Institute of Contemporary Art in Miami to, most recently, the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, CryptoPunks are becoming a staple of collections around the world, and now everyone can track exactly where Punks are being placed. Over the weekend, notable NFT collector and co-author of CRYPTOPUNKS: FREE TO CLAIM, Sean Bonner, announced the launch of his new MuseumPunks website, which is dedicated to tracking the growing list of CryptoPunks that have found a home i

Sunny South Florida was cold as ice on Friday as the National Hockey League and Pudgy Penguins brought chill vibes to Miami for the southernmost outdoor hockey game ever played. On Friday, the NHL’s Winter Classic headed down south as the Florida Panthers took on the New York Rangers at loanDepot Park in 63-degree weather, made possible thanks to industrial grade chillers, a portable ice rink, and a whole lot of science keeping the ice from melting.     But before the more th

Beginner’s luck or a “Burdensome-Mix” of profiting on insider information? As the world reacts to the end of Nicolás Maduro’s reign in Venezuela, an anonymous Polymarket bettor who goes by the name “Burdensome-Mix” is $400,000 richer after betting big that the longtime despot would be removed from office by the end of the month. On Saturday morning, the world changed. The United States announced that a special forces unit had arrested Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his

The spirit of Web3 and NFTs is alive and well heading into 2026 as HV-MTL owner Adam Weitsman adds a Spirit Azuki to his top tier collection. The new year got off to a spirited start on Wednesday after Weitsman acquired Azuki #4357 from popular trader and Web3 personality MINHxDYNASTY in an over the counter deal that appears to total at least 13.5 ETH, or roughly $40,000 USD, according to OpenSea data.   “Thank you   @MINHxDYNASTY for trusting me tonight with your   @Azuki

From models to the Federal Reserve chair, no one is safe from this Pudgy Penguin, who’s turned Grok into a barber, and they are handing out bowl cuts to everyone on the timeline! Bitcoin and Pudgy Penguin maxi SlimSats is leaving charts and figures in 2025, opting instead to start the year with scissors and AI as he hands out bowl cuts in the comment sections of celebrities both inside and outside of Web3, and he’s making quite the buzz. “Grok, give this man a bowlcut haircut