THE BORED APE GAZETTE

The Espresso Foundation’s crosschain airdrop is brewing around the swamp, but Bored Ape Yacht Club members and Presto minters must register their wallets before 7 P.M. EST to be eligible for the claim.   “Final reminder for ESP airdrop sign-up,” ApeCoin tweeted over the weekend. “BAYC holders qualify automatically once registered. ApeChain community members and those who minted our crosschain Presto demo with @espressoFNDN and   @RariChain are eligible too. Deadline: Sun, F

Mr. Digital may need to change his name to Mr. Metaverse after sweeping Kodas late last night. Following a brutal week for crypto, NFTs appear to be catching a bid as collectors return to JPEGs. One of those collectors is longtime Bored Ape Yacht Club member Mr. Digital, who doubled down on his Koda collection by purchasing 28 of the mythical creatures Friday night.     Following his sweep, the Gazette reached out to Mr. Digital and asked him why he decided to ape in now to w

From anything but boring to back to BAYC-ics, Yuga Labs CEO Garga is changing up the Bored Ape Yacht Club’s website in hopes of transforming it from a packed page into a minimalist masterpiece! “Worked on vibecoding a redesign of the BAYC site last night,” Garga tweeted on Friday. “Miss the days of dumb-simple websites like a fuck-you level of minimalism, no scrolling old site was simple ( http://og.boredapeyachtclub.com ) current one ( http://bayc.com ) is ... way too much a

Metamask on, the masses are now invited to ape into the Otherside. On Thursday, Ethereum’s most popular crypto wallet, MetaMask, debuted two new Otherside ready avatars Axel and Vox and made them available to participants in its rewards program, potentially onboarding thousands of new users into Yuga Labs’ metaverse. “Have you claimed your new   @OthersideMeta avatars yet,” the Web3 wallet posted. “MetaMask Rewards participants who reached at least lvl 2 can claim Axel, an e

The Kabuto King doesn't concern himself with market conditions! As markets dump, the Kabuto King, a rising figure in both the Web3 and collectibles worlds, welcomed another first edition Kabuto card into his collection. But unlike the 3,229 fossils before it, this one was hand signed by MrBeast!   “You are the man @MrBeast ,” Kabuto King tweeted. “This will be a GRAIL in my collection. I hope the $10,000 helps @BeastPhilanthr achieve its goals this year. Thank you. Kabuto is

She’s always been an artist. He’s loved crypto forever. And together, these Apes are bringing NFTs off the blockchain and into the real world! In late 2021, Bored Ape Yacht Club members and husband and wife  Solvex and The1 first aped into NFTs after helping their daughter craft her very first collection at just 16 years old. “That’s where our NFT collecting started,” The1 told the Gazette. From that moment on, the couple collected NFTs from many projects that came and went.“

Death spirals or new life could soon be coming to the NFT market as CyberKongz prepares to turn the strategy coin model on its head with $DEATHSTR, a token designed to buy and sell NFTs for 20% below the lowest listed floor price. With Ethereum on life support and the NFT market with one foot in the grave, CyberKongz announced an innovative new strategy coin that hopes to speed up its token burns, give NFT traders easy wins, and give long term collectors the opportunity to jo

The year is 1999. You’re at Toys “R” Us staring at a wall of Pokémon packs, each one costing three or four dollars. Mom says you can get one. You pick the pack with Scyther on the front. Inside, you find two energy cards, five commons, three uncommons, and something rare. Little did you know those cards could one day be worth what the average American makes in a month. Crazy times with the original NFTs. As Pokémon celebrates its 30th anniversary this month, collectible marke

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From “Gotta Catch ’Em All” To “Gotta Prompt ’Em All!” Pokémon’s 30th anniversary celebration has reached the swamp as Bored Apes are transformed into Pokémon style trading cards. Earlier this week, Yuga Labs’ Social Lead and longtime BAYC member BaronVonHustle set off on a mission to be the very best like no one ever was by transforming his frens into Pokémon cards.   “Who wants a Pokemon style card,” he tweeted. “Post your   @BoredApeYC PFP below and I’ll see what I can do.