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CRACKING FATE ONCHAIN: An ApeCoin Builder Brings Fortune Cookies To ApeChain
Forget horoscopes and soothsayers. $Apes prefer to learn what the future holds in cookie form. Earlier this month, ApeChain builder Tom DeCicco launched a project that isn’t about hype or the current meta, but instead focuses on fate, chance, and vibes; all wrapped up in onchain fortune cookies. “Fortune Cookie s a small onchain ritual built for ApeChain,” Tom said. “At its core, it is a once-per-day mint where anyone can spend 1 APE, crack open a digital fortune cookie,

Kyle
Dec 29, 20251 min read


FROM THE SWAMP TO THE IGLOO: HV-MTL Owner And NFT Collector Adam Weitsman Buys His First Pudgy Penguin!
From the swamp to the igloo! On Sunday, HV-MTL owner and NFT collector Adam Weitsman officially joined the huddle after adding a Pudgy Penguins NFT to his portfolio. “First @pudgypenguins tonight added to collection,” Weitsman wrote. “Have met ALOT of really good people in that community so thought I should show my support plus @LucaNetz always responds 24/7 if I have any question about the collection which I def respect that for sure ….” Weitsman’s new NFT is Pudgy P

Kyle
Dec 28, 20252 min read


“YOU CAN ACTUALLY DRAW THINGS INTO EXISTENCE”: Pudgy Penguins Artist Afiq Shows What’s Possible In Web3!
Luck be a Penguin tonight! Drawings and dreams became reality in Las Vegas last week after Pudgy Penguins took over the Las Vegas Sphere, with the brand’s lead artist reminding everyone that in Web3, you can really just do things. Over the weekend, Pudgy Penguins artist Afiq took to the timeline to share a behind-the-scenes look at the concept art that eventually became the brand’s minute-long Sphere ad this Christmas. “You can actually draw things into existence,” he tweeted

Kyle
Dec 28, 20252 min read


CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE MEEB KIND: Two Visitor Meebits Were Beamed Up And Bought For 28 ETH Each!
NFTs are a lot like aliens, both have a community here on Earth that wants to believe they’re real against all odds. There was a close encounter of the Meeb kind on Sunday, as not one but two Alien Meebits beamed out of OpenSea user ZoomC’s wallet after being purchased by two different buyers: an unidentified anon and a longtime Meeb maxi named Joker. The anonymous buyer and Joker each scooped up their new Alien, also known as a Visitor Type Meeb for 28 ETH ($82,600 US

Kyle
Dec 28, 20252 min read


A SAD DAY FOR SWAMP STYLE: BAYC Community Staple Bored Closet Shuts Down After Allo Says He Can No Longer Afford to Keep It Running
It’s a sad day for style around the swamp and across the broader Web3 world after Bored Ape Yacht Club member DevAllo announced that he’s shutting down his popular platform, Bored Closet, after no longer being able to afford keeping it running. “It’s time to hang up the hangers,” Bored Closet tweeted this morning. “With heavy hearts, we’re announcing that the Closet is shutting down. We’ve reached a point where we’re no longer able to keep it running. We’re incredibly gratefu

Kyle
Dec 27, 20252 min read


THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING: Clutch Markets Will Use A Portion Of Fees From Its Upcoming Perp Trading And Leveraged Prediction Markets To Sweep Apes
The Bored Ape Yacht Club got a gift that will keep on giving this Christmas after ApeCo Head of DeFi 0xSimpleFarmer announced that a portion of revenue from his Clutch Markets platform will go toward perpetual primate buybacks when it launches in early 2026! Amid the holiday hoopla across the timeline this week, ApeChain’s native Polymarket style parlay platform, Clutch Markets, left a gift under the metaphorical tree that could benefit Apes for years to come. “Clutch Labs

Kyle
Dec 27, 20252 min read


TALK OF THE TIMELINE: Pudgy Penguins’ Sphere Campaign Takes Over The Strip And X!
From the blockchain to the Sphere, and now across the timeline. Pudgy Penguins’ recent Las Vegas marketing campaign is getting attention not only on the Strip, but all across X. Crypto is down. NFTs are down even worse, and plenty of people think they’re dead. And yet, accounts like Greg, Clown World, and even Walter Bloomberg spent Christmas tweeting about flightless birds that live on Ethereum. “What the hell is going on In Las Vegas,” Clown World asked its 3.1 million fo

Kyle
Dec 27, 20252 min read


“THIS IS US DOUBLING DOWN”: Yuga Labs Brings Otherside In House, Acquiring Tech And Team From Improbable
Yuga Labs will be breaking on through to the Otherside faster than ever after the company acquired the Unreal Engine based creator platform that powers the metaverse, bringing the tech fully in house around the swamp. 2026 is shaping up to be anything but boring across the swamp, the Nexus, and the 100,000 Otherdeeds that make up the $Ape powered metaverse after Yuga Labs CEO Garga announced that the company has acquired the technology and team that have been working on Other

Kyle
Dec 27, 20252 min read


FROM SENTIMENTAL TO SAPPY: Christmas Continues As Sappy Seals’ First Plushies Start To Arrive On Buyers’ Doorsteps!
From Sentimental to Sappy! Santa Wab is sending in the Seals the day after Christmas as one of Web3’s cutest collections arfs into the world of plushie collectibles and takes over the timeline. From the swamp to the igloo and everywhere in between, the season of giving is getting sappy as the Sappy Seals first edition plushies begin arriving at holders’ doorsteps in real life. “Christmas is saved and my daughter is losing her mind,” RocketGPT tweeted. “Ty @sappyseals ..

Kyle
Dec 26, 20251 min read


HO HO HOLD UP?: Logan Paul Left A Lump Of Coal In His Liquid Marketplace Users’ Stockings This Christmas, Addressing Withdrawal Issues And A $5M+ Pikachu Card Controversy
Ho ho hold up? Popular YouTuber and Liquid Marketplace co-founder Logan Paul left a lump of coal in the stockings of his users this Christmas after addressing withdrawal issues on the platform and a growing scandal surrounding a PSA 10 Pikachu Illustrator card set to be auctioned at Goldin this February. On Christmas Eve, Paul took to the timeline, with replies turned off, to address concerns surrounding Liquid Marketplace, a platform that allows users to buy and sell fracti

Kyle
Dec 25, 20253 min read
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