THE BORED APE GAZETTE

Run up the flags and get ready to ape! On Thursday, Yuga Labs gave everyone their first look at the first collection from the club's new Anchors collections, with artist King Saladeen leading the way with looks that are putting the Yacht Club in the Bored Ape Yacht Club! “The BAYC x King Saladeen Anchor Drop includes two exclusive apparel pieces, available in limited quantities with one more exclusive item coming out later this season,” the BAYC announced. “This drop also f

From Pudgy to plushie! On Thursday, Igloo Inc announced that Pudgy Penguins #4595, #2768, #4993, and #4666 had been selected for a licensing deal that will transform these fat, flightless birds into some of the cutest collectibles in all of Web3! Congrats to the newly licensed IP Holders,” Pudgy Penguins Community and BD Lead Hedge tweeted. “Your Penguins are going to make a lot of people happy out in the wild. Good Stuff. @DuncRx7, @ninjaturtlepl, @ReplyGuyFieri69, @Fai

From fine art to pristine J-Pegs, it's clear that Bored Ape Yacht Club member Kultures knows culture after adding a top notch Trippy Fur Ape to his collection! Taste was on full display Thursday as BAYC member and collector Kultures purchased Bored Ape #2130 from Cold Plunge Capital for 33 ETH, or roughly $51,000. Bored Ape #2130 is a seven trait trippy fur primate with wide eyes and a bored bubblegum mouth, a beanie and a Hawaiian shirt. Based on these traits, Bored Ape #2

Sometimes the biggest wins in crypto come when you're comfy in plush! On Wednesday, Haikal, who describes himself as someone with "no alpha, just vibes & pain" and "living off failed mints and copium," discovered that he had been airdropped a free $25 Pokémon pack on Phygitals simply because he bought one of Yuga Labs' first ever Otherside Koda Plushies earlier this month. When he first heard the news, Haikal wasn't expecting much. In fact, he'd never opened a Phygitals pack

Koda Plushie holders, check your wallets! On Wednesday, Koda Plushie holders were comfy in Phygitals after Yuga Labs CEO Michael Figge announced that he and the Phygitals team had airdropped every holder of the Otherside's first ever toy a free Pokémon card pack to rip! “Just finished an airdrop of pokemon card packs with our friends at @phygitals to everyone who owns an rwa koda plush,” Figge tweeted. “Every koda plush holder received 1 rookie pack ($25) per wallet holders

Short shorts, rugby polos, and a nautical vibe fit for Nantucket! Yuga Labs is set to put the Yacht Club back in the Bored Ape Yacht Club with the first of many limited edition apparel drops that are for members only! On Wednesday, the BAYC announced Anchors, a new series of limited edition collabs between the club and artists designed to bring fresh styles to the swamp. “Introducing Anchor Drops: a new series of limited-run BAYC collaborations,” the BAYC tweeted on Wednesday

From numerology and one liners to symbols that may or may not mean something, the Bored Ape Yacht Club has spent nearly a week dropping rustic red clues about the whereabouts of ApeFest 2026, sending primates down the rabbit hole in search of the location of this big meeting of apes from around the world! While Apes across the swamp have been sharing theories, few have gone deeper into the mystery than BAYC member BTDwayne. From dissecting the backgrounds of each clue and

ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FANTASY FOOTBALL? On Tuesday, Web3's premier onchain fantasy football league, Spoiled Banana Society, officially kicked off its 2026 season on Base, inviting football fans and degens alike to draft their squads and compete for a piece of a guaranteed $100,000 prize pool! As the Gazette previously reported, Spoiled Banana Society is a four year running onchain fantasy football competition created by Bored Ape Yacht Club members and real life brothers

From collecting Vibes to coding one! As Orange Cap Games' Vibes TCG continues its nationwide retail rollout, Pudgy Penguins Community Lead PP McGhee has built an all new website that puts Pax and packs on the map! From the Super Target in Huntsville, Alabama, to the Barnes & Noble in Redlands, California, Moonbirds are flying and Pudgy Penguins are waddling their way across America as NFT collectors and cardboard chasers search for hanger boxes of Orange Cap Games' newest Vib

The Bored Ape Yacht Club is members only, but what does that mean for ApeFest 2026? That is the question! ApeFest watch continued Tuesday, and everyone is seeing red after a rustic red graphic recapping the club’s previous clues hit the timeline alongside a new phrase: “Members Only.” As the Gazette previously reported, Yuga Labs has now released six ApeFest teasers in six days: “10.17” on Thursday, “USA” on Friday, “COLLECTORS COLLECT” on Saturday, Sunday’s seemingly bla