THE BORED APE GAZETTE

Scammers are everywhere, hackers are getting more sophisticated, and Yuga Labs isn’t taking any chances when it comes to the Otherside. On Tuesday, Yuga Labs announced that the metaverse’s highly anticipated Arsham Voyager bot drop has been delayed out of an abundance of caution following a security breach involving its cloud platform provider, Vercel. “GM Voyagers. Due to the Vercel security breach, we're postponing the Arsham Voyager drop to give our team time to roll our k

As Apes catch a bid and Yuga Labs gears up to launch an over the counter desk for rare primates, the swamp’s OG NFT broker, EB7, is weighing in, sharing his thoughts on grail hunting and offering advice for anyone looking to ape in at the high end! On Monday, Yuga Labs’ new CEO Michael Figge announced that one of his first orders of business will be setting up an over-the-counter trading desk to help onboard collectors interested in primates that aren’t listed on OpenSea but

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 laser eyes and blue beams to solid gold and trippy furs, grails are about to be going, going, gone around the swamp! After stepping in as CEO of Yuga Labs last week, Michael Figge announced that one of his first official acts will be setting up an over the counter trading desk for the rarest and most aesthetic Apes, aimed at helping onboard collectors interested in primates that aren’t listed on OpenSea but may still be available if the price is right. “People don’t u

A new CryptoPunks themed memecoin has taken over the timeline after a majority of the community was airdropped an allocation of $PUNK, with some celebrating the free money and others left wondering: what’s the catch? On Monday, many CryptoPunks holders woke up to hundreds. and even thousands, of dollars randomly appearing in their wallets after an anonymous developer launched $PUNK as an homage to the first NFT collection and airdropped roughly 40% of the supply to the commun

Monkees, check your wallets. Monday was moving day for the Monkees as the 2,001 hand drawn primates officially migrated from ApeChain to Ethereum mainnet. “The Monkees have been released on ETH,” the project tweeted. “Same tribe. New jungle. Zero brakes. Monkees are the key.” Every wallet holding a Monkee on ApeChain was airdropped its matching Monkee on Ethereum, no one had to do anything other than hold. As the Gazette previously reported, Monkees minted on ApeChain bac

Nearly $300 million was drained in a major DeFi exploit, and it’s still unclear exactly what happened or how it’ll be resolved. This weekend’s DeFi debacle saw attackers exploit Kelp DAO, a major liquid restaking protocol on Ethereum, by targeting its LayerZero bridge and tricking it into releasing 116,500 rsETH, worth nearly $300 million in unbacked assets. The stolen rsETH was then dumped onto Aave as collateral, allowing the attackers to borrow massive amounts of WETH and

“Node by node. Collector by collector. Community by community.” Yuga Labs’ new CEO Michael Figge says bringing people together and reigniting a love for collecting is the future of NFTs. Just days after it was announced that Yuga Labs’ longtime Chief Creative Officer had been tapped as the company’s next CEO, Figge stopped by LokiBird’s popular NFT megaspace on Sunday and talked all things JPEGs. Figge compared bringing the people behind profile pictures together, whether onl

From the Otherside to Ibiza, 100 Yuga Labs NFT holders are taking a trip to the White Isle, and no, it’s not just to show Avicii they’re cool, but for a once in a lifetime weekend experience that'll be anything but boring! Earlier this week, Yuga Labs announced that Otherside is sponsorignan all new Ibiza Art Weekend event , and 100 frens from around the swamp are coming along for the adventure! “This one's for the chaos lovers,” Yuga Labs tweeted. “Otherside is taking 100

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