THE BORED APE GAZETTE

A new era around the swamp is about to begin after a major shakeup at Yuga Labs, with longtime Chief Creative Officer Michael Figge stepping in as CEO and replacing Co-Founder Garga. Things were anything but boring on Thursday as Figge took to the timeline and officially announced that he is now leading all things Yuga Labs, promising a renewed focus on making the Bored Ape Yacht Club the best club on the internet and Otherside a world class social platform. “The Club needs t

It’s a somber day for art NFTs as another big name from bull runs past has officially announced that it’s closing its digital doors. On Wednesday, Foundation Founder Kayvon revealed that the once popular marketplace Foundation will be winding down operations after a deal to sell the platform to software company Black Dove fell through. “Earlier this year we entered into an agreement to sell the Foundation platform to a buyer who intended to continue its operations,” he wrot

Across the pond and just east of London, at a local pub dubbed the Forest Tavern, one of the Del Mundo’s largest holders met up with one of the project’s founders to pick up the physical JewelleRay he won and talk People Powered Positivity over pints and crisps. After spotting familiar streets in a clip shared by the team, community member Smudger joked in Discord that he was “just around the corner” in Forest Gate and suggested they meet up to hand off his “3” pendant from l

From pixel to paper! Every line, curve, and voxel of all 20,000 Meebits is going physical for the project’s fifth anniversary. On Tuesday, Meebits took to the timeline and announced that it will celebrate five years in the Web3 space by teaming up with the project’s orginal creators, Matt Hall and John Watkinson of Larva Labs ,to gift holders plotter print files of their voxel characters, while also inviting the wider community to purchase signed prints. “Meebits Anniversary

Remember who you are, Mutant! On Tuesday, longtime Made By Apes brand Novel Productions took to the timeline and teased that the next chapter in its insane Mutant Cartel Chronicles is about to begin. But before that, the Mutant Cartel invited primates everywhere to look back at the lore and culture of the Mutant Ape Yacht Club, encouraging holders to re-familiarize themselves with their history, their struggles, and how a mysterious figure named Blaksoot came to be, brought

From the MoMA to the metaverse! Contemporary visual artist Daniel Arsham will soon make his debut in the Otherside with a collection of 300 Voyager avatars that evolve and change over time! But before that, Yuga Labs took a moment on Tuesday to introduce Arsham to the community in an article titled “Daniel Arsham: the artist who makes time visible.” In the post, Yuga Labs gives readers an overview of his practice, dubbed “Fictional Archaeology,” and how it makes his work

NFTs are going to the moon, literally! On Wednesday, Clutch Markets will launch its new First Contact Project in partnership with Arbitrum, the Mutant Cartel, and Novel Productions, an all new protocol that gives anyone with a J-PEG the chance to broadcast their NFTs into the vastness of space. “The First Contact project is a special build designed to expand our reach and voice to users both inside and outside the crypto space,” Clutch Markets Founder 0xSimpleFarmer wrote. “F

Bots were out in full force on Monday for Bored Ape Yacht Club member Hype’s free Mimu mint, but that’s not going to stop him from trying to make these little “Monsters In My Universe” the next big thing in the metaverse! On Monday, Hype’s highly anticipated free mint took over the timeline as nearly all of ApeChain tried to ape in and pick up some of these new NFTs. The mint happened over multiple phases and provided tons of projects with allocations in hopes of giving mor

Full sets are the holy grail around the swamp, and this longtime member just got one step closer after searching for his primate’s insane counterpart for three years. Back in the summer of 2022, Cananapo purchased Bored Ape #3215, a five trait, golden brown fur primate with a sleeveless logo tee and an eyepatch, and it’s been his digital identity ever since. From National Bacon Day to New Year’s and more, Cananapo never misses an opportunity to share a photo of his favorite

Voyager robots’ cold and classic aesthetic has been a staple of the Otherside since the very first trip, when everyone aped into the earliest days of the world as a bot. Since then, the Otherside has gone persistent, and hundreds of collections have made their way into the metaverse, each adding their own flavor to the ever evolving world. But the Voyager robots have remained the standard, until now. On Monday, Yuga Labs announced that it will be dropping a new, limited editi