THE BORED APE GAZETTE

From the Clubhouse to the Dogg House! There’s about to be a lot of smoke around the swamp as Bored Ape Yacht Club members head west for a weed filled weekend with the Doggfather himself, Snoop Dogg. “We're bringing Apes out to @SnoopDogg 's compound in Inglewood for 4/20 weekend,” the BAYC tweeted. “Spots are very limited and exclusive to holders. Signups for the Snoop 420 event open tomorrow, Friday April 10th @ 9:00 AM PT and close Monday April 13th @ 9:00PM PT. We will con

Bots’ best friends have officially minted out! On Tuesday, all 500 of the HV-MTL project’s new secondary collection, HV-MTL Pets, were claimed and minted by holders who chose to burn their reactivated bots in exchange for a character from the brand’s all new collection. At the time of publication, HV-MTL Pets remain unrevealed, and the community is eagerly waiting to meet their furless new frens. As the Gazette previously reported, HV-MTL holders who reactivated their b

Ready. Set. Rillaz and Rip! Tomorrow at 12 P.M. EST, Rillaz will be teaming up with DECK-0 to launch its first ever collection of digital trading cards, dubbed “RILLAZ: An Origin Story,” and everyone’s invited to ape in! “We're excited to announce that @ApeChainRILLAZ are coming to DECK-0 on @apecoin ,” Deck-0 tweeted earlier this week. “A new collector card series capturing the earliest chapters of the RILLAZ IP universe. Featuring 40 hand drawn cards by @idrawanimation

Have you ever wondered what a Doodlefied version of Cassius Marcellus Coolidge’s iconic “Dogs Playing Poker” painting featuring Darth Vader, Homer Simpson, SpongeBob, Jack Sparrow, and the Doge dog would look like? Well, here it is, thanks to the next iteration of Doodles AI!! On Wednesday, Doodles debuted the next version of its popular AI image generator that turns text into doodles. “words into worlds. text-to-image is live,” Doodles announced. “Start creating.” Fro

After nearly four years, an initial summary judgment, and an appeal, the long running legal battle between Yuga Labs and artist Ryder Ripps alongside crypto personality Pauly0x has officially come to an end. This week, in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, Yuga Labs, Ripps, and Pauly0x agreed to an out of court settlement that currently has a proposed order on the docket that would prohibit the duo from using BAYC trademarks like its logo, grants

Bored Ape Yacht Club member and builder Dev Allo has opened up his Made By Apes brand, Bored Closet’s online shop and Allo Pass holders can now claim a free parrot plushie to celebrate! On Monday, Allo announced that Bored Closet’s new merch store, filled with official BAYC gear from drops and collections past, is now live. Lots of BAYC merch also available on @BoredCloset .” he tweeted. “If you new to the club, definitely worth checking out.” The store features iconic fi

From Polymarket to random Kols, the timeline spent the last few days reminding everyone of one thing, Justin Bieber bought a Bored Ape four years ago for 500 ETH, or roughly $1.3 million USD, and today, he’s down bad. The tweets even made their way into one of Beeple’s latest Everydays pieces, titled “JUSTIN BIEBER'S APE COMEBACK ARC,” which features a Bored Ape suited Bieber performing on stage alongside photos of his sad looking primate. But while it’s true Bieber is unde

Get ready for firefights and frostbite! On Wednesday, Web3 gaming studio Command Line will launch the next iteration of its popular third person shooter, Blitz, that’s set in an all new icy Otherside location. “Something cold is coming to BLITZ…,” the studios tweted. “New map. New mechanics. New way to dominate. BLITZ: GLACIA drops on @OthersideMeta April 8.” This new Glacia map will mark the game’s third location and give Apes, Meebs, Voyagers, and more their first

Heads up HVs, your last chance to exchange your EV01 Robots for a pet is coming up, after HV-MTL’s announced that its new secondary collection will be capped at 500. “Quick heads up everyone. We’ll be closing the Pets mint once we reach a max supply of 500,” the project tweeted Monday night. At the time of this article’s publcaton, 400 of these pets have already been minted, so if you want to exchange your bot for one, the time is now. As the Gazette prevously reporte

When it comes to new NFT collections, getting JPEGs into the right hands is just as important as having a hard working founder and top tier art! Over the years, collections have relied on allowlists, partnerships with alpha groups, and Discord engagement campaigns to try and filter out the wheat from the chaff separating true diamond handed believers from flippers who will floor a free mint for a buck. While these approaches have worked to varying degrees, ApeChain’s native C