Bored Ape Yacht Club

A sly ape (Rob Tol)
BAYC’s ApeCoin Jumps 13%, Causes $4.5M in Futures Liquidations
Traders are losing big money on the recently-issued token.
A sly ape (Rob Tol)

Fusang Defers IPO; Yuga Labs Hits $4B Valuation
Fusang Defers IPO; Yuga Labs Hits $4B Valuation
Malaysia’s Fusang defers security token IPO. Support for home-grown NFTs grows in China. Australian Blockchain Week dives into intellectual property rights. BAYC creator Yuga...
Fusang Defers IPO; Yuga Labs Hits $4B Valuation

Yuga Labs claims zero responsibility for ApeCoin – it’s just taking a significant chunk of the profits. (The British Library, modified by CoinDesk)
What Is ApeCoin and Who Is Behind It?
A carefully coordinated marketing campaign takes great pains to distance the new token from Yuga Labs, but the firm that created the Bored Ape NFTs appears to be deeply involv...
Yuga Labs claims zero responsibility for ApeCoin – it’s just taking a significant chunk of the profits. (The British Library, modified by CoinDesk)

Ether 24-hour price chart (CoinDesk)
Market Wrap: Ether Outperforms, Bitcoin Rises Above $42K
ETH was up as much as 5% over the past 24 hours, compared with a 2% rise in BTC.
Ether 24-hour price chart (CoinDesk)

Bored Ape Yacht Club’s ApeCoin Surges 90% on Second Day of Trading
Bored Ape Yacht Club’s ApeCoin Surges 90% on Second Day of Trading
Bored Ape Yacht Club’s recently launched ApeCoin token (APE) surged 90% on its second day of trading following a first-day price drop. “The Hash” hosts discuss possible future...
Bored Ape Yacht Club’s ApeCoin Surges 90% on Second Day of Trading

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APE Token Tied to Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs Sinks 80% in Opening Hours
The ApeCoin token airdropped to Bored Ape NFT owners is off to a rough start, falling from $39.40 to as low as $6.48.
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Token Linked to Bored Ape Yacht Club Launches
The NFT staple is getting its own token and DAO just days after BAYC parent company Yuga Labs acquired the IP for CryptoPunks.
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Andreessen Horowitz co-founder Marc Andreessen (Steve Jennings/Getty Images for TechCrunch)
The First NFT Monopoly
With Bored Apes and CryptoPunks under the same corporate roof, the NFT market barrels toward further centralization.
Andreessen Horowitz co-founder Marc Andreessen (Steve Jennings/Getty Images for TechCrunch)

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BAYC Backer Yuga Labs Buys CryptoPunks and Meebits
Yuga Labs, the company behind the Bored Ape Yacht Club, has acquired the CryptoPunks and Meebits NFT collections.
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