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Finance

Rare CryptoPunk Sells for $2.6M as Collection Continues Resurgence

The Tuesday sale was tied for the fifth largest in the collection’s history.

A CryptoPunk collage (Sotheby's)

Finance

Christie’s Web3 Expert Leaves Auction House to Run CryptoPunks for Yuga Labs

Noah Davis, a key factor in the storied auction house’s crypto embrace, was involved in Beeple’s $69 million NFT sale in March 2021.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 12: CryptoPunk digital art non-fungible token (NFT) displayed on a digital billboard in Times Square on May 12, 2021 in New York City. The image is part of SaveArtSpace's "Pixelated" public art exhibition which will be displaying 193 of Larva Labs' CryptoPunks on phone booths, bus shelters, and billboards around New York City during the month of May. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced pandemic restrictions to be lifted on May 19.  (Photo by Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images)

Finance

Yuga Labs Confirms Discord Server Hack; 200 ETH Worth of NFTs Stolen

The company behind the Bored Apes NFTs made the disclosure 11 hours after word of the exploit surfaced on Twitter.

Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT image (Yuga Labs, modified by CoinDesk))

Opinion

Ryder Ripps, Bored Apes and 'Owning' an NFT

A debate over fair use and copyright in the NFT age ensues.

Bored Ape (Yuga Labs)

Finance

ApeCoin for All? Co:Create Raises $25M to Help NFT Projects Launch Tokens

The funding could lead to big-name NFT projects following in the footsteps of Bored Ape Yacht Club.

(Bored Ape Yacht Club, modified by CoinDesk)

Layer 2

Otherside and Apes NFTs Dominate Today’s Trades, Nansen Data Suggests

Yuga Labs’ NFT collections take first, second and third place with the most trading activity in the past 24 hours. Rocket Pool’s rETH has lost ground since Tuesday.

Yuga Labs NFTS take first, second and third spot among today's most actively traded NFTS. (James Rubin/CoinDesk)

Finance

Yuga Labs Refunds Gas Fees for Failed ‘Otherdeed’ Transactions

The firm behind the Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT collection is looking to make amends for its chaotic virtual land sale.

Yuga Labs refunded 90 ETH to over 600 would-be landowners in its pricey metaverse (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Videos

BAYC Metaverse Land Sale Fetches $285M But Investors Paid $176M in Gas Fees Alone

Yuga Labs debuted its long-awaited Bored Ape Yacht Club metaverse project “Otherside,” generating roughly $285 million in digital land sales, but the Ethereum-based project created some of the highest gas fees in the network’s history – costing investors over $176 million.

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Videos

ApeCoin's Rise and Fall: Is it Just Hype?

Digital Strategies Principal Kalman Gabriel discusses the recent price action of the Bored Ape Yacht Club’s ApeCoin and its similarities with $MAGIC from Treasure DAO. Plus, a conversation on the future gaming utilities of ApeCoin and Yuga Lab’s partnership with Animoca Brands. 

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