Bored Ape Yacht Club
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Plus, Ethereum’s blobs get the inscriptions treatment and Kevin Hart sells his Bored Ape
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Pudgy Penguins’ rise has been helped along by a more expansive approach to its intellectual property in recent months
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Following layoffs at BAYC parent Yuga Labs and OpenSea, Tiger Global marked down its stakes
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Yuga Labs says they are talking to those who experienced eye and skin problems after a Hong Kong event last week
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A US district judge has declared Ryder Ripps and his business associate will pay Yuga Labs $1.57 million plus legal fees.
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Yuga Labs dropped its first bitcoin ordinal collection, Twelvefold, in February, and the puzzles are based on that collection
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There are mounting questions over intellectual property rights and the trademarks that define NFT collections tied to Yuga Labs
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“There’s an element here where it gets so low and potentially attractive that it might become a good investment category”
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The company developed the raffle using a custom smart contract, and said it plans to release the repository as open source in the near future
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Bored Ape Yacht Club creator Yuga vindicated case against NFT copycats Ryder Ripps and Jeremy Cahen
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Gucci and BAYC’s Yuga Labs are now formally working together to explore how fashion can influence the metaverse
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In a move toward fostering Web3 communities, Spotify is field testing special NFT-gated playlists, starting with a few prominent projects
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NFT marketplace volumes are at their highest point since May, while average sales for blue chips are rising
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Metaverse token ApeCoin’s market cap has soared 38% since its March debut, a rarity in rocky crypto markets this year
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When every NFT marketplace has its own royalty solution, you know we’re still early
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NFTs have morphed from crypto-obscurity to mainstream talking point over the past two years, and it could be just the beginning
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Self-styled crypto-sleuth ZachXBT recognized for detective work surrounding alleged theft of Bored Ape NFTs
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Blockworks exclusive: Spencer Ventures raised $4.5 million earmarked for NFT investing in the bear market
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Bored Ape Yacht Club creator Yuga Labs used celebrity endorsements to inflate its NFTs, law firm Scott+Scott has claimed
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