Keeping Tabs On The Lab #34
To the Bored,
Good evening and thanks for reading the 34th edition of the Bored Ape Gazetteās Keeping Tabs On The Lab Newsletter!
Before getting into the news around the swamp and the ApeCoin DAOās upcoming election season, I'd like to begin this weekās newsletter by saying how nice it was to meet so many of you at ApeFest 2023! Last weekās event was my first time traveling outside the United States and Iām so thankful I did. From the early days around the swamp to now, Bored Ape Yacht Club members have said āApes together strongā and last weekās event clearly demonstrated that. The BAYC, and the broader Yugaverse, is full of exceptional builders, artists, and entrepreneurs who want to create the metaverse and IRL brand, and I feel very blessed to be here covering the news of the day!
With that sappy stuff out of the way, things have been anything but boring across the Yuga Labs ecosystem recently with major announcements coming out of ApeFest 2023 including news of a Yuga Labs-made NFT marketplace and a new mobile first game! Along with that, Yuga Labsā Co-Founder is ābackā on social media after ape-ing into millions of dollarās worth of NFTs last week, and the ApeCoin DAO is looking for contributors to nominate themselves and run for $Ape office!
With so much happening across the Yugaverse, let's ape. Into the news and keep tabs on Yuga Labs!
To begin, ApeFest was not only a vibe, but also the place to learn more about the club and find out whatās next. To kickoff ApeFest 2023, BAYC Co-Founder, Garga took the stage and announced that the clubās parent company, Yuga Labs, was teaming up with Magic Eden to create a royalty enforced ETH based marketplace before 2024.
āIt sucks that a lot of marketplaces have turned their backs on the creators that helped build the platforms over the past two years,ā Garga said. āAnd one of the most frustrating parts of that is the flipflopping. Thereās a whole sea of marketplaces that want to support creators and then not the next. So it goes us thinking what would it be like if we could get one of these marketplaces to legally, contractually, and bindingly support creators in perpetuity. And thatās why iIām pretty stoked to have our sponsor Magic Eden here. They put their money where their mouth is and we are going to be opening up a marketplace with Magic Eden before the end of the year.ā
The marketplace with Magic Eden wasnāt the only announcement that Garga made from the ApeFest stage last week. Apes also found out that the BAYC plans to release a new mobile first game that will include Apes, Dogs, mutants and HVs next year.
āWe have a partnership on a mobile first cross platform game coming in 2024 thatās been in development for over two years,ā Garga said. āI think itās pretty sick and I think we are going to have a lot of fun all together. And donāt worry, it's skill based and thereās no voting. And obviously Apes Doggos, HVs, and Mutants are coming along for the ride. Weāre stoked for that.ā
After Garga gave the community a look at whatās ahead for Yuga Labs and the BAYC during ApeFest, his fellow Co-Founder, Gordon Goner, grabbed the communityās attention with a multimillion-dollar NFT shopping spree that started with a Zombie Punk and ended with an āIām Backā announcement.Ā
After the BAYCās ApeFest 2023 came to an end, the Apeman himself spent 1,045.5 Eth or $2,046,818 on NFTs over a span of five days, bringing back the vibes!
āThis fucking idiot copping your grail nfts from the shitter,ā Goner tweeted in the middle of his shopping spree along with a photo of himself on the toilet.
After he finished up his shopping spree on Friday, Goner tweeted that heās back, but he will be taking it easy to focus on his health.
āNew Gordo made commitments to stay healthy and balanced this time,ā he tweeted. āBut it feels good to finally be a part of the broader NFT ecosystemā¦ Feels like the start of something. Thanks for all the love over the past few days. Itās strange being back without the Yuga tag. Strange but also good. Iām back. Just got a bunch of texts from internal Yuga people concerned about the phrasing "no Yuga tag." Guys I'm still an advisor, I just have heart failure can't come back to work yet. I advise. From the toilet. Yuga 4 life.ā
As the Yugaverse welcomes Goner back, the ApeCoin DAO is looking to welcome several new $Ape office holders to the coinās ecosystem.
On November 1st, the ApeCoin DAOās third election season began, and ApeCoin DAO Contributors were invited to nominate themselves for $Ape office.
This winterās election season is set to be the busiest election season yet at the ApeCoin DAO with three Special Council seats, one Governance Working Group steward spot, two Marketing and Comms positions, and two Metaverse Stewards seats all up for grabs!
ApeCoin DAO Contributors have between now and November 19th at 9 P.M. EST to throw their hats in the ring and officially announce their candidacy! For more information on how to run for office, check out the DAOās website here: https://forum.apecoin.comĀ
Thank you so much for reading this weekās edition of Keeping Tabs On The Lab and be sure to follow the Bored Ape Gazette on Twitter for all things Yuga!
Sincerely,
Kyle
Editor-In-Chief
Bored Ape Gazette