Tag: Yuga Labs

Parent company of the popular Bored Apes NFTs, Yuga Labs, has announced an experimental 300-piece generative art collection called TwelveFold, housed on the Bitcoin blockchain. TwelveFold is a mathema...

Bitcoin NFT

Yuga Labs drops bitcoin-based NFT collection TwelveFold

02/28/2023

Web3 • February 27, 2023, 6:00PM EST Yuga Labs, the creator of the Bored Ape Yacht Club, announced the release of a new bitcoin-based NFT collection called TwelveFold. The collection will consis...

Activision Blizzard pays $35 million SEC fine for disclosure control, whistleblower violations

02/04/2023

Activision Blizzard agreed to pay a $35 million fine from the Securities and Exchange Commission for its failure to maintain disclosure controls and whistleblower violations stemming from allegations ...

Yuga Labs co-founder takes leave of absence over health concerns

01/29/2023

Yuga Labs co-founder Wylie Aronow disclosed on Twitter that he was diagnosed with congestive heart failure and is taking a leave of absence. “Some heavy news: a few days ago I was told by my doc...

Yuga Labs blacklists Blur and other marketplaces in Sewer Pass mint

01/19/2023

Yuga Labs blacklisted at least four marketplaces that don’t mandate NFT royalties in its newest NFT drop, Sewer Pass. Sewer Pass includes coding that blocks NFT transactions from wallets b...

Bored Ape’s Sewer Pass mint nabs $1.3 million one hour after launch

01/19/2023

Bored Ape Yacht Club’s experimental mint for Sewer Pass attracted more than $1.3 million worth of ETH in trading volume just one hour after the mint began. The floor price for the new NFT projec...

Two Yuga Labs leaders to be deposed amidst the Ryder Ripps legal saga

01/09/2023

The legal saga continues for Yuga Labs, the creator of the hit NFT project Bored Ape Yacht club, and NFT artist Ryder Ripps. A federal court in California ruled that two of Yuga Labs’s fo...

Bored Ape Yacht Club ends 2022 at $83,000 floor price

12/31/2022

Yuga Labs backed NFT project Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) ended the year with a floor price around 69 ETH, or $82,740, according to The Block’s Data Dashboard. Source: NFT Price Floo...

Yuga Labs lawsuit receives counterclaim from NFT artist

12/28/2022

Yuga Labs, creators of the popular Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs, received a counterclaim in an ongoing lawsuit against an artist and his business partner who allegedly forged “copycat” versions of their ...

The year in NFT charts

12/27/2022

From the dizzying highs of the bull run, when NFT Google searches were up what felt like thousands of percentage points, to the dark corners of the bear market, it’s been a tumultuous year for N...

Yuga Lab’s NFT collection Meebits drops a collectible music album

12/21/2022

Yuga Labs’s NFT collection Meebits launched a music album that’s also collectable as ERC-1155 NFTs. The album resulted from a collaboration with WarpSound, a subsidiary of the gener...

BAYC creator Yuga Labs rounds off year with new CEO from Activision Blizzard

12/19/2022

Bored Ape Yacht Club creator Yuga Labs is the latest crypto company set to change its leadership with the appointment of Daniel Alegre, former president and COO of Activision Blizzard, as its CEO. &#...

Yuga Labs advances in lawsuit accusing artist of copying Bored Ape NFTs

12/17/2022

An ongoing legal tiff between NFT developers Yuga Labs and an artist and his NFT business partner continues as a U.S. federal court denied a motion to dismiss opposition from the Bored Ape Yacht Club ...

Yuga Labs, Moonpay named in celebrity NFT endorsement lawsuit

12/09/2022

A Californian law firm filed a class-action suit against almost 40 people and companies, including Yuga Labs and MoonPay, alleging they were part of “a vast scheme” of undisclosed celebrity endorsemen...

The Block’s guide for the crazy web3 week ahead in Miami

11/26/2022

Miami’s busiest week of the year is about to unfold, with the global jet set due to storm the city just after Thanksgiving for seven straight days of nonstop art and parties anchored by the Art ...

Web3 Watch: Yuga Labs Adds to Portfolio, Nike Creates NFT Marketplace

11/18/2022

The crypto industry, especially the centralized finance (CeFi) sector, has been spun into chaos following the revelation of FTX’s major market fraud. The bankrupt crypto exchange’s former CEO Sam Bank...

Yuga Labs acquires Beeple’s 10KTF, names him advisor

11/14/2022

Beeple is joining Yuga Labs. The Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) creators acquired the artist’s NFT platform Wenew and its flagship NFT collection, 10KTF. Beeple, whose real name is Mike Winke...

NFT royalties: The story so far

11/12/2022

NFT royalties, once the reigning recurring fee to benefit creators, have been sent to the gallows. This year marked a race to the bottom among marketplaces to remove royalties and cut NFT trading cos...

Yuga Labs suggest allowlist to help maintain royalties upon sale

11/08/2022

Wylie Aronow and the other co-founders of Yuga Labs have suggested a way for upholding NFT royalties for new smart contracts. They suggest doing this through an allowlist which would check the w...

LooksRare Reward Rebalance Results in Otherdeed Price Slide

10/23/2022

October 21, 2022, 2:41PM EDT • 4 min read Quick Take LooksRare has revised its listing reward program that compensates traders for listing eligible NFTs within a certain price range. Yesterday, change...

The Block: NFT royalties net projects $1.8 billion in revenue: Galaxy Digital Research

10/22/2022

A report from the research arm of Galaxy Digital, a digital asset-focused financial services firm, laid out data showing that, while NFT royalties benefit small artists, the main beneficiaries are top...

BAYC creator Yuga Labs faces SEC probe: Bloomberg

10/12/2022

Yuga Labs, creators of Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs, is facing a probe by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission into whether sales of some of its offerings violate federal law, according to a repor...

How The Covid-19 Pandemic Lifted Designer Vivienne Tam Into The Metaverse

09/28/2022

Vivienne Tam at New York Fashion Week this month. VIvienne Tam The metaverse has captured imaginations worldwide with its portrayal of new vistas. The title of a new best-selling book this year summar...

Unpacking Recent ApeCoin Developments

09/27/2022

September 26, 2022, 10:15AM EDT • 12 min read Quick Take ApeCoin aims to fuel innovation at the intersection of culture, gaming, and commerce. Governance is conducted through the synergistic relations...

CryptoPunk and Meebits holders can now use their NFTs for commercial projects

08/16/2022

Yuga Labs released its long-awaited intellectual property (IP) licensing agreement for CryptoPunk and Meebits non-fungible token (NFT) holders on Monday. CryptoPunk and Meebits holders have been waiti...

Medical Miracles With VR, Gym Class B-Ball Funded, New AR Smartglasses

08/04/2022

Surgeons using VR and hologram modern virtual screen interface Respiratory System in the operating … [+] room, innovative and future of medical and healthcare technology getty Conjoined twins se...

Yuga Labs adjusts Meebits royalty terms to receive 5% cut of secondary sales

07/30/2022

Yuga Labs said via Meebits’ Twitter account late Thursday that it will begin taking a 5% royalty fee on secondary sales of the pixelated non-fungible tokens (NFTs), beginning immediately. “...

A Brief History of NFTs

07/26/2022

Episode 68 of Season 4 of The Scoop was recorded remotely with The Block’s MK Manoylov and The Block Research’s Thomas Bialek. Listen below, and subscribe to The Scoop on Apple, Spotify, G...

A Landmark NFT Lawsuit Seeks To Determine How Creators, Owners, And Investors Can Protect Their Intellectual Property And Monetize Assets Moving Forward

07/05/2022

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JUNE 20: Billboards display Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT art in Times Square during the 4th annual NFT.NYC conference on June 20, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Noam Galai/Get...

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‘Blue Chip’ Success Exposes Ethereum Weaknesses And Market Strengths

05/03/2022