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 ...
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Former President & COO of Activision to Become New Yuga Labs CEO
Daniel Alegre is set to become Yuga Labs’ new CEO in the first half of 2023 and will focus on the company’s Otherside project. Yuga Labs has appointed the outgoing President and COO of Activision Bliz...
Activision Blizzard President to Replace Yuga Labs’ Nicole Muniz
Yuga Labs’ latest announcement is a potential booster for the company’s metaverse push. The organization said that they will appoint the current Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI) COO and President, D...
‘Huge signal and validation’ — Top Activision exec to take Yuga Labs’ helm
The appointment of one of Activision Blizzard’s highest-ranking executives to a leadership position at Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) parent Yuga Labs has been seen as a boon for its metaverse effo...
Bored Ape Creator Yuga Labs Nabs New CEO From Gaming Giant Activision Blizzard
Daniel Alegre is the new CEO of Yuga Labs. His new gig was revealed this morning, less than 72 hours after it was announced that he was stepping down from his position as President and COO of Activisi...
Yuga Labs Appoints Activision Blizzard President and COO Daniel Alegre as New CEO
Company will expedite its ambitious vision for blockchain gaming, metaverse development, and community-building under Alegre’s leadership MIAMI–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Yuga Labs, web3 leader and home of Bored...
BAYC creator Yuga Labs rounds off year with new CEO from Activision Blizzard
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 Names Activision Blizzard’s Daniel Alegre as CEO
Alegre boasts an impressive resume, holding leadership positions at global music and media giant Bertelsmann and spending over 16 years as president of various international divisions at Google (GOOGL...
Lawsuit Claims Justin Bieber, Other Celebrities Worked With Yuga Labs to Promote Bored Ape NFTs
Join Our Telegram channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage According to a class action lawsuit filed on Thursday, a number of famous people—including Justin Bieber, Madonna, Steph Curry, a...
Suit Makes Claims Justin Bieber and Other Celebrities Worked With Yuga Labs to Promote Boring Ape NFTs
Join Our Telegram channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage According to a class action lawsuit filed on Thursday, a number of famous people—including Justin Bieber, Madonna, Steph Curry, a...
Yuga Labs and Moonpay contend celebrity NFT promotion lawsuit
More than 40 celebrities and companies are defendants in a lawsuit brought against Yuga Labs and Moonpay over their alleged use to misleadingly promote NFTs. Lawsuit Yuga Labs and MoonPay, two compani...
Yuga Labs, Moonpay faces lawsuit over celebrities NFT promotion
Yuga Labs, creators of Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) and crypto fintech Moonpay are facing a class-action lawsuit for allegedly using celebrities to misleadingly promote and sell nonfungible tokens (NFT...
Yuga Labs Accused of Misrepresentation in NFT Endorsements
Yuga Labs, developers of Bored Ape NFTs and Mutant Ape, is facing a class action lawsuit for allegedly conspiring with celebrities to promote its NFT collection. The lawsuit was filed on December 8 be...
Lawsuit Filed Alleging Yuga Labs of Promoting BAYC NFTs With Celebs
A lawsuit was filed in the Central District of California of the United States District Court. It describes an extensive claimed plan, hatched by the elite of Hollywood. Celebrities like as Justin Bie...
Bieber, Madonna Among Dozens of Celebs Named in Lawsuit Alleging Yuga Labs NFT ‘Scheme’
In total, the lawsuit names 37 defendants, including the founders and leadership team at Yuga Labs; MoonPay and its CEO, Ivan Soto-Wright; Reddit co-founder and investor Alexis Ohanian; NFT artist Bee...
Lawsuit Alleges Yuga Labs Conspired With Celebs Like Justin Bieber to Push Bored Ape NFTs
A class action lawsuit filed Thursday alleges that a slew of celebrities—including Justin Bieber, Madonna, Steph Curry, and Paris Hilton—violated state and federal laws when they promoted Bored Ape Ya...
Yuga Labs, Moonpay named in celebrity NFT endorsement lawsuit
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...
Yuga Labs to Launch New NFT Collection ‘Mecha Apes’ in December
NFT News Alexei also announced the creation of a blockchain-based gaming platform. The whitelist for Yuga Labs’ forthcoming NFT drop is now available for registration. It was speculated in September t...
Yuga Labs teams up with Adidas to launch Limited World Cup collection
The FIFA World Cup fever goes on to the next level, pretty much where the digital community was expecting it to. In a recent development, Yuga Labs took to Twitter to announce its collaboration with A...
Scott+Scott declares fresh investigation into Yuga Labs
The Securities and Exchange Commission had engaged itself in the act of investigating the suspicious goings-on at Yuga Labs, which happens to be a prime and important NFT-based project. Along with the...
Web3 Watch: Yuga Labs Adds to Portfolio, Nike Creates NFT Marketplace
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’ Acquisition of A Web3 Firm and its Flagship NFT Collection
Yuga Labs welcomes WeNew and its flagship NFT collection 10KTF to the Yugaverse. This mutual collaboration will push the boundaries of where the metaverse meets reality through creative storytelling a...
CryptoPunks Come to Art Museums as Yuga Labs Begins Donating Ethereum NFTs
Yuga Labs has hatched a plan to donate CryptoPunks NFTs to modern art museums around the world, starting with Punk #305. The Ethereum NFT is being donated to Miami’s Institute of Contemporary Art, whi...
Bored Ape Creator Yuga Labs Acquires Beeple’s WENEW, 10KTF NFT Project
In brief Yuga Labs has acquired NFT startup WENEW, creator of the 10KTF project and other brand collaborations. WENEW co-founder Mike “Beeple” Winkelmann joins Yuga Labs as an advisor as part of the d...
Yuga Labs、「CryptoPunk #305」をマイアミ現代美術館に寄贈 | あたらしい経済
ユガラボ、「CryptoPunk #305」をマイアミ現代美術館に寄贈 人気NFTプロジェクト「Bored Ape Yacht Club（BAYC）」や「クリプトパンクス（CryptoPunks）」、「ミービッツ（Meebits）」を展開するユガラボ（Yuga Labs）が、マイアミ現代美術館（ICAマイアミ）に「CryptoPunk #305」を寄贈することを11月15日発表した。 ...
What’s in store for APE with Yuga Labs and its latest NFT acquisition
Yuga announced the acquisition of WENEWS, creator of 10KTF 10KTF saw its sales volume increase as a result of the announcement While the Bored Ape Yacht Club [BAYC] collection is perhaps what brings Y...
Yuga Labs, the creator of Bored Ape, has acquired 10KTF and WENEW.
The creators of Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC), Yuga Labs, have acquired 10KTF, the NFT game established by digital artist Michael Winkelmann, also recognized as Beeple. Yuga is acquiring WENEW and its f...