APEFEST WORLD TOUR 🦍 🌎
About a year ago I received an email from the LEGEND @Chad_calcagno saying that he’d be leaving Yuga, but that he needed my address so that he could send me “one last grail”. Weeks and months go by so I had eventually forgotten about it.
Then fast forward to LITERALLY yesterday and I open up a small package in the mail to find this ABSOLUTE GRAIL OF GRAILS! It was the ApeFest World Tour “Crew” Only Coach’s Jacket from Lisbon (given out only to the Yuga team), commemorating all the ApeFests to date. 🇺🇸 🇭🇰 🇪🇸
Obviously, since it has a monkey on it I already LOVE it. But this is special. It’s about the gesture, recognizing my passion for living the ape culture as hard as I do, and obviously my obsession for all things “merch”. It’s funny because I’ve always said that I’d love to work for Yuga one day, and in a weird way this scratches that itch. It’s a special feeling and I can’t be thankful enough. 🥹🥹
Coincidental timing with the recent launch of the P2P, but if you know me then you know that I rock my grails, so unfortunately this will NEVER be listed on the P2P. I’ll proudly rock it occasionally, but for now it’s going into the Strategic Merch Reserve so that I can cherish it forever! Thank you Chad!! 🙏🙏
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Finishing the high poly stage for the Koda Floating Mountain for the ODK @OthersideMeta .
Hello, retopology 😃✌️
Still don’t know wtf a Koda is 🤣💜
What do you think so far?
#bayc#otherside#apechain#apecoin#3dart
I am excited to announce that I am teaming up with @AdamWeitsman to help run @HV_MTL along side my other day-to-day part-time operations.
Looking forward to helping support HV-MTL holders and push the project into its next phase.
The machines are waking up. Lets build.
Hey friends 👽
@ManuelLarino Gift of Time is a standout 365-piece generative NFT collection from his Art Blocks and OpenSea Marfa residency in Texas.
The desert made time feel slower and more visible, and he transformed that into living mechanical systems of colorful pulleys, gears and rhythmic cycles that keep evolving nonstop.
Every piece syncs with real blockchain data, lunar phases, calendars and shifting connections, staying alive even when unobserved.
I missed the mint, even though I had seen it somewhere but I forgot. Those who got one are the lucky ones. They own something genuine and layered after the artist’s month in Marfa plus nine more months of focused work.
It sold out fast because it feels real and rewarding for long-term holders.
If you own a piece, enjoy the subtle changes as the moon moves. This project beautifully reminds us that time itself is the most precious gift we have.
It truly captures something special and heartfelt.
Some Meeb traits left on the cutting room floor.
Wild how many more there are, but we’re saving those for the future.
Come hear Matt and John speak about the creation of Meebits this Saturday at our anniversary celebration in NYC.
DM me for final RSVPs.
New ape. New penguin.
For almost 5 years I've been a part of the huddle and I've met some of the closest friends I've ever had. Being a penguin has legit changed my life.
I've also met a ton of apes who I call family. This was long overdue, I've had my eye on this ape for a while since it matches my penguin.
See you in the club apes 🐧🤝🐵
I’d like to take a moment to thank Magic Eden for removing NFTs from their platform. I’d also like to thank OpenSea for turning off the farming incentives.
Look at what you’ve both done to NFTs over the last month. On behalf of everyone, thank you.
NFTs can’t die out as long as there are still people buying them
Over 1k+ MAYC NFTs have been purchased in the last 30 days
And this is for a project that’s already 5 years old
That’s pretty impressive imo
A few weeks ago I stepped up and became CEO at Yuga.
I joined BAYC in June 2021. Anyone who was around back then will never forget that ride:
Doggo airdrop, mutant mint, casino night, and the first Apefest - it was a slingshot out of the pandemic and into a new frontier.
Over the past year I’ve been sharpening the focus on Otherside. As CEO, my goal is to extend that discipline across all of Yuga.
BAYC is the best club on the internet. The Club needs to be part of your world, not just your timeline. We’ll be doing way more stuff together as a club - meetups, moments, access, apparel. I see all of this guided by three pillars: IRL, Storytelling, and Style.
While I’m handling operations, I’m excited that Garga will be freed up to be going deeper on the BAYC creative and world-building he’s always been best at.
With Otherside, we’re developing a world class social platform for digital ownership and crypto. People will explore Otherdeeds, compete for resources, and build their own experiences. To win, we’re going to need to grow our user base a lot, and prove how every community can succeed in Otherside.
We’ve made a lot of progress over the last few weeks and I’m stoked to show you, there’s a lot more ahead.