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See You on the Otherside: How Yuga Labs Is Bringing Its Billion-Dollar Business Into the Metaverse
21.12.2022
Greg Solano and Wylie Aronow certainly didn't set out to create one of the most successful NFT projects to date and build a $4 billion empire in just under two years. Now, with a dedicated community of collectors supporting them, they're setting their sights on the metaverse
Activision Blizzard President Leaves To Take Over Bored Ape Yacht Club
20.12.2022
Activision Blizzard president and Chief Operating Officer Daniel Alegre is leaving the company to become CEO of blockchain company Yuga Labs, which owns famous ugly NFTs like Bored Ape and CryptoPunks. Alegre, who was named in a February lawsuit alleging Activision Blizzard misled the SEC about...
'Huge signal and validation' — Top Activision exec to take Yuga Labs' helm
20.12.2022
Kieran Warwick, co-founder of blockchain role-playing game Illuvium believes Yuga Labs latest hire will be a boon for GameFi
Yuga Labs Names Former Activision Blizzard President Daniel Alegre as New CEO
19.12.2022
The Bored Ape parent company said Alegre's previous gaming experience will help advance the brand's Otherside metaverse and propel its ambitions for an "immersive Web3 world."
Today in Crypto: Binance Introduces 'Pay', Law Firm Announces Lawsuits Against Yuga Labs (and Kevin Hart, Justin Bieber, Serena Williams...)
13.12.2022
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Read More: Today in Crypto: Binance Introduces 'Pay', Law Firm Announces Lawsuits Against Yuga Labs (and Kevin Hart, Justin Bieber...
Yuga Labs, Moonpay faces lawsuit over celebrities NFT promotion
10.12.2022
Over 40 people and companies are named as defendants in the lawsuit, including Paris Hilton, Snoop Dog, Jimmy Fallon, Justin Bieber, Madonna
Bieber, Madonna Among Dozens of Celebs Named in Lawsuit Alleging Yuga Labs NFT 'Scheme'
9.12.2022
The suit claims that celebrity endorsements of Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs and ApeCoin tokens resulted in financial loss for investors. Yuga Labs called the allegations ""opportunistic and parasitic."
Yuga Labs teams up with Adidas to launch Limited World Cup collection
29.11.2022
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 Adidas. The objective is to launch the Limited World Cup collection of Yuga Labs. Once launched,...
Nifty News: China’s lockdown protest NFTs emerge, Candy Digital cuts staff, and more
29.11.2022
Two collections have appeared on NFT marketplace OpenSea depicting images and art related to the rare widespread protests in China over its lockdown policies
Scott+Scott declares fresh investigation into Yuga Labs
28.11.2022
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 them, a consumer rights organization by the name of Scott+Scott, decided to join the fray. They,...
ApeCoin geo-blocks US stakers, two Apes sell for $1M each, marketplace launched
25.11.2022
The U.S. made the list of regions blocked from using an upcoming website for ApeCoin staking with the related DAO claiming regulations are to blame
News Summary: Bitvo Backs Off FTX Acquisition Deal, Trust Wallet Integrates with Binance Pay, New Ethereum Climate Platform
17.11.2022
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.__________...
Read More: News Summary: Bitvo Backs Off FTX Acquisition Deal, Trust Wallet Integrates with Binance Pay, New Ethereum Climate Platform
Yuga Labs acquires Beeple’s 10KTF game, hints at metaverse integration
15.11.2022
Once the acquisition is completed, the company said that Beeple will be hired as an advisor for Yuga Labs
News Summary: Liquid Suspends Withdrawals, Coinbase Submits Amicus Brief to Support Ripple, Ark Invest Buys 315,259 Shares of GBTC
15.11.2022
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.__________...
Read More: News Summary: Liquid Suspends Withdrawals, Coinbase Submits Amicus Brief to Support Ripple, Ark Invest Buys 315,259 Shares...
Yuga Labs Acquires Beeple's WENEW and its Flagship NFT Collection, 10KTF
14.11.2022
The parent company behind Bored Ape Yacht Club adds to its growing portfolio of popular non-fungible (NFT) projects
Yuga Labs, Circle, SkyBridge Among Investments FTX Ventures Made Prior to Liquidity Issues
9.11.2022
FTX Ventures invested in some of the biggest names in crypto. Meanwhile, TradFi giants such as Tiger Global have participated in FTX's funding round
Crypto News Summary: UK Santander to Block Payments to Exchanges, BTC 50K Silk Road Guilty Plea, Ledger Live & Solana Mobile Stack Integration
7.11.2022
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.__________...
Read More: Crypto News Summary: UK Santander to Block Payments to Exchanges, BTC 50K Silk Road Guilty Plea, Ledger Live & Solana...
SEC Investigating Bored Ape NFT Creator Over Unregistered Asset Offering
12.10.2022
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has launched a probe into Yuga Labs, the entity behind the popular NFT collection Bored Ape Yacht Club, over the sale of its NFTs and digital tokens.
The regulatory agency is investigating whether some Yuga Labs NFTs are akin to stocks and should...
Bored Ape creators and other NFT projects investigated by SEC probe
12.10.2022
A source familiar with the matter said the SEC is looking into whether certain NFTs from Yuga Labs could be “more akin to stocks.”
SEC Investigating Bored Ape Creator Yuga Labs Over Unregistered Offerings: Report
11.10.2022
The SEC is looking into whether some of Yuga’s NFTs should follow the same disclosure rules as stocks, according to Bloomberg