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Yuga Labs

Yuga Labs Acquiring Roar Studios to Accelerate 'Bold Vision' for Otherside

The Roar team will "contribute their innovative technology, specialized expertise and leadership" to Yuga Labs as it continues its ambitious growth plans for their Otherside metaverse.

By Rosie Perper

Jul 31, 2023 at 9:29 p.m. UTC

Jul 31, 2023

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Bored Ape Yacht Club Parent Hosts New 'Otherside' Metaverse Demo

Bored Ape Yacht Club's parent company, Yuga Labs, hosted a live in-person demo of its Otherside gamified metaverse world tailored to Bored Ape holders, soliciting live feedback from members of its original community. "The Hash" panel discusses the latest developments around the BAYC ecosystem amid crypto winter.

By CoinDesk Staff

Jul 28, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. UTC

Jul 28, 2023

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Yuga Labs Hopes to Rile Up Its Bored Apes With Latest Otherside Demo

The NFT mega-company has been hard at work building out a virtual playground for its Web3 community, and its latest live demo is aimed at bringing Bored Ape Yacht Club holders back to the center of its universe.

By Rosie Perper

Jul 28, 2023 at 1:00 p.m. UTC

Jul 28, 2023

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Collectors Are Bored of Apes and Don’t Want to Pay Royalties

The floor price for Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs has sunk and creator royalty payments shrunk to their lowest in two years. Plus, Tom Brady’s sports collectibles site Autograph is reportedly moving away from crypto.

By Rosie Perper

Jul 7, 2023 at 4:05 p.m. UTC

Jul 7, 2023

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Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT Floor Price Sinks to 20-Month Low

The floor price of the Yuga Labs NFT collection fell to 27.4 ETH, or about $53,000, on Sunday evening before rebounding slightly.

By Cam Thompson

Jul 3, 2023 at 6:06 p.m. UTC

Jul 3, 2023

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It’s Game On for Web3: How Gaming Will Onboard a Billion People

As we look to onboard new users into Web3, experts argue that gaming is the ideal vehicle for adoption “because there are so many gamers in the world who are already used to trading digital items and buying digital things.”

By Toby Bochan

Jun 22, 2023 at 8:01 p.m. UTC

Jun 22, 2023

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Yuga Labs CEO: 'The Metaverse Is Not New'

Yuga Labs new CEO Daniel Alegre discusses at Consensus 2023 why he thinks gamers want to participate in the creative environment of gaming and be a part of the Web 3 ecosystem Plus why he thinks users will flee if they think that the metaverse and Web 3 are just about swindling them out of [...]

By CoinDesk Staff

Apr 28, 2023 at 10:22 p.m. UTC

Apr 28, 2023

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New Yuga Labs CEO on Why He Made the Switch to Web3

Yuga Labs' new CEO, Daniel Alegre, discusses at Consensus 2023 why he decided to cross over from mainstream gaming giant Activision Blizzard to Web3 and how he plans to take the creator of Bored Apes NFTs to the next level.

By CoinDesk Staff

Apr 28, 2023 at 10:18 p.m. UTC

Apr 28, 2023

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