Yuga Labs has announced a new Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) community board to help the project “grow and thrive.”
The team revealed seven board members in a blog post on October 5, noting that they are all OGs who have been around since the early days of BAYC.
Yuga Labs said it assembled a new community board made up of “Apes with a proven track record of proactively and positively contributing to the club since the beginning.”
Members include @beijingdou, @SeraStargirl, @TheMiamiApe, @OxEthanDG, @OxWave, @negithenagi, @peterjfang.
“This board was formed with the intention of representing the club at large and providing an avenue for new perspectives,” Yuga Labs wrote.
Yuga Labs stated that they will engage with the community and gather feedback for the company, work with Yuga on community-driven initiatives such as commercial projects, meetups, and charity work.
“Every ape in our community has directly impacted our decision-making since day one. This board, and future boards to come, establish a more formal, effective and consistent process for Yuga’s leadership to get feedback and advice from the community on an ongoing basis,” he wrote.
Yuga Labs also said it may soon launch community boards for its other NFT projects, including CryptoPunks, Meebits and the Otherside moving forward.
Today, Yuga Labs welcomes the first BAYC Community Council to help us shape the future of the Bored Ape Yacht Club. For more details on the tip, visit our official blog at https://t.co/MSD3M1QkfE
— Yuga Labs (@yugalabs) October 5, 2022
Animoca Brands partners with Cool Cats
NFT venture fund giant Animoca Brands has made a strategic investment in Blue Chip NFT project Cool Cats to help the project expand into new avenues such as gaming.
The duo’s October 5 announcement states that “the partnership will further Cool Cats’ mission to become the largest global NFT brand and a robust media and content company, including through the expansion of their gaming offerings.”
Cool Cats was launched in July 2021 and consists of 9,999 cartoon cat avatars. The project has generated $369.2 million worth of NFT sales volume to date according to CryptoSlam data. The latest announcement also coincided with Cool Cats sales volume increasing by 220% over the past 24 hours.
The move also follows a partnership with Animoca Subsidiary GAMEE starting September 1, a virtual platform focused on connecting creators, brands and gamers in the GameFi space.
1/.@animocabrands We are pleased to announce our partnership with @coolcatsnft one of the earliest, most important and nicest #NFT The first metaverse collections out there, to celebrate I picked up a few #CoolCats including this rare beauty #CoolCatsNFT #7807 a little pic.twitter.com/oYzRYHU4XC
— Yat Siu (@ysiu) October 5, 2022
Solana NFT sales volume exceeds $100 million in September
NFT sales volume on the Solana blockchain hit $130.1 million in September, marking an 82.2% increase from the $71.4 million posted in august
While the figure still puts Solana far behind Ethereum, which hosted $354.3 million worth of NFT sales last month, the difference between the number of unique buyers for the two is very minor
According to CryptoSlam data, Solana NFTs saw 143,997 unique buyers in September (compared to Ethereum’s 166,168 that month (compared to 202,467).
While the numbers may indicate that Solana is creating a remarkable ground on Ethereum, the latter is still home to the majority of blue-chip NFT projects.
Looking at data from the last 30 days, only one Solana NFT project is in the top 10 in terms of sales volume, with y00ts mint t00b’s $13.3 million sales volume in 10th place. In comparison, eight Ethereum-based projects are in the top 10 during this time period.
Mom, I want this NFT!
Gary Vaynerchuck’s NFT project VeeFriends has signed an exclusive deal with Macy’s and Toys “R” Us to sell physical plush items and collectible figures featuring VeeFriends NFT characters.
The collectibles will be available in stores starting October 17th and will be priced between $9.99 and $29.99. Characters include Common Sense Cow, Willful Wizard, Practical Peacock, Gratitude Gorilla, Genuine Giraffe and Be The Bigger Person.
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Hodlers who own the NFT version of the characters will receive the associated physical collectibles, with the plush and six-inch figures more expensive for season one NFT holders.
However, it should be noted that hodlers will not receive any kickbacks from sales of the physical toys.
Other Nifty News:
Horizon Blockchain Games, the developers of the popular NFT card game Skyweaver, has raised $40 million in Series A funding, the company revealed on October 4th. The round was led by Brevan Howard Digital and Morgan Creek Digital, with additional participation from Polygon, Take-Two Interactive and Ubisoft to name a few.
NFT marketplace OpenSea announced in a series of tweets on October 5 that the platform will officially allow its users to bulk list and buy in bulk up to 30 digital collectibles in a single stream.
