Artnet

Yuga Labs Has Won Its Lawsuit Against Artist Ryder Ripps for His Copycat Versions of Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs

Yuga Labs, the blockchain company behind some of the most popular collectibles of the NFT boom, has won a lawsuit protecting the trademark of its Bored Ape Yacht Club ...

Bored Ape NFT investors are suing because their apes aren't worth much

Currently, the cheapest Bored Ape NFT you can buy on OpenSea will cost you roughly $43,000. At the peak of the NFT hype cycle ...
Yahoo Finance

Yuga Labs Faces Backlash After Free Otherside Giveaway Mint Incurs High Gas Fees

Yuga Labs, the company behind popular NFT collections like Bored Ape Yacht Club and CryptoPunks, stumbled this week in their attempt to appease fans with a new NFT drop in their Ape-themed metaverse, ...
Fast Company

Moonbirds is joining Bored Ape’s NFT empire, but can Yuga Labs conquer its growing pains?

Yuga Labs, stewards of the Bored Ape Yacht Club and the closest thing the NFT world has to a Disney or Marvel-esque conglomerate, is growing its empire yet again. It is acquiring Proof Collective, ...
Artnet

Yuga Labs Just Spent Untold Money to Consolidate the World’s Biggest NFT Franchises. That Doesn’t Mean It Can Buy Fandom

Every Wednesday morning, Artnet News brings you The Gray Market. The column decodes important stories from the previous week—and offers unparalleled insight into the inner workings of the art industry ...
Reuters

Yuga Labs' win in Bored Apes NFT counterfeiting case upheld by US appeals court

Artist Ryder Ripps not protected from Yuga claims by California free speech law Yuga won more than $1.5 million in damages last week Oct 31 (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court has affirmed a ruling ...
Yahoo Finance

Web3 Startup Yuga Labs Names Former Activision Blizzard President as New CEO

Yuga Labs, the Web3 startup behind Bored Ape Yacht Club, said Monday that former Activision Blizzard (ATVI) President and Chief Operating Officer Daniel Alegre is joining the company as CEO, effective ...
Futurism

Yuga Labs Says Its Bored Apes Are Absolutely Copyrighted, Thank You Very Much

Add Futurism (opens in a new tab) More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. The ...
TechCrunch

What Yuga Labs wants to build after raising $450M

The Yuga Labs investor deck from February is a fascinating document, bringing together gaming, a new currency, and an ever-growing pool of digital assets that can be bought and sold by fans of Yuga’s ...
CoinDesk

Yuga Labs Co-Founder Says First Bitcoin NFT Auction Doesn’t Open Door to Scammers

Greg Solano, co-founder of Yuga Labs, doesn’t think the company’s most recent auction – its first-ever on the Bitcoin blockchain – is opening the door to scammers. “This only works because Yuga [Labs] ...
Business Wire

Yuga Labs Closes $450 Million Seed Round of Funding, Valuing the Company at $4 Billion; Confirms Plans for Metaverse Project

MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Yuga Labs announced it has closed its Series Seed funding round, led by a16z crypto, with participation from top tier game studios like Animoca Brands and its subsidiary ...