A little history๐งตabout
@BoredApeYC
public mint day
No one knew at the time a .08 mint, launched with fair distribution (because bonding curves are a ponzi) would go on to be one of the greatest investments of all-time, push the web3 space forward & become a cultural phenomenon
Moved my two
@CryptoMories
to the vault and added a third ๐๏ธ
Join us for โ๏ธ tomorrow morning, we'll discuss the
#FaMories
, DMCAs and IP in web3
Have been looking for IP to build a health/fitness/shakes brand around
Good start w/ this new
@y00tsNFT
?
Taking the opportunity to talk on Coffee tomorrow about leveraging IP & different types of licensing rights in web3
Join us for โ๏ธ at 8am estโฌ
Might upset some people, but getting early BAYC vibes w/
@y00tsNFT
The timeline
The group chats/sub-communities
The excitement around the IP
& what Frank is doing re: licensing is going to change the game๐จ
Will be 2nd only to Yuga re: # of branded businesses over next year
gm
If you are rocking your first PFP that you just minted, plz @ me or share your opinion on my wall. I care what you have to say. Reality is youโre early, just getting started & learning. Iโd love to help in your journey to stack eth/sol. Ask ?s, send DMs & share your opinions
Couldn't let another day go by without holding a
@ThePlagueNFT
after hearing from
@Pons_ETH
today on โ๏ธ ... had to scoop this clean hoodie
It's builder szn and happy to support the builders, especially those building "with" communities ๐ค
Have spent over 20 years in franchising and currently lead a Top 100 Franchise that is
#1
in category and has been on the Franchise 500 list for over 10 consecutive years
20 years in the industry and I'm near certain that ...
Yuga could launch a Top 100 Franchise brand withโฆ
Super excited for our first crossover collab
@dGenNetwork
show!
The Daily Dose on Coffee with Captain
๐๐คโ๏ธ
Join
@NFTbark
and me as we host
@ryancarson
,
@Chilearmy123
and the Daily Dosers
8AM EST โ๏ธโฌ
gm, gm
Started โCoffee with Captainโ 1 year ago today, and couldnโt have picked a better place to celebrate!
Big thanks to everyone that has helped along the way โค๏ธ
Especially the one and only
@NFTbark
& the founders who gave us stuff to talk about
โ๏ธ
Coffee with Captain ๐ค
@Making_Coffee_
Proud to partner with
@Pons_ETH
and announce Making Coffee as an official partner โ๏ธ
The synergy is ๐คฏ
"1 Coffee + 1 Coffee = 3 Coffees"
We're excited to support a community of builders and leaders pushing the space forward๐ซก
10/
Chewie's sale for 2X mint got things moving ...
All 10K Apes would be minted within 24 hours of that first sale on secondary ... more on that magical day/night next week.
Hope you enjoyed this trip to the early days of BAYC.
Have a great weekend!
500th episode of Coffee with Captain on deck &
@boredshortsXYZ
pre-order is officially live!
Each genesis can includes:
๐ Bored Shorts
๐ T-shirt
๐ Stickers
๐ NFT ๐
All only $69.69
Limited Supply of 99 of each style
Made By Apes
Powered by big ๐ง
@MisterBenjamin8
& inโฆ
Checking bags leaving HK, saw someone with KC Chiefs shirt on and started a convo about football
Soon after, I was asked โwhat are you here forโ
a conference of sorts, had an amazing time with a bunch of friends
โwhatโs it calledโ
Bored Ape Yacht Club
/ ๐คฃlaughter /
Iโฆ
My 16 year old daughter has not been a fan of most my web3 gear
Specifically asked for me to stop wearing the Ape skulls to her games
โwish you got that in a smallโ ๐
Well done team ๐
Vaulted list updated, a lot has changed in the last 4+ months
Bear exposing the builders ๐ช
Grew list from Top 10 to Top 20 to better recognize some of those builders
Top 20 with 5 tiers, including none in tier 2 ๐
๐งต1/x
Heard it's art szn, had to scoop Aphrodite x2 from
@soupsupra
--- it goes perfect next to Sensory & the original oil painting is going to look incredible on my wall.
Very bullish on artists blending the physical and digital worlds, even when I'm biased.
.
@BoredApeYC
- I feel like I joined a ๐ฆstartup with a few thousand of my closest friends.
The talent, creativity, collaboration and innovation coming from the
#BAYC
community is next level.
Thank you ๐
gm๐ฅถ
Felt like good day to update my Top 10 vaulted list, first time in 6 months & some new names, including a new tier 1๐
Have added GCG, still targeting
@doodles
- want to add a Dooplicator & a
@CyberBrokers_
What else is a must add long term hold in a bear?
Top 10 ๐งต๐
gm, gm
Contrary to popular timeline belief
IT IS NOT SAD TO SEE AN OG SELL THEIR APE
an OG selling is booking a massive gain in addition to the six figures of claims
Sales are for celebrating, its not a funeral
& once an Ape, always an Ape
That said, mf-ing Ape till I dieโฆ
Yesterday, 10% of the Bored Shorts supply remained
Then
@illaDaProducer
@OneAndOnlyPapii
and
@ToddRolinc
gave some flowers on Spaces ๐ซก
๐๐ฆฉ๐ฉณ SOLD OUT
& down to 10 pair of the OG Aquamarines
Reposts and flowers on a Space have a bigger impact than you might think๐ค
Looking forward to talking in-chain birbs & more
@proof_xyz
updates with
@JustinMezzell
๐ฅ๐ฆ
Join us tomorrow for Coffee, we get started at 8am est
โ๏ธ
gm, gm
Woke up early to this beauty ๐
Have been a fan of the talented
@sarah_script
for years, and sheโs one of our most loyal listeners, shows up to Coffee nearly everyday
Might have to print & frame this one, absolutely love it!
โ๏ธ at 8 ๐
๐จ Final Round ๐จ
What project could have a Pudgy-esc run during this bull run?
Congrats to
@quirkiesnft
and
@ThePlagueNFT
on their 1st round Ws!
(1st round polls below in comments)
Freshly approved second MBA license, Pumped about this one!
Bored Shorts - Made By Apes
Coming soon - drop email on the site for pre-sale access
BoredShorts . XYZ
Yesterday's
@zed_run
giveaway was a hit, running it back for Day 3 in the 12 days of giving
Today's gift is a 4-horse Stable Starter Kit
๐1 Legendary Colt +
๐๐๐3 Legendary Fillys
Race + Breed 3 exclusive foals in-stable for ~$200, every 28 days
Like, RT & comment to enter
Donโt miss Coffee tomorrow morning!โ๏ธ
@ThePlagueNFT
has taken over NFT Twitter (see
@jenkinsthevalet
) & great example of building in a bear with a community, with transparency and collaboration
@Pons_ETH
joins
@NFTbark
& me tomorrow for โ๏ธ at 8estโฌ
gm, gm
was excited to pick up this fella yesterday, even more excited this morning to be in the Doodles community, long time coming and feels good๐ค
proud to partner with
@crocsmaxi
, let us introduce you to Captain Crocs๐ซก
more on Coffee at 8 ๐
PS - Iโฆ
Let the cat out of the bag ๐
๐ coming soon ๐
Bored Shorts
Will share more on Coffee, join us tomorrow at 8
โ๏ธ๐งต with reminders below ๐
BAYC Welcome Committee is a go!
Incredible interest and support
Details forming:
๐recurring Space to welcome & get to know new members, give virtual โtourโ & next steps
๐wiki page or similar for the Club
๐MBA welcome swag bag of samples (h/t
@BoredBrewingCo
)
๐not myโฆ
This house recently sold on OpenSea
Tomorrow we talk with the team behind making it happen ๐
@rsonchain
Will
@Roofstock
become the first unicorn to create a second web3 unicorn?๐ฆ
Join us for โ๏ธ at 8am est ๐
The gains brought me into web3
The frens I made kept me in web3
The opportunity to work with frens, build dope stuff and push the space forward is what led me to aspire to leave an on-chain legacy
Grateful for the opportunity to build with Papii,
@SyntribosStable
and theโฆ
๐จ๐ฅ NEW QUIRKIES ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER
๐ It is with great pleasure and MASSIVE EXCITEMENT that this morning, (BEFORE our TOWN HALL tonight)... (link below) I get the pleasure to WELCOME
@ChrisJourdan
aka Captain to the Quirkies Advisory Board.
In Captain, Quirkies get anโฆ
2 weeks after minting
@BoredApeYC
I felt like I had joined a ๐ฆ startup
2 years later I still feel that way, only now many of those digital friends have become some of my closest IRL friends and business partners
We also have since been gifted a war chest of ~$500M to buildโฆ
Talking about NPS this week, a lot of "promoters" among the
@killabearsnft
community
Excited to add this KB to the vault today
& looking forward to โ๏ธ with the
@killabearsnft
team tomorrow at 8 ๐
Year-end Top 10 Personal NFT Long Hold List
Still targeting
@GutterCatGang
and
@doodles
- what other projects should I look to add to the vault?
๐งต1/
Mega Recap Thread on ApeFest Hong Kong ๐ญ๐ฐ
Before I start, TLDR for 99% of you that wonโt read all this - join us for โ๏ธ tomorrow at 8am est to listen to full recap
Iโve been fortunate to attend every ApeFest so far, & after almost passing on this year due to a busy schedule andโฆ
Really looking forward to hosting the man, the myth, the legend
@Pons_ETH
on Tuesday ๐ธโ๏ธ
Canโt think of a better 1st guest in 2024 than the founder who is challenging status quo and doing things different than most ๐ซก
Hit Tue icon below, or all 5 while youโre there ๐ค
The birthday boy, and the rest of the
@DeGodsNFT
and
@y00tsNFT
team, deserve all the flowers this week
Incredibly well executed week, first in class
Hope more communities follow their playbook for events
๐
@frankdegods
@kevindegods
& team ๐ช
What project could have a Pudgy-esc run during this bull run?
Comment if other
(see other poll in first comment)
Only stipulations = PFP below 4 eth floor currently
We're excited to share that Coffee with Captain from
@dGenNetwork
is officially Made By Apes!
dGEN was born out of one of the earliest BAYC sub-communities and Steve and myself have proudly built Coffee with our Apes
โ๏ธ๐งต w/ reminders for next week's shows below ๐
#00047
๐ค
Just got first random irl shoutout for rocking my
@BoredApeYC
+
@thehundreds
hoodie .. while driving, got a โbored apes, letโs go!โ ๐
teenage daughtersโ mind blown ๐คฏ
going to get a verbal โgmโ back before year end
What project could have a Pudgy-esc run during this bull run?
Comment if other
Only stipulations = PFP below 4 eth floor currently and supply of at least 5K
Getting early Bored Ape Yacht Club vibes
... from the
@BoredApeYC
Massive welcome to all the new Apes ๐ค๐ซก
Really looking forward to kicking it with many of you at ApeFest '24!
Big announcement from
@Pons_ETH
tomorrow ๐
Diving deep into Doodles with
@ingi_erlingsson
on Wednesday
Plus we get
@quirkiesnft
and
@MagicEden
this week, set reminders via carousel below and we'll see you on Coffee at 8am est ๐ซก
The Clubhouse will kick the BAYC social content into hyperdrive
.gifs are powerful, but wait until we have ApeFest-esc pics and videos on the timeline daily
& not talking all about parties, the builders building and member networking is going to bring in entrepreneurs from allโฆ
gm, gm
Got a frantic scary call last night
โI was just in an accident, itโs badโ
Grateful for modern safety features in cars & tech ๐ fortunately only scratches
Airbags did their job & Apple Watch called 911 instantly
Good run with the Benz, Tesla time?
#16
@RPlanetNFT
Had the pleasure of hosting
@Ash_vickers_
and
@Ghsanka
recently on Coffee and it was one of the most impressive interviews to date.
Extremely impressive leadership team and advisorsโฆ and a great vision.
CwC recording linked here
aPeS aRE gOiNG tO zErO
the timeline would have you think they're the only NFT bleeding, people actually saying they "feel bad for BAYC holders", meanwhile Nodemonkes down ~50% in a week & NFT FPs last 30 days:
CloneX -50%
Doodles -45%
Azuki -40%
BAYC -36%
Pudgies -35%โฆ
If most ETH NFTs die .. and you had to choose only 5 from the class of 2021 that survive and thrive - who's on your list?
Mine:
1) Apes/Mutants
2) Pudgies
3) Doodles
4) Nouns
5) Veefriends
I've seen more pictures of "The Everything Token" on the TL this week than any recent pfp drop .. recent being 1-2 years!
Didn't think a book could give me early
@BoredApeYC
vibes, but here we are
In all seriousness - thank you all for showing up and supporting Scott & Steve!๐ซกโฆ
If most ETH NFTs die .. and you had to choose only 5 from the class of 2022 that survive and eventually thrive - who's on your list?
Mine:
1) Memeland
2) Azuki
3) Quirkies
4) Otherside
5) The Plague
Honorable mention: rektguy and Renga
Many founders aspire to be
#1
A few founders "believe" they'll be
#1
No community shares that belief like
@DeGodsNFT
๐ซก
W
PS: 24-hour poll in comments starting to look like a runaway
gm, gm
Really looking forward to Coffee this morning!
As a host - I'm honored, as a member of the BAYC and a proud Made By Apes builder - I'm pumped!
@dalegre
joins us for Coffee around 9am est, join us at 8 to warm it up w/ news of the day
โ๐