Bored Ape Yacht Club creators scoop up CryptoPunks, Meebits


The physical artwork of 'Bored Ape #2967' created by Bored Ape Yacht Club, left, and 'Mutant Ape #1933' created by Mutant Ape Yacht Club, both available for sale as an NFT, displayed at a CoinUnited cryptocurrency exchange in Hong Kong, China. The expectation is that Yuga - known as one of the savviest marketers of NFT brands - could help build CryptoPunks and Meebits into even bigger brands. — Bloomberg

Some of the world’s most famous non-fungible tokens are getting a new owner.

Yuga Labs, creators of the Bored Apes Yacht Club tokens that look like cute apes, has bought intellectual property of the CryptoPunks and Meebits collections from Larva Labs. It acquired 423 CryptoPunks and 1,711 Meebits. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed.

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