Bored monkey avatar collector loses $567,000 NFTs in direct swap scam

Non-fungible token (NFT) hacks are on the rise again, and this time the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) collector has been scammed. Boring monkey holder named ‘s27’ missing gum monkey and matching spikes worth $567,000 after swapping NFTs on an exchange called ‘Swap.Kiwi’. This platform allows direct NFT swaps between collectors, with reduced transaction fees. BAYC NFT is owned by celebrities such as basketball icon Steve Curry, music artist Post Malone, and even American TV host Jimmy Fallon. The Twitter account ‘quit’, which tracks all the popular NFT monkey avatars,…

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Bored crypto monkeys warn against using NFTs after chatting platform hack

April Fool’s Day came early for fans of the famous Bored Ape Yachting Club Non-Fungible Code Group. The company behind the best-selling NFTs warned users around 2 a.m. New York time on Friday that its instant messaging platform Discord had been hacked and “briefly been hacked,” telling users not to trade digital assets — the process of taking the assets. digital files and convert them to a digital file stored on the blockchain – i.e. Apes on its platform. Stay safe. Don’t silence anything from any Discord right now. Our…

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Bored Ape Yacht Club has been criticized by crypto enthusiasts for its new KYC project

The creators of Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) faced a backlash from its fans after the company’s latest collaboration with Animoca Brands – which requires users to undergo Know Your Customer (KYC) verification. The monkey community will need to reveal their photo identities, along with their government documents to participate in BAYC’s latest project. Although details of the project are currently unknown, BAYC has posted a link to a website where fans can apply in hopes of agreeing to participate in whatever is “prepared”. According to the tweet, users must…

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BAYC NFT Prices Up 18 Percent, After Acquisition Of CryptoPunks, Meebits

Days After Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) NFT Token Generators announce Acquisition of NFT CryptoPunks and Meebits from Larva Labs, Monkey’s Avatar Collection prices up more than 18 percent. On March 11, when Yuga Labs, the creators of BAYC NFT, announced the acquisition, one block of BAYC NFT was sold at $1,85,363 (about Rs 1.41 crore), or 73 Ethereum in the cryptocurrency. However, after the announcement, the price rose to 89 Ethereum which is $22,5991 (about Rs 1.72 crore), according to CoinGecko’s market cap tracker. Yuga Labs now owns 423…

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