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Inside the chaos at the Bored Ape Yacht Club

2024/2/28
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Yasmin Gagne和Josh Christensen：介绍了无聊猿游艇俱乐部(BAYC)在2022年的火爆以及Yuga Labs的40亿美元估值，并指出Yuga Labs近期发展不顺，包括联合创始人之一Gordon Garner因健康原因退出，新任CEO Daniel Allegra被罢免，创始人Garga重新掌权等事件。他们还讨论了NFT市场价值下跌以及Yuga Labs面临的挑战。 Connie Lin：详细分析了Yuga Labs的商业模式，NFT市场现状，以及Daniel Allegra的管理风格与NFT社区文化冲突等问题。她还介绍了Yuga Labs计划推出的基于浏览器的游戏平台OtherSide，以及该项目进展缓慢，技术问题严重等情况。她还分析了Yuga Labs收购Proof Collective引发的争议，以及社区成员对收购感到意外和不满的原因。此外，Connie Lin还讨论了对内幕交易的质疑，以及Bored Ape Yacht Club社区过于关注自身形象的“酷”，忽视了NFT市场整体的负面评价等问题。 Max Ufberg：对Yuga Labs的两位创始人以及Daniel Allegra进行了评价，并对Bored Ape Yacht Club社区文化进行了评论。他认为Allegra的失败是注定的，因为他需要满足40亿美元的估值，这与社区文化相冲突。 Jessica Young：介绍了Bubble Goods的商业模式，以及其对产品质量的严格要求。她还讨论了Bubble Goods的客户群体，以及如何通过口碑传播和搜索引擎来吸引客户。此外，Jessica Young还分享了Bubble Goods与小型企业合作的经验，以及如何应对通货膨胀等挑战。她还介绍了Bubble Goods平台上一些受欢迎的产品和品牌，以及一些她个人比较喜欢的产品。

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The episode delves into the tumultuous events at Yuga Labs, the company behind the Bored Ape Yacht Club, including leadership changes, challenges with their metaverse project, and the fluctuating relevance of NFTs.

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In 2022, The Bored Ape Yacht Club) was kind of inescapable on some parts of the internet. People—including a range of celebrities from Gwyneth Paltrow to Eminem—were spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to acquire some monkey jpegs store on the blockchain as NFTs. The conglomerate overseeing the collection along with other NFT series, such as CryptoPunks, is called Yuga Labs). VCs including A16z flocked to invest in it, valuing the company at $4 billion. Yuga’s stated ambition at the time was to create an interoperable gaming metaverse, where NFT holders could game on a browser.

Lately, though, it seems that things haven’t been going so well for the company. ‘Fast Company’ tech editor Max Ufberg joined us to interview Yaz and ‘Fast Company’ staff editor, Connie Lin, about what happened and whether NFTs are even still . . . a thing.

Then, Bubble Goods) founder and CEO Jessica Young wanted to create an online marketplace where you could find the best—and best-for-you—foods right at your fingertips. Bubble Goods carries only packaged goods that are free of preservatives, artificial dyes, and fillers, plus no refined or cane sugar. And everything it sells comes from small, indie makers that Bubble Goods taste-tests first to make sure its worthy of its consumers. We spoke to Jessica about what led her to create this space for food products, the vetting process for items to be on the site, and what are some of her favorites on the platform.